[Platt] Team captains? Oracles? Divine commands? Dreck? You do use colorful language at times.
[Krimel] Much as we differ about nearly everything else I think we share a common love for the written word. Early on I was taught to be a disciple of Strunk and White. I hated them. They imposed rules on prose. I found it outrageous. Their injunction to "Use fewer words" was painful to learn, difficult to follow but generally good advice. One way to reduce your word count is to select words that convey precise connotation. I don't always succeed but I always try. [Platt] I think he's got it right -- as the history of the 20th century fairly well illustrates. [Krimel] I do not think you can judge ideals in this way. All sorts of factors influence the outcomes of history. The ideals may or may not play a deciding role in the ways we might think they do. After all it took nearly 200 years after we started this country with the phrase "all men are created equal..." to grant equality to all men and even longer to grant it to women. We are still coming to terms with the meaning of our ideals in the west. I am pretty sure this is what scares Strauss and the Arabs. [Platt] I have no doubt you express the underlying wish of the left, along with a willingness to give evolution a push. [Krimel] See I would say the left is not trying to give evolution a push rather it is trying to give it a chance. [Krimel] > Gotta go now I hear the daily Jesus Pool Party starting up near by... [Platt] Intolerance is a sin among politically correct leftists, unless the subject is Christians. [Krimel] I will take this in the spirit it is offered but in fairness very few here have raised the issue of Christian and Jewish faith more often or in a more positive light than I have. I think it is a topic that scares many here. And I have been equally politically incorrect in criticizing the fuzzy headed naval gazers in our midst who generally get a pass for sounding profound. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
