Advocations (was Re: Mondaugen's law)
calbert at tiac.net
calbert at tiac.net
Wed Jan 26 16:17:29 CST 2000
> >>
> >> Freedom is good
Freedom is a necessary illusion.
> >> Hurting people (without their consent) is bad
"Hurt" and "bad" truly are relative.
> >> Knowledge is good
Knowledge is just another religion.
When it contributes to awareness, you've got Blicero.
> >> Fun is good
Fun is the ONLY meaningful "currency".
> >> Keeping cool is practical
Keeping cool is essential.
> >> Caring is good
Care, and its cousins, sympathy and earnestness are acts of self
indulgence.
> >OK, so he advocates these common denominators, so what. I
> >think Jerry Springer advocates these common denominators
> >too, isn't there a difference?
Springer elicits and panders, P "merely" illustrates.
love,
cfa
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