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|    --- -- . to Peter Terpstra    |
|    Re: What is the use of talking with peop    |
|    11 Oct 12 13:44:07    |
      XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen, alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan       XPost: alt.zen       From: being@....              Peter Terpstra wrote:              >What is the use of talking with people who are committed to misunderstand you?       >       >Why waste you time with this?              There may be little use for many games.       Aside from the games themselves.              There tends to be an unstated understanding       between those who intentionally refuse to understand.              The ground rules       so to speak.              >Love & Peace, Peter              People stand       from the ground up.              Someone sends out a ping.       Another returns with a pong.              Between them is the net.              When complete understanding occurs,       when semantics are without wrinkle,       there remains little left to being right.              Game are often ended       for lack of any reason to continue.              In order for time to be wasted in fun-mode,       there may need to be degrees of similarity,       along with degrees of apparent difference.              When either, similarity or difference, is beyond       the boundaries, the ground gives way.       Being out-of-bounds.              Rulers may rule incrementally.       Some cover feet, yards or miles.       Some wear crowns, of diamonds, or thorns.              To think waste is a bad thing       might be to ignore its potential, plus       how in order for profit to profit       there needs to be something else       known as unprofitable.              - thanks for the quest       ions of reasons -              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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