Re: [cicdd] By strength of "truth" #02

[Antonio Rossin <rossin(at)tin.it>]

At 8:42 -0800 28-12-2005, lpc1998 wrote:

> Hi Antonio,
>
> By forwarding Sam's message (to me at the
> epistemology list) to cicdd without comments, you are being
> ambiguous.
>
> Would you like to state whether you are
> endorsing what he is saying in his message? If you are, to what extent
> is your endorsement of Sam's message?
>
> Please make yourself clear.
>
> Eric Lim (lpc1998)
>
>
>
> Antonio Rossin <rossin(at)tin.it> wrote:
> > relayed by antonio
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > Sam Carana wrote, to: epistemology(at)yahoogroups.com:
> >
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> > >From: Sam Carana <sam.carana@....>
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> > >Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:46:04 +1000
> > >Subject: Re: [epistemology] Re: By strength of "truth"
> > #01
> > >Reply-To: epistemology(at)yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > >Looks to me like you have set up a webcommunity, Eric, where
> > someone
> > >(I presume you) have sole control to accept/delete
> > any posts and
> > >members. In other words, the very opposite of democracy. You
> > have
> > >chosen such a rather exclusive and controlled format,
> > and then
> > >you come here at this rather tolerant and public
> > place to promote
> > >what you call "true democracy", knowing that this kind
> > of
> > >self-promotion is outside the theme of this group. How can we
> > put
> > >any trust in you and in your version of "truth"?
> > >
> > >Sam
> > >
> > >On 12/27/05, lpc1998 <mailto:lpc1998(at)lpc1998.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >Hi Antonio,
> > >
> > >A true democracy community does not imply that all other
> > democratic
> > >communities are "false" democracies. Whether a community
> > is true
> > >democracy or not depends entirely on whether it adheres to the
> > >fundamental democratic principles. If two or more communities
> > adhere
> > >to such principles, they are all true democracy communities.
> > >
> > >Your statement is true if a community claims it is the ONLY
> > true
> > >democracy community and all others are false.
> > >
> > >By the way, Antonio, are you aware of the existence
> > of false democracies?
> > >
> > >Best Regards
> > >
> > >Eric Lim (lpc1998)
> > >Be a practising democrat.
> > >Be part of the True Democracy Community:
> > >       http://www.tdcommunity.org/
> > >