Hi Arlo Thanks for the 'u' that's so polite. If only we could all be that lovely. When are you running for president?
Thanks David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "ARLO J BENSINGER JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [MD] subject/object: pragmatism > [Krimel] > "Think of how dumb the average guy is and remember that half of the people > are dumber than him." I mostly object to theologies and political view > that > elevate ignorance to a virtue. > > [Arlo] > The irony is that the same people who seek hierarchies of superiority in > every > other facet of life, try to create a flat "no one is dumber or smarter > than > anyone else" when it comes to understanding complex fields like philosophy > and > physics. And frankly, I don't find the discrepancy among the population to > be > one of innate ability, as to a sad combination of the failure to educate > compounded by, as you eloquently call it, the cultural impetus of the day > that > elevates ignorance to a virtue. > > On a humourous (the "u" is for the Brits among us) note, lest we forget > how > "informed" many in the general population are, check out this clip from > the > sadly telling " Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader... > > http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/29/video-is-europe-a-country/ > > Jeff does not ask her who she voted for in the last election, but my money > is > on Bush ;-) > > > 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/ > 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/
