No Modesty in Jones's Family

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Tue, 31 Mar 1998 05:02:32 -0600 (00891363752, 3.0.5.16.19980331050232.092fc60c@mail.iland.net) 

At 10:47 PM 3/30/98 -0800, Farrell Till wrote:

>TILL

>Gee, there's no modesty in Jones's family, is there?  He got it all.


Gee, there's no rationality on this list is there? (at least not
before I arrived). Does your religion of Atheism see some Virtue
in modesty?  


>You have heard people say on this list that you will not be kicked off, and

>you will find that is true.


Fine, we'll see.


>By the way, I am currently opening another set of postings from you, and I

>notice that you still are not labeling your comments.  If this continues

>when I return to my office tomorrow, I won't even bother to open your

>postings.  Get it into your head, Dr. Know-It-All, that a protocol is

>expected on this list for no other reason except courtesy and consideration

>to readers.  If you don't want to conform, then don't conform, but you will

>find your postings are being trashed unread.


Fine, in your case. If your religion requires others to conform
to some arbitrary standard you picked whimsically, then it's no
better than any of the other odd religions devised by mankind.
**Common courtesy requires that one respect the customs of others
unless there are compelling reasons not to do so.** A society of
mindless robots who think and act alike is not desirable to me,
or to many others capable of thinking for themselves.

This is one of the many common errors appearing on this list.
What difference does it make who said what? Do you have any idea
of the truth value of human testimony?

Saint Peter:
The moon, being green cheese, attracts large alien rats.

Charles Manson:
The moon, being green cheese, attracts large alien rats.

Albert Einstein:
The moon, being green cheese, attracts large alien rats.

Now, is the truth value of this statement changed by the
identification label placed on it? The truth value of
concepts and statements cannot be determined by the source
of the person making them.

Dick Jones