XPost: talk.religion.buddhism, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   halfawake wrote:   
      
   > oxtail wrote:   
   >> halfawake wrote:   
   >>>oxtail wrote:   
   >>>>halfawake wrote:   
   >>>>>oxtail wrote:   
   >>>>>>halfawake wrote:   
   >>>>>>>oxtail wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>halfawake wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>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.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>His newsreader might be set to re-wrap text. Do try to keep your   
   >>>>>>>>paragraphs short, please.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>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?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>You need to learn to write for others sooner or later.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>up to a point.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Have you tried to read Hegel?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>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?   
      
      
   I often did.   
   But the issue is the reasonable length of paragraphs.   
      
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