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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Let's play a game
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Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 13:50:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 28 13:50:14 1984
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I was just thinking... [EVERY SO OFTEN HE SLIPS INTO DOING THAT
					BY ACCIDENT -ED.]

...how much I'd like (at times) to take a rest from answering all of the
blithering that comes across this newsgroup.  And I thought "Gee, wouldn't
it be nice if I could get David Norris or Jeff Sargent to hold up my point
of view for a month or so..."

And then it hit me---let's play REVERSO.  A game the whole newsgroup can play!

For the month of April (in honor of April Fool's Day), let's switch
positions.  Myself and other anti-religionists will defend (to the death,
or pretty close) the religionist position, and David and Jeff et al. would
take the pro-religion counterposition.  Wouldn't that be fun!!!

I propose some ground rules:

1.  You can call a "foul" by private mail to claim that the other side isn't
	holding up your position (your REAL position) to the best of their
	ability.  Thus, my saying to D & J:  "You win.  There is no god."
	would be a foul.

2.  The game would be played throughout the month of April, ending on
	April 27 [Friday].  Players would get the weekend and the following
	week to answer any last articles submitted before Friday, just to
	tie up loose ends.

3.  Arguments left open on March 31 will not continue into the month of
	April, but may be resumed after the first week in May.  Also, all
	articles submitted as a part of this endeavor should be labelled
	in the title with the word REVERSO or some other signal to indicate
	that they are being submitted as a part of the game.

4.  Who wins this game?  Nobody.  Well, everybody.  It's just an exercise in
	logical argument, a challenge, and a chance to have some fun.

Who's game?

(Before this starts, I have a few things to say in response to the
recently extremely prolific and flashy all-around guy Jeff Sargent,
which will appear in my next article.)

(P.S.  Use of the phrase "So-and-so, you ignorant slut" is prohibited.)
-- 
Now I've lost my train of thought. I'll have to catch the bus of thought.
			Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr