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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:04:08 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>
Cc:        Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>, nwestfal@directvinternet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail?
Message-ID:  <3D810F58.6A0AD88A@mindspring.com>
References:  <200209122018.g8CKIC159777@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>

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Dave Hayes wrote:
> Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes:
> > Well, that and Dave Hayes pype, poking it with a stick any time
> > it looked to be settling down, just for the sheer joy Dave
> > gets from being a luddite
> 
> I'm a luddite if I suggest people grow up and learn to tune out
> the bad apples? Astounding.

No, you are a Luddite if you suggest elevation of individual
rights over those of the group, to a point which would result
in the desctruction of the group AND the group whose destruction
is under discussion is one which promotes technological change.


> > and making people waste effort
> 
> I'm glad I have that much power over you.

Of course you are.  It is your nature to seek such power (and
to ignore such distinctions as the use of third person perfect).


> > Luckily, this thread has not taken a lot of attention or time to
> > type, from my perspective; since it's started, I've also written
> > about 13,000 lines of code.
> 
> No one said you should be waiting by your mailbox for the next
> round. I daresay most of us have gotten work done in parallel
> with this entire debacle.

I daresay that the debacle is some people's idea of "work product".

-- Terry

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