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   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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   >>>>>>>>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.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>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.   
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   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Well no one said Hegel was an easy read.  Maybe you should read him   
   >>>>when you're drunk?   
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   >>>   
   >>>I often did.   
   >>>But the issue is the reasonable length of paragraphs.   
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   >>   
   >>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.   
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   > 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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   in my own selfish little way, sure.   
      
   Robert   
      
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