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From: carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes)
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Subject: A modest proposal: study some philosophy
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Some amplification of my previous comments:

> THE SECOND LAW:  People who write drivel like to post net-articles
> because it gives their thoughts an importance they otherwise lack,
> while those who are capable of refuting the balderdash generally have
> more rewarding things to do with their time.

A big problem with the unmoderated soapbox newsgroups is that there
is no filter to screen out the dreck.  If you're connected to the net
and you can read and write, you can inflict your views on