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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:40:11 GMT
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- From: Graham Toal <gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK>
- Subject: Re: Deep beliefs
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- On Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:56:12 -0800, "Peter Montgomery"
- <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA> wrote:
- > I guess (but I'm sure you can tell me much better) the reason I dislike
- > the idea of belittling even the most contemptible of deeply held beliefs
- > is precisely because they are so DEEPLY held. I admire commitment of
- > the will in a world which does its best all day long to avoid even think-
- > ing about commitment. DEEP conviction reaches to the most fundamentally
- > human elements in a person. To mock such commitments then, is to mock
-
- That's what I was afraid you meant. People like you scare the bejesus
- out of me.
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