John, I'll add to what Suresh wrote and note that Shiv was responding to Cheeni's original post. While I understand and respect that you have strong feelings in this context, I'd suggest that AFAICT, no offense was intended and assuming goodwill might be a good idea.
Peace. Udhay On 17-Feb-12 10:51 AM, John Sundman wrote: > With that background, may I ask how old you are and by what lights you > presume to tell me what I do or don't know about what other non human > influences may have had an influence on my son or any other human? Also > do you suffer from any chronic, incurable debilitating diseases? Do you > believe in disease, or do you think that too is a silly concept? Do you > believe in sanitation? > > I only offered my note to any on the Silklist who might be interested in > my extensive first hand experience. Having or caring for someone > afflicted by toxoplasmosis can be hellish, and I like to help people who > are touched by toxo hell. > > I certainly have no interest in cute sophistries about the arbitrariness > of norms for what constitutes being human. I do like to talk about such > things, but generally at a post-kindergarten level. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
