Prejudices
David Casseres
casseres at apple.com
Tue Dec 3 20:51:46 CST 1996
>I'll see your strawman and raise you an ad hominem.
>
>It sounds here as if you're blasting Paglia because of her personal
>behavior, not strictly on the merits (or lack of) her arguments.
That is EXACTLY what I'm doing. But at the same time, I assert, without
mathematical proof, that her arguments are worthless.
>Heidegger was probably pretty much an asshole also, but though many have
>tried, I don't they've succeeded in discounting his works.
Heidegger's works did not proceed directly from his assholity, but I feel
Paglia's do.
Cheers,
David
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