Responding to a message by Michael, to Charles on ...
MM>CB> And, if you are truly committed to your cause, you will give it all
MM>CB> up.   I'll know that you've found your nirvana when I don't see you
MM>CB> writing in  this echo anymore, for you will have forsaken your
MM>CB> computer, given away  your car, and moved into the hills in a shack
MM>CB> adjacent to Theodore  Koziniski(sp?).
MM>
MM>Well, that just makes no sense whatsoever, Charles.
No?  It made perfect sense to me, for in describing the world you 
envision under the Ivan Illich model, you stated...
MM>MM>I think so.  I see no need for fancy cars, new body oils, new improved
MM>MM>programming on TV, or virtually any new product.
But talk about nonsense!  You went on to say...
MM>MM>We've already conquered infectious diseases with very simple 
MM>MM>antibiotics.
Not even close to the truth.  Even a second grader could tell you that 
many bacteria and viruses are mutating into new and resistant strains.
That's why I am vacating this discussion.  Too ambiguous and going nowhere.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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