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- "Right, no more mining old piles of paper for semi-readable text. It would be a bad habit to get into."
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- I disagree. You have the remarkable ability to articulate the essence of very complex ideas, revealing their quirks, flaws, and beauty for all to see. Here, I'll back my statement up with two of my favorite quotes:
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- "'nothing says all of this\\
- is supposed to be beautiful\\
- or even especially pleasant''
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- There. Three lines captures, demonstrates, and in an odd way comforts the reality of existence.
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- "the majority of people,\\
- the majority of the time,\\
- will be wrong about\\
- matters of public policy,\\
- philosophy, good taste,\\
- morality, and religion\\
- while remaining, in most\\
- of their actions\\
- fairly decent human beings."
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- Again. I, of course, frustrated myself semi-daily back in the early war days trying to instill rational thought into those that cried for the blood of foreigners. This passage makes me feel better about the state of the union. The majority of the people won't be wrong "all" of the time. I just hope the scales tip soon.
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- -- Stephen, not logged in because I'm still setting up my new computer
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- :Damn. Thanks.
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