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To: mr.mark who wrote (4133)	6/13/1999 4:26:00 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

YUPPIE LOVE "The SF weekly has fessed up: A pro-yuppie, "Stop the Hate" rally it advertised in it's paper was a hoax.In San Francisco's Mission District, tensions have grown between long-time residents and affluent newcomers, with cars and restaurants. No yuppie appeared at the faux rally, but most of the local media did- and about 200 counter demonstrators who though it was real. One man grabbed a megaphone and shouted, "you little yuppie bastards would hop on a plane in a heartbeat to fight for freedom in Chiapas, but you [expletive deleted] your neighbors!" Wall Street Journal, Weekend Supplement, "Tony and Tacky"

To: mr.mark who wrote (4133)	6/14/1999 12:41:00 AM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13018

A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert Einstein elsewhere......unknown: If we could shrink the Earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Americas (North and South) and 8 Africans. 51 would be female; 49 would be male. 70 would be non-white; 30 white. 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian. 50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of the United States. 80 would live in substandard housing. 70 would be unable to read. 50 would suffer from malnutrition. 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth. Only 1 would have a college education. No one would own a computer. When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent...