Re: Orwell quotation

2005-06-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:18 PM Thursday 6/2/2005, pencimen wrote: Leonard Matusik wrote: Gee Doug that sounds great, really Actually, it's just supposed to mean that nothing is off topic here. It was coined by one of the lists very early members (was it Marco?) in response to a question similar to yours.

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-06-03 Thread Leonard Matusik
Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:08:27 -0500 At 11:18 PM Thursday 6/2/2005, pencimen wrote: Leonard Matusik wrote: Gee Doug that sounds great, really Actually, it's just supposed to mean that nothing is off topic here. It was coined by one of the lists very

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-06-02 Thread Leonard Matusik
Gee Doug that sounds great, really I'd like to join you in that sentiment, but I still have a box and a half of incense left to burn and the The Holy Brazen Altar of Arthur C Clark I'd like to get back with you when I'm through though... anybody else? Leonard J Matusik [EMAIL

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-06-02 Thread pencimen
Leonard Matusik wrote: Gee Doug that sounds great, really Actually, it's just supposed to mean that nothing is off topic here. It was coined by one of the lists very early members (was it Marco?) in response to a question similar to yours. Doug

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Leonard Matusik
Does Killer Bs Discussion have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody allowed to ask the question?) d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Hear me: an unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 28, 2005, at 4:16 PM, d.brin wrote: Good seeing some of you at the excellent FiRe Conference. I have an article in a new book of critical essays about George Orwell. But the following is cribbed from a recent speech by Bill Moyers. Frankly, I do not always find him on. [...]

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Dave Land
On May 31, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote: Does Killer Bs Discussion have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody allowed to ask the question?) No orthodoxy: ask away. If you think Dr. Brin's post (or anyone else's) is full of crap, you are certainly free to try to prove it or provide a

RE: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Horn, John
Behalf Of Dave Land On May 31, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote: Does Killer Bs Discussion have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody allowed to ask the question?) No orthodoxy: ask away. If you think Dr. Brin's post (or anyone else's) is full of crap, you are certainly free

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 31, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Dave Land wrote: If you think Dr. Brin's post (or anyone else's) is full of crap, you are certainly free to try to prove it or provide a demonstrably better alternative view. Politely, though. As much as possible. ;) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor,

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Leonard Matusik
Uh, actually David.. I take the position that most people, including myself, are full of crap (meaning they operate from a relatively large deficit of self-knowlege, their motives are flawed, their meanings unclear). I am, of course, very oriented toward the views of Dr. Carl Rogers in this

Re: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Doug Pensinger
Leonard wrote: Does Killer Bs Discussion have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody allowed to ask the question?) All is Brin. -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Orwell quotation

2005-05-31 Thread Kevin Street
John Horn wrote: Just remember to change the subject to start with Brin: as Dr. Brin filters the list and only reads those posts that start with that string. Thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot. Kevin Street -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.

Orwell quotation

2005-05-28 Thread d.brin
Good seeing some of you at the excellent FiRe Conference. I have an article in a new book of critical essays about George Orwell. But the following is cribbed from a recent speech by Bill Moyers. Frankly, I do not always find him on. But this time he is --- Without a trace of irony, the