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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.sci,net.politics
Subject: Re: privatization of education
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 15:38:39 EDT
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In article <977@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
> > "The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good
> > ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of
> > rational conviction."  Bertrand Russell in "Skeptical Essays".
> 
> I also hold passionately to the belief that genocide is WRONG, and
> under no circumstances should it be ignored or tolerated.  By Bertrand 
> Russell's argument above, this means there is no rational conviction
> behind it.

Ah, Clayton.  Always ready to misinterpret a rhetorical argument.

Obviously, the correct inference is that YOU have no rational conviction
behind it.  Assuming, of course, that you really do have such a passionate
belief.  Judging from your writings, you might well allow genocide if it was
a free-market phenominon.  :-)
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A tongue in cheek prevents foot in mouth.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh