P.S. I also believe that this thread had it's day.
At 03:02 AM 5/24/96 -0700, Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
>Bill Godby wrote:
>>At 01:45 PM 5/22/96 -0700, Richard Brodie wrote:
>>>Tad wrote:
>>
>>>>What is "a principled life" if there is no Absolute Truth?
>>>
>>>This is a good question, and one that you can start answering for
>>>yourself just as soon as you disinfect yourself of the Absolute Truth
>>>meme.
>>
>>A quick tour through the former Yugoslovia would probably speed the process
>>of disinfection.
>
>I am not sure if I understand you, Bill. Correct me if I am wrong. I read
>from your post, that you suggest I disinfect myself from the Absolute Truth
>meme, and to speed this process you suggest I go to former Yugoslavia.
>
>I do not find it funny. I was raised in so called communist Poland, where
>one was taught to follow and not to question -- or one was ridiculed or put
>to jail or killed. I feel ridiculed now, rather than provided a sincere
>point of view -- Richard's and yours. Do you have one, or you just want to
>ROFL.
>
>There is another post-communist interesting meme: to please the leader and
>ridicule those who the leader ridicules.
>
>In Yugoslavia they believed "anything goes" because "my truth is as good as
>yours" since "there is no absolute truth". Are you suggesting we do the
>same everywhere else? This is how I understand your post.
>
>
>Tad Niwinski from TeTa where people grow
>3.14159
>There is no Absolute Truth, although we are getting closer and closer to IT.
>
>
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