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From: nelson@SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU (Russ Nelson)
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Subject: Akwesasne Notes -- Basic Call to Consciousness 1977
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Date: 20 Jan 90 06:35:46 GMT
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   you are too God-damned rational about this entire discussion

   Try this idea, jerk:  "The Real is *not* the Rational."

   And, after you've given away all of your material wealth,
   and lived on the street like the poor folks.

   Then I'll hear you out.  As you pontificate from your philosophy
   armchair, your position is like the Pharisees of Mathew 23.

So you *do* think that poor people should steal private property that is
left in a public place.  At least, you haven't denied it.

Why are you upset that I'm holding you to something you said?  Are you one
of those people who cannot admit error?  My roommate in college was like
that.  We were playing spades, and he screwed up.  I asked him, "What did
you think you were doing there???"  He said, "I had a secret plan."  I said,
that's nonsense -- you made a mistake.  He got *very* angry and said "Okay,
I fucked up, okay?"