Muslims and PR: A response to comments
Because of the large number of comments to my last post, I hope it is acceptable that I respond to them en masse below. First, perhaps I didn’t clearly set out the nature of...
Daily Archive: April 13, 2011
Contra Tu Quoque, Or, Avoiding The Fourth Response
There are some areas of inquiry and discussion that are inherently difficult because you can’t say anything at all without inviting a whole series of emotional responses to them. Those emotional responses, in turn,...
The Title of This Blog Post Is Only Slightly Inflammatory
This first paragraph sounds reasonable, containing only minor distortions and untruths. In the second paragraph, the first paragraph will remind me of something some other guy, known for bigger distortions and half-truths said once:...
Occasional Notes: Excesses and Deficiencies
Leitmotif: Any custom is better than no custom.—Nietzsche Goodreads: Yesterday an acquaintance asked me to link to him on Goodreads. Yikes! I hadn’t updated my Goodreads profile in almost two years. It would appear...
Muslims Don’t Need Better PR, Americans Need More Tolerance
The last time I checked, most Muslims in the United States were not blowing themselves up in suicide attacks against their fellow Americans. They were not issuing fatwas against Harry Potter or converting your...
