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In reply to the discussion: New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]Turborama
(22,109 posts)You're the one who's ignoring what was written in the article and instead sticking to a dogma of throwing inappropriate ad homs (Luddite) because of the passing use of the Betamax term.
You also ignored a historically correct article which would have educated you who the Luddites were.
The irony is amazing. You got her use of the Betamax term wrong (in fact tried to redefine what she actually meant) and in your attack used Luddite as an insult showing how little you really know.
You really should read about the history of the Luddites, you're just making a bigger fool of yourself.
Additionally, you have openly admitted to just blatantly ignoring and not even reading both of the articles I have shared.
Purposefully keeping yourself ignorant, wow, what sort of dogma is that?
As Confucius famously said, "Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you."
Another irony.
(Yes, that is the correct spelling of his name. Perhaps it was a typo when you joined DU and you meant "Confusion"? It's amazing, really. You accuse the author in the OP of getting her history of Betamax wrong and at the same time prove your ignorance of the history of the Luddites, multiple times, relentlessly. With that taken into account, "Confused" does seem very apt.)
Thanks for helping keep the OP kicked for anyone who may have missed it, BTW.
For anyone reading this who is interested in learning about the Luddites, here's another couple of links...
What the Luddites Really Fought Against
The label now has many meanings, but when the group protested 200 years ago, technology wasn't really the enemy
By Richard Conniff
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/What-the-Luddites-Really-Fought-Against.html?device=bbery
A short history: http://www.ludditelink.org.uk/history.php
(Edited to fix some errors I missed - it's really difficult posting on DU with a Blackberry, my only means of getting online at the mo.)