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To: Grainne who wrote (21604)	5/15/1998 2:35:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I despise political correctness. Often what starts as a handful of good ideas snowballs into something not unlike totalitarianism. A quest to subordinate free thought to ideology. "Politically correct" is to all thinking people an oxymoron concealing a very dark agenda. I am definitely not one of the people who would drop back to candlelight in order to forgo nuclear energy. I reject the idea that technology itself is somehow evil or unclean. In fact, I believe that the continual heightening of technology will lead to a cleaner lifestyle with a much higher standard of living. The very best material for candles, in a technologically appropriate setting (ca. 1860 tech) is beef tallow, with lamb a close second. The great fuel commodity of that era was whale oil. Pass the butter...

To: Grainne who wrote (21604)	5/15/1998 4:15:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Christine: The Irish live better and live longer than most Americans. Perhaps their diet isn't so bad (less packaged foods) or perhaps it's because they don't have to contend with the high-stress nonsense of "political correctness" which reminds me of the old "moral majority" both of which are false precepts. Father Terrence

To: Grainne who wrote (21604)	5/15/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Hey, how about a Walt Whitman poem to start the weekend. This one is short and sweet-- O Tan-faced Prairie Boy O TAN-FACED prairie-boy! Before you came to camp, came many a welcome gift; Praises and presents came, and nourishing food--till at last, among the recruits, You came, taciturn, with nothing to give--we but look'd on each other, When lo! more than all the gifts of the world, you gave me. Whitman, Walt. 1900. Leaves of Grass. Incidentally, does everyone know about the brand new Gay Financial Network? This is a service for homosexuals who are intimidated by financial planning and stock brokerage services that do not take them into account. For example, the article I read says that many gay couples in conservative places might not feel comfortable going into a local financial advisor's office to plan their investments together. The founder, stockbroker Walter Schubert, says "I want to secure the financial future of gay America." Not only can you buy stocks here, but there is going to be a ranking of publicly held companies to evaluate whether they are gay friendly in employment and the way they do business. gfn.com