on 5/20/05 6:37 AM, Alex Stanley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> For me, FFL is a place to explore diverse opinions and to >> learn not to hold one's own opinions as absolute, universal >> truths. > > But, Rick! Many of those opinions are backed by the authority of the > purest of traditions or sages with awareness *far* greater than > yours. So, who the hell are you to challenge the absolute > universality of those opinions? >
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