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> From: Joshua Brown [mailto:josh@undertone.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:33 PM
>
> hmmmm Ok, I can only assume that the lack of anyone concurring with or
> defending my position means that it is unpopular in this group.
> That's too
> bad, I had thought that the IDM list members would have been a more
> politically enlightened bunch... Obviously most of you are either
> supporters of the Drug War or you don't care about the political
> affiliations of the artists in the genre... whichever it is, I have been
> appropriately admonished, and my unpopular opinion will remain submerged
> from now on, just as it should in a well functioning propaganda system.
I for one partly agree with you. However, everything is propaganda, and
some of us participate in lists like these to take a break from it. (which
may be ironic, considering all the propaganda about new releases always
being posted - that is, when we're not too busy arguing about drugs and what
"idm" should be called)
Also, although I partly agree with your opinions of the "drug war"
situation(s), I think it's pretty unenlightened to assume others couldn't
possibly be thinking as much about the issue as you do if they don't share
your opinion. Opinions have a lot to do with values and morals and many
more complex things, and not just with statistics. Just because someone
agrees or disagrees with you doesn't really say anything about how smart
they are or how much thought they've put into the issue.
For example, I keep saying I agree with you (at least partly), but how do
you know I'm not just doing it blindly?
-adam
PS - who the hell is Crunch?
PPS - am I overdoing the Crunch thing yet?
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