Manichaeism (WAS predestination & the preterite)

[Vaska]

Oh, damn.  The second time in two days.  Begging Jester's forgiveness, and
thinking of having her eyes checked,

Vaska

Jester strikes back:
>HAHAHAHA!
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>Oh, by the way, did you notice I DIDN'T sent that to the entire list?  IT
>was PRIVATE EMAIL!!!   HOW DARE YOU post it to the list!!!!
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>THIS SORT OF THING HAS TO STOP!!!  STop shouting you say?  Well, I"M RIGHTLY
>PISSED OFF!!!!  
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>DAMN!!!   Posting private emaiL!!!!  Who the HELL do you think you
>are??!!??!?!?!
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>JJ "Jester"
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>(not pissed at all, just trying to make a point...  ;-)
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>At 07:58 PM 07/09/1997 -0300, you wrote:
>>Jester makes outrageously unsupported claims:
>>>>The son, of course, got taken to Rome [together with
>>>>Augustine's mama], but the boy's mother was left behind; I'm not sure we
>>>>know what happened to her in the end. 
>>>
>>>She died.
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>>That's quite an assumption you're making there, you know.  Care to explain?
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>>Vaska
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