On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, mattd wrote:
"...the fucking essay. It's flawed in a variety of ways. It's understanding of human psychology (which it purports to >manipulate in realistic ways - not) is so flawed as to make it very tedious.
Speaking of tedious,Im on record with total opposition to freud being used for anything other than birdcage liner.
Hate to break it to you but Freud <> Psychology. I still havent read that part of AP
with any degree of attention.If thats what your referring to re.human psychology then I heartily agree.Freud is extremely tedious.Where jim appeals to the angels of our better nature is probably also flawed as a realistic appeal to human psychology.(last page 10)
Jim appeals to nothing more than his own vanity. What the fundamental flaw is to expect individuals to use AP to protect themselves while at the same time expecting those attacked through AP to do nothing other than lay down and take it. If fundamentaly mis-understands that two wrongs don't make a right (even if one is done in self-defence) and that when you attack a person their reaction is to act in self defence. It's just another example of the CACL failure with respect to the human factor. On one hand they speak of what sheep, and on the other they propose that these sheep will do the right thing 'if only....'. Just plain silly. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------