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- From: burris@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jim Burris)
- Subject: Re: Constructive Posts and Bells of Hope
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.084505.26738@spdc.ti.com>
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- References: <1993Jan19.195019.21459@vexcel.com> <1993Jan20.222126.19053@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <1993Jan21.062158.16993@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:45:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.062158.16993@pmafire.inel.gov> russ@pmafire.inel.gov (Russ Brown) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan20.222126.19053@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> 471-1@sleet.atmo.arizona.edu (E. Shane Jimerfield) writes:
- >>Actions and ideas of peace and peacful means are ALWAYS meet with
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >>hostility and/or violence.
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >This reflects a unique level of certainty, perhaps inclined to dogmatic.
- >What is the source of this wisdom? Holy writ, perhaps?
- >
- >Please remember the thoughts of George Santayana, who said, "Skepticism
- >is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too
- >soon or to the first comer..."
- >
- >Perhaps the _inferred_ hostility (or violence...on Usenet?) is a
- >visceral reaction to the incondite.
- >
- >
- List of favorite words on the net: always; never; you guys; everybody.
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- To reduce noise level, add these words to your kill file.
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- Jim Burris (insert 0.5 smiley here)
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