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[Sojourner]

At 09:11 AM 8/13/97 -0700, Greg Montalbano wrote:

>Impossible dreamer that I am, I can see the current chaos eventually
>resulting in a new social Darwinism, where the cranks and the irresponsible
>sink to the bottom of the pool.

No.  This will not happen.  Cranks and irresponsible people have
always been around and always will.  You are high on glue.

>Or, if the majority of the web world REALLY wants cheap gossip, kiddie porn
>and unsubstantiated sensationalism, we're doomed anyway -- so why worry?

Yeah why worry.  Let God sort 'em out right?  This kinda attitude is 
understandable, but it is still extremely reprehensible.  "Why worry" is
just a phrase for "I see little value in finding value or caring about this
issue" and it stems exactly from the attitude that people want ANSWERS.

The demand for "answers" is science's driving engine and it is also its worst
nightmare.  True scientists admit and understand and glory in the fact
that science is a set of values, but its achievements and understanding is
ALWAYS dynamic and changing.  When you turn to the opinion that
science provides an "answer" like "this food is good for you" and "this
food isn't" you will always lose.  You will eat eventually something wrong
and won't eat something right.  

You then take the other approach, that since everything changes then
who knows what is truth and therefore why should a value or idea
be held tightly when they always seem to change?  

Perspective gentlemen and women.  Perspective.


	"The world is a vampire
	 set to drain..."

	   ---SP