Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tue, 31 May 2005 08:50, Carl Cerecke wrote:
John Carter wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Richard Tindall wrote:
But I have tried to deepen the evolutionary theme - and thanks for
the idea John - here:
http://www.infohelp.co.nz/404.html
Raw internet with the lid off! I love it!
But then it descends into (IMHO bizarre and incorrect) assumptions:
"Indeed, it is the treating of printed text and language expressions
as static, sacred, and superior that fuels the world's worst wars."
No, "Sticks and stones break your bones, but words will never hurt you"
To quote Dr. Seuss: "I said, and said, and said those words. I said
them, but I lied them".
Far from never hurting you, words have the power of life and death.
It's oil that fuels wars. I look forward to the day when it is exhausted.
C'mon Chris. Oil certainly can fuel some wars (nice double meaning
there, BTW), but the history of war is much older than petroleum.
I tried hard to think of some way to bring this back on topic, but came
up with nothing reasonable. Sorry.
Cheers,
Carl.
