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To: koan who wrote (211092)	6/16/2011 11:59:44 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361022

re...Big accomplishment. I keep..re mind ing 'myself'.. that.. This is serious.. But..not important WT..?? <g>

To: koan who wrote (211092)	6/16/2011 11:07:45 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361022

would I be a misanthropic pedantic person if I pointed out the Greeks foreswore the stake burning in favor of the hemlock cup?

To: koan who wrote (211092)	6/17/2011 2:25:06 AM
From: Sea Otter	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361022

They weren't popular in ancient Greece either. In fact, they're never popular. Proles want confirmation and comfort, not understanding and truth. Get in the way of that and things can go very badly for you. Read "Thinking As A Hobby" by William Golding. Huxley is another hero of mine.

To: koan who wrote (211092)	6/17/2011 7:56:38 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361022

"You are a seeker of understanding and truth. Throughout all of history (except acient Greece) folks like you have always been misunderstood, and burned at the stake-lol." The Athenians voted to have Socrates put to death (a 1000 person jury) (via a cup of Hemlock) for "impiety" against the gods and corrupting young men though his ideas. According to my wife, who is my instant go to source for all things ancient, they asked Socrates what his sentence should be and he could have said exile, which probably would have been granted, but instead he said that the government should give him a free dinner every day for the rest of his life. The ruling powers thought Socrates ideas were a threat to the Athenian Democratic ways. So now am I a misanthropic pedantic person?