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Thoughts from the mind of Kool Musick, 12-11-2001:

>And ... the fact that the original statement was in fact a value judgement
>and not the definitive statement of fact that it purported to be was
>exactly one of the points I was trying to make. I simply felt that since it
>was nothing more than a value judgement it should have been -- and was not
>-- labelled as such. And ... then granted that as a statement of fact it
>seemed to me to be clearly untrue when taken generally -- which was the
>overall tenor it seemed to have --  then at the very least it was in need
>of extreme qualification so that its limited parameters of relevance were
>somewhat clearer.

Man... I get a headache trying to read & comprehend this... :-)

>  >It's a pity this whole discussion apparently couldn't have been as
>  >simple as this:
>  >[...]
>  >That would have spared all of us an awful lot of typing, wouldn't it?
>
>Yes it would.

Glad you agree :-).  That was, just to clarify one of my previous 
letters a bit more, the reason for my somewhat being annoyed at your 
longish, and for me sometimes fuzzy, postings -- the realisation that 
this entire discussion could have fitted on a single sheet of paper.

>And as for the interpretation, I think we all three agree that
>Archimedes and those others, by any reasonable standard we have today given
>how WE understand those words, was most probably in touch with how we view
>things.

So... let's leave it at that, ok?  I know what your point is/was, and 
you know mine, and GA probably knows them too.  So we all understand 
each other, and can move on to more important aspects of life, right?

>  >Lagavullin.  16 years old, wonderful single malt Scottish whiskey.
>  >Anything cheaper than that I find undrinkable.  I'm a snob,
>>sometimes...
>
>OK. You reach out for that credit card ... and help yourself to 
>another whisky.

Nah, not every night.  Just occasionally.  I'm not much into alcohol, 
generally.  Good whiskey is like a bonbon -- have one and savour it, 
have too many and spoil the good taste.


cheers,
HJ
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     Hendrik Jan Veenstra
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