Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:18:07 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011208151807.A280@localhost> In-Reply-To: <01b101c17fb7$e45bf8e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 08:13:51AM %2B0100 References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 <15377.37214.213789.306335@guru.mired.org> <00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a05101009b83750a740f1@[10.0.1.16]> <013901c17fac$b23dc6a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a05101017b837621e58c4@[10.0.1.16]> <01b101c17fb7$e45bf8e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 08:13:51AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Brad writes: > > > People are irrational, I've said that before. > > I've seen no evidence of that. rational (adj.) 1. using reason or logic in thinking out a problem. 2. in accordance with the principles or logic or reason. (Collins dictionary, 1987 edition) Yep, human beings are just *so* rational. That of course explains why we have so much war, poverty, environmental degradation, religion, racism, sexism, all those other unpleasant -isms, etc. And presumably why we all continue to participate in fun threads like this one, when it is so clearly in accordance with the principles of logic and reason. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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