From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 8 7:18:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A45A37B41B for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 07:18:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.144.106]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20011208151844.GPLJ27606.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:18:44 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB8FIen63526; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:18:40 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA02658; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:18:08 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:18:07 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Mike Meyer , Brad Knowles , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011208151807.A280@localhost> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 <15377.37214.213789.306335@guru.mired.org> <00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <013901c17fac$b23dc6a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <01b101c17fb7$e45bf8e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <01b101c17fb7$e45bf8e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 08:13:51AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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