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   halfawake to oxtail   
   Re: Rebirth of the Battling Apannaka and   
   16 Aug 10 15:44:59   
   
   XPost: talk.religion.buddhism, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   oxtail wrote:   
      
   > halfawake wrote:   
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   >>oxtail wrote:   
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   >>>halfawake wrote:   
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   >>>>oxtail wrote:   
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   >>>>>halfawake wrote:   
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   >>>>>>oxtail wrote:   
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   >>>>>>>halfawake wrote:   
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   >>>>>>>>full page line length: that is not how it's written, and not how it   
   >>>>>>>>appears to me.  it seems that your newsreader is not registering my   
   >>>>>>>>formatting and auto-carriage returns.  My lines are about 67   
   >>>>>>>>characters per line by my count.   
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   >>>>>>>His newsreader might be set to re-wrap text. Do try to keep your   
   >>>>>>>paragraphs short, please.   
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   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>wow, for an unpaid writer I suddenly have an awful lot of editors.  I   
   >>>>>>have an idea: why don't you try to go fuck yourself?   
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   >>>>>   
   >>>>>You need to learn to write for others sooner or later.   
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   >>>>   
   >>>>up to a point.   
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   >>>Have you tried to read Hegel?   
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   >>   
   >>Yes, I read the Phenomenology of Spirit, his greatest work, among   
   >>others, many years ago.  Also enjoyed Kojev's unwieldy commentary.  How   
   >>about you?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > I couldn't stand him.   
   > Probably due to his sentences   
   > that go on for pages.   
   > Once I spoke for many minutes   
   > without finishing one sentence.   
   > I was dead drunk, of course.   
   > If you really try to capture   
   > the reality in one sentence,   
   > you would be talking one sentence   
   > for all your life.   
   >   
      
   Well no one said Hegel was an easy read.  Maybe you should read him when   
   you're drunk?   
      
   Robert   
      
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