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From: CuAu@telus.net
"palmer.william" wrote in message
news:bV7Ab.33070$102.31509@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...
>
> "Azul Funk" wrote in message
> news:xm6Ab.18575$bC.12015@clgrps13...
> > Billy,
> > With all due respect, Philosophy transcends Science. Your question about
> the
> > five nearest stars and the planets that surround them is nothing more
than
> > mental masturbation - an expanded geology question. You might as well
have
> > asked the capitol of Uraguay: It doesn't matter.
>
> Of course it matters. It sounds as if you are arguing that
> ignorance produces profound philosophical concepts.
> It does not. The people I trust most these days have at
> least a glimmer of understanding as to exactly how
> ignorant every human being is regarding his or her
> physical surroundings, be they near or far. I DOUBT
> that you would accept gratuitous spiritual and/or
> philosophical advice from someone who was convinced
> that the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it, so why
> do you argue that the ignorance of the posters is not an
> issue here?
Billy billy billy. What would you do without usenet? Does anyone in the real
world ever listen to you? It doesn't really matter. You're the one trying to
make this poor dude out as ignorant. You can't try and do an end run around
the guy's philosophical musings by asking him about astrological bodies. I
doubt he thinks the earth's flat or that the sun revolves around it. And,
i'm sure that if you started rambling to about a dozen newsgroups all about
the latest memo from hubble regarding our astrological neighbours, this
Gaiawar would probably even read it and keep it on file for future refrence,
which is more than the rest of us are inclined to do.
So, bill. If you're intent on spamming newsgroups (and it doesn't look like
you have anything better to do) why don't you try and be the least bit
constructive about it?
A.Funk
"Free Your Mind and your Ass will follow."
-George Clinton
> > "palmer.william" wrote in message
> > news:124Ab.32944$tQ4.27140@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...
> > >
> > > "Gene Royer" wrote in message
> > > news:vsqdbo8csmv3e0@corp.supernews.com...
> > > >
> > > > "Gaiawar" wrote in message
> > > > The Greeks had a plethora of words for love, and I won't bore you
> with
> > > them.
> > > > But when it boils down to the final point where language fails our
> > > ability
> > > > to express, we are limited to the weak human pronouncements that
Love
> > > > fulfills law, and God is love. That is as far as our language can
> take
> > > us.
> > > > And we are left with it yet to ponder: How can that be?
> > >
> > > I'll tell you how it can be. It can be for the same
> > > reason you seem to overflow with wisdom without
> > > being the least aware of the nature of even the
> > > physical world around you. Er, out of the billions
> > > of stars in this galaxy alone, name the five stars
> > > nearest earth and tell me how many planets each
> > > one has. You can't do it, Geno. Maybe one-tenth
> > > of one-percent of the populartion of this planet can
> > > name the five nearest stars (out of many billions,
> > > remember) but no one knows at this time how many
> > > planets surround those stars. You are sitting here
> > > smugly on the outskirts of the Milky Way--okay, point
> > > to the center. NOW!. You don't have a clue, do you?
> > > And you have no clue about the nature of the center
> > > either. So exactly how is it that retarded denizens of a
> > > hick planet are going to be able to answer profound
> > > questions regarding the meaning of life, love, etc.?
> > > They aren't, Geno. All they can do is masticate their
> > > gums the way you and Gaiawar are doing.
> > >
> > >
> > > the alt.genius.bill-palmer.whee
> > > --firing posts at passersby at random from a
> > > window in an office upstairs from rec.arts.prose
> > > >
> > > > --Geno
>
>
>
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