Re: United States of Feeding Tubes

From: Chris Carlen (crcarleRemoveThis_at_BOGUSsandia.gov)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:31:01 -0800

xray wrote:
> On 23 Mar 2005 17:13:02 -0800, Winfield Hill
> <hill_a@t_rowland-dotties-harvard-dot.s-edu> wrote:
>
>>Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote...
>>>You can't reason with anti-gun nuts. They're used to abject obedience
>>>to whichever king or emperor happens to be in the catbird seat.
>>Another helpful post.
>
> The whole subthread is probably a waste of time and politically
> oriented, so what exactly is your point, Win?
>
> Actually the whole thread, not just the subthread.
>
> I don't know how the current environment became defacto, but I admit I
> participated in the destruction during the elections. I miss the good
> old days where off topic posts were mostly personality related and not
> political. That continues, but this does too.
>
> The real thrust here is that if you make enough impressive technical
> posts, then you are allowed to also make provocative off-topic posts. If
> you haven't proven yourself technically, then you are not respected in
> your other opinions.
>
> It's a clique just like back in highschool.

You have successfully exposed the delusion that if one is intelligent
enough to succeed at a technically challenging subject, then one must be
wise about matters such as politics, religion, society, etc.

Intelligence != wisdom 

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