XPost: can.politics, can.general, ont.politics   
   From: rightone@rightpoint.comm   
      
   "Peter White"  wrote in message   
   news:P6M2h.14080$cz.231562@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...   
   > Archie wrote:   
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   > > Peter White wrote:   
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   > >>Archie wrote:   
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   > >>>Peter White wrote:   
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   > >>>>carricks_cat@yahoo.ca wrote:   
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   > >>>>>For those old timers who may remember him, just wanted to advise you   
   > >>>>>that John Baglow's partner Marianne passed away a few days ago.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>I've been off UseNet for years, and John and I butted heads here   
   quite   
   > >>>>>often, but he was always fair, well read and truly interested in what   
   > >>>>>you had to say.   
   > >>>>>   
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   > >>>>Sorry to hear about Marianne, please forward my condolences to John if   
   > >>>>you have contact.   
   > >>>>Yes he you and some others are missed for bringing good debate and   
   > >>>>information ->  NK   
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   > >>>It's strange isn't it, the not so virtual community that develops even   
   > >>>though many of us never meet. Even though many of us hadn't met him we   
   > >>>feel bad for him and wish him well. At times like this, even those that   
   > >>>railed against his political views relate to the human being that he   
   > >>>is. Some things we all share in common. >Archie   
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   > >>As our technology changes we seem to be able to live in many different   
   > >>neighbourhoods at the same time.   
   > >>In fact  it is really a case of the ever increasing concentric circles   
   > >>of reality that Marx and Hagel speak of.   
   > >>Fascinating to watch, if we don't destroy the fucking planet before the   
   > >>'rational man' takes control.   
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   > > Marx wrote about the dialectical relationship between technology and   
   > > human beings. That human beings shape technology and in turn,   
   > > technology shapes human beings and human relationships. Fascinating to   
   > > watch indeed. Some of these changes are obviously fantastic, such as   
   > > the way people from all corners of the globe can communicate with ease.   
   > > Some seem harmful, such as the way technology literally shapes human   
   > > bodies as a result of our lack of need of physical activity. It's hard   
   > > to imagine what we will be like a hundred years from now. In some ways   
   > > we seem better off and in others, worse. Like you say, rational man   
   > > better get his shit together - quick. >Archie   
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   > But the indications are not encouraging.   
   > Take this mundane example, the mention of Baglow did elicit some points   
   > worthy of further discussion, but what did it evoke?   
   > The school boy weak taunt of Terry Pearson.   
   > Most thoughtful people  treat that obsequious nerd by ignoring him in   
   > the hope that the noise and static will stop.   
   > It doesn't work ..... like ALL bullies Pearson misreads quiet reason as   
   > weakness and continues to flail and this causes a flush of similar shit   
   > from Sheldon Scot et al.   
      
   You don't have the mental capacity for worthy discussion Peter. When it goes   
   over your head you start acting like Kim Jong   
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   Senator Terry Pearson   
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