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To: epicure who wrote (4164)	2/21/2002 12:49:01 AM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51764

Oh jeez, I'm sorry, I didn't mean Bonnie.. I'm with Bonnie. I met those other idiots that cntinually harass her.. Oh boy, m

To: epicure who wrote (4164)	2/21/2002 9:53:04 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51764

Perhaps we should salute those legions of people with no real opinions. Thank you, thank you. I knew there was a place for me somewhere. On another thread there was a discussion of certain political activities being more frivolous than others... and all I could think was, "oh for heaven's sake. It's ALL frivolous, isn't it, really? What does any one of us do that really effects anything?" (note considered use of 'effect' rather than 'affect'- this was NOT an error) But people need to care about something-- and we can't all care about the same thing, any more than we can all fall in love with the same person, or all like spinach. There are so many things to care about, to decide that one person's motivating concern is frivolous compared to yours, well, it irked me a lot. Personally I think spending ten hours a day on SI is frivolous, but who cares. I think reducing every event in life to a number is the strangest thing I ever saw, and frivolous to boot as it accomplishes nothing that I can see, but so? I think I am off the scale frivolous writing about things like what my kids want for dinner, but so what. Anyway, that is my rant for the day, based totally on my opinion, which is flexible, mutable, baseless, and given without real conviction.

To: epicure who wrote (4164)	2/21/2002 5:22:18 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51764

. I suspect the very best people are the apathetic- they probably do the least damage to their fellow men, and are the least objectionable. Perhaps we should salute those legions of people with no real opinions. ... Perhaps those people are the real "decent" people. I'm rarely apathetic. I try to have an opinion even when I don't know too many of the facts. (Of course, I rely on native wit and innate sense to mae sure they're valid opinions...). IOW sorry... I know it's very unappealing. but I'm definitely indecent. As Groucho almost said, "I wouldn't be a member of any club that wouldn't have my member". Which is the most indecent misquote I can derive off-hand.