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To: average joe who wrote (7414)	3/3/2004 10:42:09 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Nothing like a discerning apercu to cut to the chase...

To: average joe who wrote (7414)	3/3/2004 11:08:52 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

I hope your assessment of expertise relies on more than their terseness. You can get one liners in a mental hospital...<g> As to Chesterton, I have finally formulated what it is I so detest about him: Every word he wrote about anything was secondary to his endless preaching. Of course, I suppose the same observation could be applied against Ayn Rand. But she respected reason based on facts, while Chesterton viewed life through the aquarium glass of a childish frailty. Once he knew all there was to know about God and religion, the rest became a mere mockery of every contrary viewpoint. This is the wonderful thing about certainty: it frees one to indulge in a withering wit. What was most annoying about his bon mots was his conceit that he was right. One hates to see brilliance being used in the wrong way...