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DeadMeat wrote:

> 
> BTW, I studied Buddism decades ago and found some of the beliefs
> refreshing although I can't accept nor practice it as a whole.��Maybe�we
> should�get into a discussion of Buddism in comparision with the old and
> new Testament. That should drive the 404thk00ks completely crazy since
> they want to remove God from anything connected with a Newsgroup.

I'm not actually into comparing Buddhism and Theism.  The usual result of
that is flame wars, by people who practice neither thing.  I think you have
to choose, if you're going to have a religious or spiritual alignment, and
then practice what you choose, instead of wasting your life differing with
people who have made another choice.

Buddhism isn't evangelical.  We think it's OK for people to have other
beliefs.  We're definitely pro-choice, in every area.  Buddhism in America
is involved with America's Enlightenment tradition, going all the way back
to the Trancendentalists, and to some of the Founding Liberals, such as
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.

Doing a Google on "404th", since this means nothing to me, I came up with a
number of functioning military units that have this as part of their name,
but they didn't seem to click.  Then, using the "groups" option, I came up
with this, let us say, *interesting* piece of dialogue, which seems to
involve several of the people on this thread. This was posted to us.config
and us.military.army.


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"Henrietta K Thomas" <hkt69@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:sfo4kvs2mrfdbf48avvouruu0siflh6dmr@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:05:13 -0500, RTO Trainer <bill.white@us.army.mil>
> wrote, in us.config:
>
> <...>
>
> >Anyone who posts in UMA is 404, so Igor is too.
>
> That's not what Snark says.
>
Actually that is very close to what I've said.  In a way RTO
Trainer is right too.  In that you enter the 404th every
time you post to uma and therefore are *in* the 404th Bar
and Grill.  Membership in the 404th as opposed to simply
being in the 404th  is conferred on people who have made
significant contributions to the betterment of uma.
But, then we've never really given it a lot of fuss bother
and worry before since it didn't really matter to anyone
before a member of the 404th made it an issue.

> >If this has been you opinion all along, why hide it?  At least then I
> >might have had a true picture of the pitch of the terrain.
>
> I have never 'hid' my opinion of the 404.
>

LOL!  Exactly who are the 404th in your mind?

> >So I've just been wasting my time and the time of all my friends who
> >thought we might actually be going to accomplish something here.
>
> You have accomplished a great deal, just not as much
> as you thought you would.
>
Except he's a member of the 404th so if you weren't going to
let anyone from the 404th complete this task in a manner
suitable and reasonable to the uma posters then what exactly
has been accomplished?

> >How long did you plan to wait to pull the rug out?
>
> I was hoping not to have to pull any rug out, but to help
> you write an acceptable charter we could all live with.
>
Who exactly is we?

> >Eddie:  I owe you, big time, for eliciting this response from HKT.
>
> You should owe me, instead, for taking the bait.
>
Yes  Ma'am.  You sure showed us Ma'am.  Yes, thank you
Ma'am.  Three bags full, Ma'am.

The writing on the wall, Ma'am?  BOHICA means Basic
Organizational High Intensity Clerical Activity, Ma'am.   We
feel it describes the real work of us.config Ma'am.

Snark

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My server doesn't carry us.config, but I assume it is for the purpose of
setting up groups in the us. hierarchy.  So did a 404th Usenet group
happen?   Snark is already not my favorite civilian.  He has an attitude,
and he just doesn't understand the sanctity of the five characters "404th",
you know what I mean?  Perhaps the whole project got terminally BOTHICA'd.

It's a lot easier to set up groups in the alt. hierarchy, and if you want to
control it, you make it a moderated group.

Lurking on u.m.a, which I never intend to post to, there seems to be some
connection of this then nebulous Usenet "404th" entity to the AF portal,
and therefore, one suspects, to the 404th {insert some AF unit] of WWII
fame, with its pink elephant insignia, no?

-- 
Triratanam sharanam gaccami
Dharmananda

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