Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!pyrnj!pyrdc!robecdc!root
From: root@robecdc.UUCP (Super user)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: SCI.philosophy.objectivism
Message-ID: <78@robecdc.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 90 10:56:30 GMT
References: <3314@iitmax.IIT.EDU>
Reply-To: root@robecdc.UUCP (Super user)
Organization: Robec Distributors Inc., D.C. Office
Lines: 50

In article <3314@iitmax.IIT.EDU> demodsb@iitmax.iit.edu (David Bombardier) writes:
>
>Several individuals have argued for placing *.philosophy.objectivism in the
>talk hierarchy on the basis that the newsgroup will consist of flame wars
>between individuals with different interpretations of what Objectivism is.
>
>This will not be the case.

This already is the case, thank you everyone involved (including me)

>I am a strong advocate of _ignoring_ hostile (as opposed to reasoned) flames.
>I have already put into my global kill file a number of individuals whom I
>consider to be hostile to Objectivism, several of whom call themselves
>Objectivists.  I know that a number of others who intend to post on SPO have
>done or intend to do the same thing.  Bob Stubblefield, in his posting on a
>proposed charter, advocated ignoring hostile flames.

Interesting, I kill on SUBJECTS (ie u.usa.ut.1) I would be denying my own
philosophy to simply treat another individual as though they do not exist.
Any belief, philosophy, religion, science, which buries it head in the sand
hoping it won't be seen (or maybe see?) is inherently defective. (I should
predicate this on implementation by the individual)

>If flaming occurs on SPO, it will come largely from anti-Objectivists and
>pseudo-Objectivists.  Since it will be ignored, these types will eventually go
>away.

You may deny my existence to your heart's content, this however does not 
in any shape manner or form lessen my own personel reality or existence.

>I am a member of a large, private mailing list consisting of Objectivists who
>consider the others on the list to have a good grasp of Objectivism.  There
>have been many ongoing discussions on serious issues.  There has _never_ been
>a single flame. 

AMAZING SIMPLY AMAZING. SSSSHHHHHHAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM



------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-William A. Sneed		uucp:  ...!pyrdc!robecdc!ghost
-Robec Dist.			voice: (703) 631-4800
-Manassas, Va			fax:   (703) 631-4806
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brain fried -- Core dumped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     The words you have just read are strictly my own and no one else's.
     They in no way should be construed as anything but my own personal
     opinion. Besides no one else would lay claim to them. :-) :-) :-)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------