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

To: The Philosopher who wrote (57215)	9/6/2002 11:00:36 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

"The issue is whether the persona which emerges from those key pressings is in any sense a real person, whether pressing keys that say "I am a lawyer" makes one a lawyer or proves that one is a lawyer. If poster A writes to poster B "I hate you" does that mean that the physical person pressing the keys under the alias A really hates the physical person pressing the keys behing the alias B?" Don't be ridiculous: "Honest" is not synonymous with "real". It is not necessary that you trust them or believe them--Whether over the phone or face-to-face. I have never met a person who was not a liar--including you...