On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Gomi no Sensei wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Alexx S Kay wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Alexx S Kay wrote: > > > > > But not all coups are military in nature (refer for example to Florida in > > > > 2000, or Dallas in 1963). > > It is difficult for me to see how off-handedly referring to the outcome > of the 2000 election as a 'coup' can result in anything other than a long > and tedious flamewar, accompanied by an inevitable and simultaneous > coarsening and lowering of the standards of discourse hereabouts, and must > therefore ask you nicely to refrain. It can fail to result in a flamewar by everyone taking a deep breath and ignoring what they consider provocative. If you want to compare homosexuality to bestiality or whatever the conservative coup-comment- equivalent is, I'll remain mum. If nothing else, you might consider whether 1963 was clearly a coup attempt and how that reflects on the writer's opinion about 2000...