On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:27, Rik Tindall wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [not OT] DMCA-like law change in the works > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:09:17 +1200 > From: Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: InfoHelp Services, Canterbury Technology Ltd. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > You got that right. > > Luuk Paulussen wrote: > >Please don't use phrases like "I think we'd all agree" when you start > >talking about things like evolution and fundamentalism. I think there > >are a number of people on the list who have would have different > >opinions (now that we have gone even further off-topic) > > Opinions are worthless - except as articulations/creators of reality. > > The reality is that fundamentalist anti-evolutionaries are the > terror-producing preface to 9/11 & worse. > > Until we face up to and deal with the theoretical garbage (truth = 'God > told me' - Why? - 'because he made me') in our global "Christian" > society, our comprehension of the horror we're seeing on the 6pm news > won't progress beyond Sesame Street. > > JC exposed the Middle East territorial lie & died for it. His message to > us was to speak out - for the poor & the oppressed - from the natural > creator within us all. Free Software does this today, and the Third > World loves it. > > Poverty of intellect dressed up as equal 'opinion' is the propaganda of > the 'free world, free choice'. Most lack that luxury though. We can > share it, professionally. > > As for fantasies about supernatural creation - take them to a Mullah. > Neither of you articulate truth. This needs to be said, dispassionately. > > And I'm really glad I didn't have to write to a newspaper editor to so do. > > Thanks immensely guys, for standing in the tradition of a Free Internet. > > Long live GNU/Linux > > - Rik > > > Resend addition: > > Luuk, if you require evidence of how widely "opinion" diverges from > material reality, persevere with your non-standard reply-to. These catch me > every time! (Oh, for Jim's level of vigilance!) I also. Is it possible for some munging rule to remove them?
Rik. Whilst I appreciate the arguments you are making, I think we'd all agree that vigorous theological discussion is more suited to private email, a different list, or perhaps an irc channel. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
