On Monday 11 June 2018 04:16:39 Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Monday 11 June 2018 04:54:57 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:

> > This directly leads to the question: are polititians realy humans or

> > are in realty some kind of highly evolved parasite?

>

> I tend to think of most of them as parasites. They con us into electing

> them, then fatten up at the public trough, and usually stuff their

> pockets with lifetime pensions before we vote them out. By that

> performance, I'd call them a parasite. Most have never done a good days

> work in their lives. I can think of one or 2 exceptions, but that gets

> into personalities and is a heck of a good way to start a fight. This

> list is contentious enough w/o that.

I believe that we all know what's really going on, 'nuff sed. We just differ on interpretation, and on how to solve what's wrong. This world is a lot weirder than the one that I grew up in, that's for sure.

Free software is a good way to go. I don't know if it really can make the world a better place, but at least it seems inherently less harmful. And if nothing else, it's a good diversion, and can open up new opportunities for our pursuits and research and other work.

So even if I might not agree with everything everybody says on the mailing list, I still need to pick your brains. And mostly we're all just trying to help one another.

I think we can all agree on some kind of amorphous THAT. That's why we're here, not politics or religion or anything dogmatic. None of us wants to mess up a good thing.

Bill