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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (4420)	2/2/2001 1:58:26 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It might not have any reality for you, just as your position has no reality for me. My "haves" or "have nots" are totally internal. They are not a fact for you (imo). You can choose to accept them- but you have no way to verify them. It has nothing to do with treating me as an object (although I think I am one)- and I don't see the relevance of throwing that in. But people certainly are objects (imo- and under the definition- unless you think people are immaterial) and I treat them as such under definitions 1 and 2. ob·ject (bjkt, -jkt) n. 1.Something perceptible by one or more of the senses, especially by vision or touch; a material thing. 2.A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action: an object of contempt. 3.The purpose, aim, or goal of a specific action or effort: the object of the game. 4.Grammar. a.A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that receives or is affected by the action of a verb within a sentence. b.A noun or substantive governed by a preposition. 5.Philosophy. Something intelligible or perceptible by the mind. 6.Computer Science. A discrete item that can be selected and manipulated, often a self-contained item that contains data and the procedures necessary to manipulate that data. We do not agree on the meanings of most words- that is a problem here, and elsewhere in life.