Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:33:27 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <3D6BF026.D7A055CD@mindspring.com> References: <200208272038.g7RKcc194633@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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Dave Hayes wrote: > Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> writes: > > One needs a zen approach to trolls. > > The only zen you need is the zen you think about. A strange sentiment, for someone who quotes Ch'an Master Yangqui, does not attribute the quote, and yet claims that there exists a ying/yang relationship between communities and trolls. The freedom to speak is not a guarantee of an audience, nor is life zero-sum, such that one must tolerate fools gladly in order to walk the eightfold path. It seems to me that trolls are people who believe in zero-sum games being the norm, to the point that they believe that for their advocated position to win, all other positions must lose. This is a mistake, and they need to lose their Ayn Rand inspired Objectivist philosophy of the inherent selfishness of humanity, and, for lack of a better metaphor, "grow up". Tell Bill and Thomas "Hi", and "No thanks". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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