Re: FLUXLIST: re badgergirl

2001-09-22 Thread burningclown
> Noam Chomsky?! Oh the pain. I don't want to drag this out, but (in a pure desire for knowledge) I would be interested in any refutation of Chomsky that doesn't resort to *ad hominem* remarks ... because I haven't seen one (a refutation, that is) that hews to the same level of rigor he employs.

Re: FLUXLIST: re badgergirl

2001-09-22 Thread meryl
Gee, guess you sure told me! I did, in fact, look at your sources. Not exactly the most unbiased sources of info on the middle east (yes, even Amnesty International!) in my opinion. Noam Chomsky?! Oh the pain. But of course I always take as gospel whatever Ted Koppel says... Look, I'm not goin

FLUXLIST: re badgergirl

2001-09-22 Thread jason pierce
> And what's more wearisome still is using this situation >to propagate anti-Israeli sentiment among the under educated and >ill-informed. Speaking of which, I'm very curious as to the sources of your >FACTs. There are many ways to spin a piece of info, friend, (but clearly >you already have t

Re: FLUXLIST: Tragedy (Not the Bee Gees Song)

2001-09-22 Thread John Blower
At 08:39 AM 9/22/01, you wrote: Roger and all, The more knowledge people aquire the less likely they are to depend on "god" to tell them what to do with their lives.  Surely it comes as no surprise to any of you that more people have died in the name of "god" than for any other reason.  When you

Re: FLUXLIST: Tragedy (Not the Bee Gees Song)

2001-09-22 Thread meryl
Roger and all, It seems to me that the answer is education. Education as broad based and even handed as possible. The more people know about the planet they occupy, how they got where they are, etc. the happier they'll be. You know, the basics of hard science, a non-biased overview of as many a

Re: FLUXLIST: Princess Petal

2001-09-22 Thread Patricia
Yikes!! My attachments should never be deleted!! Exclamation point!! Viruses are not allowed (according to Norton)!! XX!! OO!! Princess Petal!! aka Princess Petal, Jr.!! (whose isp has mucked up her rather dated website, since she has no glimmer of how to switch servers, but not for long, if she h

FLUXLIST: Princess Petal

2001-09-22 Thread Roger Stevens
Hi - Anyone heard from Patricia lately? I've had some empty e-mails with attachments recently which I've deleted. I wondered if maybe she'd caught this new virus. Or, if not her, then her computer. You know what I mean. XXX BTW Some interesting poems from teenagers about the Tragedy on my kid

FLUXLIST: Tragedy (Not the Bee Gees Song)

2001-09-22 Thread Roger Stevens
Hi - Well, the Fluxlist has been very quiet recently. Not surprising, I guess. I wonder what the response of the artist is to events and times such as these? A few thoughts, for what they're worth, from this side of the Pond - 1 Nice one, Meryl! Had to agree. 2 I object to the coming war on th