On 12-22-97 David Martorana wrote to John Boone... 
 
        Hello David and thanks for writing, 
  
 DM>  DM>> ...Being smart and logical sure 
 DM>  DM>> ...does make understandin difficult 
 DM>  DM>> ...fo us lil'l folk ..............! 
    
 DM>  JB> You might be interested in my post to Frank. 
    
 DM>      John! it has taken some time for me to realize 
 DM>  why I was mixing apples and oranges in my postings 
 DM>  to you and Charles ....that Frank was/is primarily 
 DM>  concerned with the substance of the topic at hand; 
 DM>  and you were/are primarily concerned with the logic 
 DM>  grammar associated with the topic ......Frank into 
 
  Perhaps, however, I am unconvinced, the substance 
holds without form, what you call logic grammar. 
  While substance is important without form it is 
nothing. So why study, form, form allows one to 
arrange the substance such that the conclusions 
follow.  
  
 DM>  of the subject itself and how to see each organ. The 
 DM>  idea that wordish arithmetic can produce a measured 
 DM>  knowledge of "human VALUES" is still a bit alien to me 
 DM>  but I monitor both yours and Charles' postings; and 
 
  Ah, but I don't agree with Charles.  Charles and I 
disagree.   I do agree there are "traits" which do 
increase a societies numbers, but I fall short of 
saying these are objective "human values." 
  
 DM>  might one day learn a bit. I do not have the "big time" 
 DM>  faith in symbolic logic, though I might appreciate 
 DM>  it of value in the more non humanish sciences. I had 
 
  Symbolic logic has brought Calculus, physics, chemistry,  
etc.  Such should give enough "faith." 
  
 DM>  always wondered why (whether agreeing or not) Frank's 
 DM>  postings had been clear to understand and yours ever 
 DM>  a puzzle. 
 
 Perhaps, your puzzle rests in the fact you agree with him 
while you don't with me. 
 
Take care, 
Merry Christmas, 
John 
 
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