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   Dude to Noah Sombrero   
   Re: The Three-Body Fortune:   
   12 Feb 26 12:55:22   
   
   From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/12/2026 11:17 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:05:45 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> Tyrannosaurus rex did not think it was entitled to anything except   
   >>>>> dinner if it were able to catch it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So much of the discourse from the left is pretending not to understand   
   >>>> opposing viewpoints and deliberate misrepresentation. As a tactic this   
   >>>> makes honest discussion impossible.   
   >>>   
   >>> Refusing to accept is not pretending to not understand.   
   >>>   
   >> It's a debate. You have not made your point. You are either free or you   
   >> are bound. If bound, by what means can you free yourself?   
   >   
   > Neither of us has made his point, nor will we.   
   >   
   > Certainly, and I have a right to tell you it is a worthless tactic.   
    >   
   So, you have rights. Where do you get your rights?   
    >   
   > If you have nothing new to say, don't say it.   
    >   
   That's what I'm saying.   
    >   
   > I have a right to say those things.   
    >   
   By what right?   
    >   
     You have a right to continue making my point.   
   >   
   You have a right to remain silent about human rights. But, where I come   
   from, silence usually indicates agreement.   
      
   What, exactly, is the solution to the three-body problem?   
      
   What's your point?   
      
   Tyrannosaurus Rex had territorial rights by being T. Rex. But, that's   
   just two bodies, Rex and planet earth. You forgot to mention entropy.   
    >   
      
   >> It's a natural human right, otherwise you're racist.   
   >>   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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