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- From: mlloyd@ocf.berkeley.edu (M. Lloyd)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Ethics...
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:47:31 GMT
- Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
- Lines: 33
- Message-ID: <1k4f23$qv6@agate.berkeley.edu>
- References: <1993Jan23.084954.12050@fuug.fi> <1993Jan23.232911.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> <1993Jan25.020019.8813@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- ss19@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >cvadrgez@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:
- >>Is it ethical to one day just stop talking to a friend (permanently), and to
- >>NEVER even try to explain why?
-
- "It's about friendship, Leo. Friendship, character, and - hell, I ain't
- afraid to use the word - *ethics*!"
-
- (Massive bonus points to anyone who can ID the quote, but none if you
- don't think Gabriel Byrne is a hunk.)
-
- OK, I'm sorry - I'm not being terribly understanding, but the quoted
- note leaves some important context out. I'm a hard-core Ethical
- Relativist, so there's no way I'll judge the absolute statement above.
-
- > Presuming the situation is correct: yes.
-
- 100% agreed.
- > ____
- > david parsons \bi/ 50% header, 30% quote, 30% sig, 10% article.
- > \/
-
- Say, Orc, you got any mathematician in you? ...
-
- hugs
- Mike
-
-
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