Collecting
Todd:
My reply to your note was, admittedly, heated, but I hope it was not without
light.
When you say that your opponents' views are rationalizations, you have
engaged in a personal attack. You are suggesting that they are 1) biased, and
2)unable to deliberate about an issue so as to free themselves from their
biases.
Todd, I did use the phrase aesthetic Nazism, which I thought was harsh, but
the more I think on it, the better I think it describes the situation.
Afterall, the Nazi politic was based on national socialism and the assumption
that there was a common good known only to a political elite.
BTW, I agree with John: your views are most definitely welcome in this
forum. There are no objectionable people; only objectionable ideas.
Cheers.
Nathan