But Platt, it was you (the prejudiced SOMist culture in your head) who chose to interpret my plea as giving you those two either/or choices, not me nor my plea (nor the price of tea in China, nor a myriad of other influences on your possible response ...)
That's "prejudiced" in the literal sense, nothing pejorative / critical. Ian On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Ian] > >> Jeez, conflicting aphorisms, whatever next ? ... Wilde is a great >> source. > > Those who live by aphorisms die by aphorisms. > >> Freedom is one thing and compulsion is another ... there is no "either >> / or' choice ... it's an appropriate amount of both. >> >> Any responsible person exercising their freedom recognizes limits to >> that freedom, with only a little "compulsion" involved. You are always >> free to resist even that compulsion ... and take responsibility for >> the consequences. etc ... etc ... >> >> Take off those polarizing ray-bans. > > Or what? Sounds like an either/or choice. :-) > > Platt > > Ian >> >> On 8/12/08, Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > "Every man must be left quite free to choose his own work. No form of >> > compulsion must be exercised over him. " -- Wilde >> > >> > Autocrats are never in short supply. >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:47 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > [gav] >> > > "those that find ugly meanings in beautiful things, these are >> corrupt >> > > without >> > > being charming, this is a fault" wilde >> > > >> > > [Arlo] >> > > And these people are never in short supply, gav.... wonder if this'll >> make >> > > me >> > > watch the synchronized swimming routines differently (damn >> > > collectivists!)... > > 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/
