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   Message 109,542 of 111,200   
   Tang Huyen to Ned Ludd   
   Re: "Onanistic Science"   
   28 Aug 16 14:59:54   
   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/28/2016 2:51 PM, Ned Ludd wrote:   
      
   >  Actually, I used to say that these fora consist entirely of   
   > postings made by one 14-year-old boy in Pittsburgh.   
   >   
   >  This hypothesis may still potentially be true.   
   >   
   >  Any other PRESUMPTIONS about the 'restrictions',   
   > 'abstentions', 'mental states', 'hostility', 'privateness',   
   > 'authority' (or lack thereof), 'fairness', 'playfulness',   
   > 'seriousness', 'wastefulness', 'freedom', or situational   
   > appropriateness, are purely figments of that 14-year-old   
   > boy's imagination.   
      
   This plot plays into Wilson's refusal to   
   turn these boards into a nanny-state,   
   which is an application of his hatred   
   of nanny-states in general. You and he   
   are libertarians, right?   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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