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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Dr. Emmanuel Wu)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Inferring consent from silence
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 09:50:20 EST
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>    Let me add my voice to those of Jeff Gillette and Charley Wingate:
> Silence does *not* necessarily imply consent.  I read many, many
> articles in this newsgroup expressing positions with which I disagree
> and representing religions or groups within my own religion with
> views different from my own.  Only a few are interesting enough to
> me to take the trouble to reply (and to reply to the news and mail
> replies which may result from my own article) -- perhaps 1/2 of 1%.
> Obviously -- isn't it obvious? -- it should not be inferred that I
> agree with the other 99.5% of what is posted to net.religion.
> 
>                                       N. L. Tinkham
>                                       duke!nlt

In the case of advocation of repression against certain groups of people,
derogatory lies repeatedly repeated (a technique made famous by ...), and
eradication of personal freedom, I will continue to infer consent from
silence.  And rightfully so.
-- 
"Which three books would *you* have taken?"
				Rich Rosen	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr