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   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:   
   >>>>>>>>>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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > There is no limit on paragraphs, only on how long one chooses to read   
   > them.  And reasonableness is in the mind of the beholder.  I suppose you   
   > would give editorial advice to James Joyce on Finnegan's Wake, and tell   
   > him to make himself more understandable.  Well, that approach to writing   
   > would be the end of most work of any note.  My paragraphs may be a lot   
   > more boring, but they represent my mode of thought at the time.  If I   
   > start trying to satisfy your reading capabilities, I may as well go   
   > smack myself in the head with a large pot.   
      
      
   Wrong attitude.   
   All depends on what you are trying to do.   
   Can you even imagine yourself   
   trying to save all sentient beings?   
      
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