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To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (14095)	12/6/1997 2:01:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>: Yet, there is no reason to put up with the trash of #14091, the cop-out of all cop-outs."<< George, no matter how hard you try, you can never describe the beauty of a sunset to a person who was born blind. If you ask Christine what time it is she'll say that 23,788 women were burned at the stake in 1528. Jim

To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (14095)	12/6/1997 9:56:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Masochistic? I don't really think so. I am equally interested in words, feelings, and politics and the future, and am quite bored with sitting around not using my mind, so I find all of this pretty stimulating. I cannot control what others post to me, only my responses. I have always believed that people reveal themselves by what they write, and I am confident that readers of this thread are not forming their opinions of me by what someone like James Barrett writes, but only of him, and his words speak for themselves. I am not particularly interested in having a bigger and better thread, and have said so many times in the sense of preferring to have fewer posts that are thoughtful or amusing, rather than a larger number of inane one-liners. I would rather have a smaller group of people reading Feelings who really enjoy it, and talk at least once in awhile, than a cyber place that is very stimulating, but ultimately empty. Most people do want to be successful in what they do, though, George, and certainly I want to feel good about something in which I invest time and energy. A bed of madnesses? Probably--that seems a fairly apt description of life in general. What I like most is diversity. Incidentally, I don't disagree with your little blurb about the Civil War. I understand that in an agrarian economy that was also very labor intensive, i.e., picking cotton, etc., the South needed a lot more cheap labor than did the North. Ultimately, it still came down to a question of whether it was moral to own other human beings, however.

To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (14095)	12/8/1997 8:58:00 PM
From: Skipper	Respond to of 108807

"See, we could banter about such topics, but your thread reeks of extremism. Good old Skipper being proud his child has enshrined "competition." What a pity. What a mindless, or soulless, way to cavort within the horrid Terry camp." George, You have correctly inferred pride, pride that my son will not be one of those who lives by means of an outstretched hand, but rather will be someone who will justify his existence. (Perhaps by supporting some multiple of others, not like himself?) Yes, I am extreme, as well. I don't believe you're being truthful when you imply that you engage, merely, in banter. You are at your own extreme. It was not my son who enshrined competition, but I. He merely made an observation with his relatively unpolluted young mind. It was I who seized upon it as worthy of enshrinement. Finally, please define "having a soul" (the opposite, I suppose, of being soulless). Mindless, as "hoi poloi"? And a question: "Is man, if man, necessarily hierarchical?" Skipper