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Date:      Wed, 04 Sep 2002 04:42:29 -0700
From:      Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail? 
Message-ID:  <200209041142.g84BgY182928@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>

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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes:
> Dave Hayes wrote:
>> > There are people who can not do this.  I would prefer to have the
>> > contributions of those people, than the participation of the trolls.
>> > If I must lose one or the other, let it be the trolls.
>> 
>> I feel exactly the opposite. If someone can't hit a key on the
>> keyboard and render the troll powerless, I don't want to be held
>> hostage to their choices. Good riddance.
>
> You're not held hostage to their choices.  Feel free to subscribe
> to other lists as well.

So I can return to a hostage state? No thanks.

>> Well, people would focus on not being rich. Then they'd be unhappy.
>> What good is a BMW if you cant brag to your friends because they
>> all have one too? ;)
>
> The same good it was when you *could* brag: it is a means of
> getting from point A to point B.

Not exactly the same good, you miss the fun in bragging.

>> > You lack of curiousity and determination marks you.
>> 
>> There's a misread. I don't lack these things at all. What made you say
>> this?
>
> You said "I can live with some things being unknowable".

That's because there's an entire universe of knowable things that I
still have to learn. When I finish those, I'll worry about the rest.
------
Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org 
>>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<<

What bread looks like depends upon whether you are hungry or
not.




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