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   Eric Vinyard to myriadsma...@yahoo.com   
   Re: The Church Is The Bell That Divides   
   11 Apr 18 20:45:42   
   
   From: chinagreenelvis@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 11:36:18 PM UTC-4, myriadsma...@yahoo.com   
   wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 10:33:38 PM UTC-5, myriadsma...@yahoo.com   
   wrote:   
   > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 10:29:40 PM UTC-5, Eric Vinyard wrote:   
   > > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 11:11:28 PM UTC-4, myriads   
   a...@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > > > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 10:09:16 PM UTC-5, Eric Vinyard wrote:   
   > > > > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 10:26:58 PM UTC-4, myr   
   adsma...@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > > > > > > > Damned quality stuff there. I hadn't seen this before.   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > Damned fine commentation there.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > It's more to think about than to respond to.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Pirsig would ask what you mean by 'quality'.   
   > > >   
   > > > Quality is relative.   
   > > >   
   > > > In this case, I would say that a post is of high quality when the way to   
   proceed with the conversation is either not immediately obvious, or the   
   content at least doesn't possess any clear errors or lack something that needs   
   to be addressed.   
   > > >   
   > > > There is a wonderful moment in many conversations and debates where   
   someone says something worth *considering* rather than instantly rebutting or   
   affirming. Litewave's assessment is, in my opinion, one of those.   
   > > >   
   > > > Have I made myself clear? Or should all of that have gone without saying?   
   > > >   
   > > > ;)   
   > >   
   > > Does not all conversation lack something that needs to be addressed?   
   >   
   > Quality conversation most of all?   
      
   Not so much conversation, but the content of any given part of it. Even still,   
   maybe, but the lack is not always apparent. I mean, if you want to really get   
   down to it, anything always lacks everything else by definition.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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