Okay, I'll take that. Let me rephrase my question: Jim, care to back *any* of this up with any actual facts?
"John W. Redelfs" wrote: > At 08:08 PM, Friday, 11/1/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote: > >Jim, care to back *any* of this up with any actual facts, rather than just > >a rant? > > You are misusing the word rant. Jim's post was not bombastic or excited > enough to qualify as rant: > > 1 : to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner > 2 : to scold vehemently > transitive senses : to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion > > And when a person is expressing attitudes and values, facts are > irrelevant. For instance, if I were to say that I can't stand people with > an eastern European accent, no one could intelligently demand that I > provide facts. The fact is that I feel that way. And the fact is that Jim > feels that way about scientists who forget where science leaves off and > where religion begins. > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > "The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth > part of the face." --Jack Handy > =========================================== > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland �The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we don�t want a world of engineers.� � Sir Winston Churchill (1950) Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}
