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Article #7389Re: Newt, Ecology, Wise use
From: Phil Ronzone
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 04:20
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 04:20
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In article <3dcu5k$htd@pentagon.io.com> larrys@pentagon.io.com (Larry Smith) writes:
>>Boy...Your not kidding...who else would want em...
>>
>That's what I've always loved about these newsgroups. The
>snap of a well-reasoned argument, the joisting of one keen
>intellect against another, the joyous struggle to find the
>common ground of reasoning beings to build a glorous new
>coalition on, searching always for the betterment of mankind.
>Sometimes I am overcome with the cosmic _rightness_ of it
>all, and a tear comes to my eye as I realize what a great
>time I have been born in, with such powerful tools to reach
>out to a thousand kindred souls, to sample their thinking, to
>examine my own beliefs in the light of others that wish to do
>the same. I can only pity those poor, benighted beings that
>crawled and strived to give us this blinding freedom that
>they themselves could never imagine. Thank you, Dal, for
>providing this insight. I shall consider it with great
>serious- ness, and ponder it in the night when sleep will not
>come, and when the cares of the world seem weighty and dark,
>for it is such nuggets that great wisdom can be found. Stand
>proud, for you have made a your contribution for this day to
>the well of human knowledge. Let the lesser lurkers look on
>in envy, for they will never know what great effort and
>intellect when into this missive. But _I_ know, Dal. And I
>_appreciate_ it. Bravo. Well-spoken, Sir. Bravo.
Now now Larry -- not so extravagant in praise. Why, the poster in
question did not even mangle your name or use some other grade school
trick. Such a lack of informed response is surely not worth the
praise you've just given!
--
"I didn't do it, nobody saw me, and you can't prove it!" - B. Simpson
These opinions are MINE, and you can't have 'em! (But I'll rent 'em cheap ...)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,41b6d8f6802f2019 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: fb58e,41b6d8f6802f2019 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-Thread: 104eff,41b6d8f6802f2019 X-Google-Attributes: gid104eff,public X-Google-Thread: fe386,41b6d8f6802f2019 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe386,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-23 13:39:52 PST Newsgroups: ca.environment,talk.environment,alt.save.the.earth,ca.politics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!ub4b!EU.net!Germany.EU.net! howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!phil From: phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) Subject: Re: Newt, Ecology, Wise use Message-ID: <philD18xEv.413@netcom.com> Organization: Generally in favor of, but mostly random. References: <3d50mm$j8i@pentagon.io.com> <3dcbaq$iab@cleese.nas.com> <3dcu5k$htd@pentagon.io.com> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 04:20:55 GMT Lines: 36