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From: bill@persci.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Patriotism (Nicaraguan Parallel)
Message-ID: <415@persci.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 01:06:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: persci.415
Posted: Wed Sep 25 01:06:59 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Sep-85 07:33:21 EDT
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Reply-To: bill@persci.UUCP (William Swan)
Organization: Summation Inc, Woodinville WA
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In article <1688@watdcsu.UUCP> dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) writes:
>>"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." --Samuel Johnson
>"In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last
>refuge of a scoundrel.  With all due respect to an enlightened but
>inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first."
>	-- Ambrose Bierce
>David Canzi
>ACCUSE, v. t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
>justification of ourselves for having wronged him.  (Ambrose Bierce)

Thank you, David, especially for the last quotation.

May I respectfully present a small point of logic?

The "fact" (not proven in the above quotes, they are merely opinions)
that attitude "A" is a "refuge" for "B" does *NOT* imply that "A"
is occupied by "B" only. Surely this is obvious to any muddle-head
with sufficient intelligence to be on this net, yet there seem to be
those who take one's expression of "A" as proof positive that one is
a member of "B". Maybe I will revise my opinion as to the entry
requirements of the net..
-- 
William Swan  {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill


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