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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Dr. Emmanuel Wu)
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Subject: Re: Euthanasia
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 13:14:15 EST
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> >Chuq, if you're listening, I take it all back.  I was miffed when you
> >took action the last time this Williams character became obnoxious.
> >
> >I've changed my mind.
> >
> >		-Ed
> 
> I'm with Ed.			Peter B

I've changed my mind, too.  But in a somewhat opposite way.  After seeing some
of the articles from Williams, I was tempted to chalk it up to "more of the
same" from him.  But after reading his articles on what he called
"egocentricity" not being a reasonable basis for scientific study, and on
how some people deliberately reject such study in favor of their own
perceptions (and preconceptions) being labelled as "reality", I found a
surprise:  a man who may at times speak like an Arndt, but one who really
has something to say.  And I can identify with frustrations in communications
with people who refuse to accept such notions about reality in favor of their
own preconceptions.  I might not let those frustrations get to me in the
same way that they might have gotten to Williams, but some experiences have
brought me pretty close indeed.  Sign me, "been there".  I didn't find
Sunny's postings deserving of a shredding, but I have to respect Williams'
effort in attempting to show certain preconceptions in them.  And I have
to identify in some respect with the frustrations one experiences when debating
such things and the mental states that such discussions might leave one in.
-- 
"Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end."
						Rich Rosen   pyuxd!rlr