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In addition, you may wish to take this opporunity to remove all
personal attacks from your post. Your points may all be made without
attacking the individual making them (try removing the word "you" in
all its instantiations and rephrase making reference instead to the
posting in question). In other words, try to demonstrate your claimed
"civility.""
The email by the moderator was not signed. Since we do not live in the
Austrian empire, I have chosen to not discuss civility with the
unnamed entity (I am all too familiar with the futility of Kafkaesque
pursuits).
The civility in communication means addressing the subject and the
methods used to discuss the subject, all the while avoiding personal
attacks and labels. Addressing a person by name, as well as signing
your messages by the real name, is part of the civil discourse.
The methods of civil discourse vary, but they certainly do not exclude
Socratic questioning. Since Jeff is at a university, he should not be
surprised by the Socratic method.
In my reply to Jeff I have analysed his arguments and have given an
example of depiction of present day racism in Argentina. I have
further explained why racism is here to stay and why this primitive
instinct should be managed.
--
Oleh Kovalchuke
http://tangospring.com
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