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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!udel!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!ap290
  2. From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
  3. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  4. Subject: Re: Deep beliefs
  5. Date: 24 Dec 1992 21:03:38 GMT
  6. Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
  7. Lines: 20
  8. Message-ID: <1hd8jaINNs90@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  9. References: <9212241450.AA13380@pizzabox.demon.co.uk>
  10. Reply-To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  14. In a previous article, gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK (Graham Toal) says:
  15.  
  16. >:I seriously doubt that fanatics are moved by deeply held beliefs.
  17. >:The very notion of DEPTH is inimical to the BLINDNESS that is
  18. >:characteristic of fanaticism.
  19. >
  20. >Nonsense.  Go tell that to Torquemada.
  21. >
  22. >G
  23. >(Hey, I bet you didn't expect that, huh?)
  24. >
  25. Actually, nothing you say could surprise me much anymore.  The "yipe!"
  26. reflex has been burned out.:-)  But, how much do you know about that dude,
  27. anyway?  Just curious - I don't know much of anything except that he was
  28. a prize arsehole on a power trip.
  29. -- 
  30.         ###    Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
  31.             - ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
  32.           Where anything can happen, and it usually does
  33.