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echo: philos
to: WILLIAM ELLIOT
from: MARK BLOSS
date: 1998-01-11 13:20:00
subject: Echo Idiot

 
 WE> As you see, I don't reply, I play tagline.  I call it tweaking.
 
 Tweaking as I've heard it used is one of two things.  Either 
 hyperactivity, or fiddling around with something until it either
 works or doesn't work at all.  ;)  
 WE> He's a shinning example of compulsive persistence and a source of
 WE> humor to all of us who like debate yet refuse to argue.  He has help
 WE> me develop the cordial art of tweaking. 
 
 I don't know how many of us are still amused.  I like that word amused,
 you know?  "a-" meaning "without", "mused" meaning "thought".
 MB> for one, and I think I can speak for the balance of us, have not
 MB> found your discourse to be un-intelligent, dishonest or irrelevant,
 MB> nor have we found you to ignore logic or reasoning.
 WE> Thanks.  Us philosophers are here to yodel reasonable echoes.
 "Yodel reasonable echoes"?  But perfect grammar is required you know.
 It's "We philosophers" ;-)  but now I'm being unreasonable...  
 
... What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
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