Actually the name isn't an oxymoron, but like 'television' it's a mixture of Latin and Greek roots. 'Science' is derived from the Latin word for knowledge, and '-ology' from the Greek for 'study'. Study of knowledge seems eminently reasonable and (to coin a new word) deoxymoronic.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 January 2006 21:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc > > Just being a scientologist (the name is an oxymoron - like Christian > Scientist) is weird in itself. > > Of course, weirdness is largely a matter of geography. To be > an atheist in rural Texas is definitely to be odd. To be a > Christian in Timbuctoo is even odder. To be anything and > Archbishop of York is entirely normal. > > Odd, isn't it. > > John > > > > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:09:46 -0000, Bob W > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> In the middle of being asked a question he spontaneously & for no > >> apparent reason started jumping up & down on the furniture. This I > >> found weird :-) > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On 1/23/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I don't watch Oprah. In what ways was his behavior > >> uncharacteristic? > >> > Was it "weird?" > >> > > >> > Shel > >> ========= > >> http://www.metacafe.com/item28295/new_videos/1/tom_cruise_frea > >> king_out_on_opra > >> h > >> > > > > I've just watched that. To be honest, I don't think he's > being weird > > at all. > > He's behaving well within the limits of that sort of trashy, > > celebrity-driven culture, playing to an over-excited crowd, and > > entertaining them in a way that makes them scream. It's not > Tom Cruise > > that's weird, it's that type of TV. > > > > He certainly didn't behave like that when he and Nicole (see: first > > name > > terms!) lived in London. In fact, he was a bit of an action hero: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/184815.stm > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > >
