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In article <1q2keg$2ei@access.digex.net> farley@access.digex.com (Charles U. Farley) writes:
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>[a thread about Timothy Leary]

>Wolf revealed Leary for who he really was/is.  Most people know very
>little, if anything factual about the guy, and when they do get to know
>him, they are supremely disappointed, because he just doesnt live up 
>to the hype and/or legend that has preceded him.

Having had the experience of going into a bar and talking with him as he had a
beer, I'll have to agree with you - in one sense.  He's just human, like 
everybody else.  I think you'll find disappointment in anyone you have promoted
to legend status, simply because it makes them seem more than human.

His words at Holy Cross two nights ago were what I found important.  I went 
with an open mind, even with the knowledge of his past experiences with the
"drug culture", and I was granted an experience I won't soon forget.  No matter
what anyone else may say of the man, you cannot take away the fact that he is
a great speaker - he captivated me today the same way he did others twenty 
years ago.  As Marshall Mcluhan put it - "The medium is the message."

Mike C.  (Zen)

 
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Unlike subject-object metaphysics the Metaphysics of Quality does not insist on
a single exclusive truth. If subjects and objects are held to be the ultimate 
reality then we're permitted only one construction of things - that which
corresponds to the "objective" world - and all other constructions are unreal.