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- From: robj@netcom.com (Rob Jellinghaus)
- Subject: Re: Morally good necessary possible sometimes possible reproductiveness
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.040125.28807@netcom.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:01:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.182537.18766@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- >However, convinced that I have accomplished my
- >goals, I will treat the average blithering would-be repudiation in the
- >manner I have recently adopted for the benefit of Skippy and his
- >buddies.
-
- Fair enough. I also feel that I've accomplished my goals in this.
-
- >Surely your beliefs have a plausible explanation in the failure of
- >your confederates to convict me of error in reasoning. Notably, they
- >are not substantiated by any objective evidence of my prejudice in
- >this, or any other matter.
-
- You are entirely correct; I do not know that you have ever taken any
- prejudiced action against anyone. My belief that you are fundamentally
- bigoted against gays was unjustified; it may very well be that you have
- arrived at your conclusions as rationally as you know how. I apologize
- for claiming your premises were chosen on an emotional basis.
-
- It also may be that you would admit defeat under some circumstances.
- I am not (currently) qualified to discuss this with you at your
- preferred level, so I have little chance of determining what those
- circumstances are. But I conjecture that they will not come to pass
- in the next five years, should you remain on the net that long.
-
- Happy holidays to you.
-
- --
- Rob Jellinghaus | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a bad
- robj@netcom.com | decision being made out of sheer ignorance,
- robj@xanadu.com | pause, and think of hypertext."
- uunet!netcom!robj | -- K. Eric Drexler, _Engines of Creation_
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