"Tom" wrote
> "1X2Willows" wrote
>
> What is an "absolutist"?
For example someone who states "The whole Asatru thing is one big
role-playing game." instead of, more correctly and more balanced, ;)
"Part of what some people, especially in America, try to pass for Asatru
is one big role-playing game".
> That sounds very "absolutist" of you, what with claiming that my
> statements are "blanket", "a constant barrage", and "about all and
> everyone and always".
Straw man argument anyway and remember... You brought it up! ;)
>> If that tells you I'd rather look to Tibet than Hollywood if I, say,
>> wanted to know something substantial about Buddhism, then you're
>> right on.
>
> No, it tells me that you hold a derogatory stereotype about a person based
> solely on their geographical location. You are clearly using an ad
> hominem fallacy as your justification for dismissing the validity of what
> the person who happens to be from California is saying. So that tells me
> that you're a xenophobe, an irrational thinker, and a snob.
I take it you're located in or around Hollywood yourself then, poor schmuck.
:o)
>> I am of no Asartuar kind at all
>
> How odd that you are getting so irate with me about my opinion of the
> Asatru, then. Perhaps you could explain why you think they are anything
> more than pretend-vikings and why you personally feel such a pressing need
> to defend them.
Dunno. Perhaps because bigots grate on me no matter what heathen approach
to spirituality they're zooming in on, when they get an itch in their pants
which
would better be taken care of by a good shower.
>> and you obviously carry some huge
>> post-WWII-chip on your shoulder.
>
> I have read extensively on the history of Europe for the past hundred
> years
Golly! now you beat me. You're over a hundred years old? :o)
> and I'll tell you straight, the Germans don't come off as the good
> guys much. It doesn't require any "huge post-WWII-chip on your shoulder"
> to see that. However, I do note that there have been some rather strident
> attempts to rewrite history in that regard.
Couldn't be any worse than the "history" written by victors in the
nationalist as well as the religious department.
Say, is your real name "Isaac" by any chance? :-D
