Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 10:29:30 01/18/99
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On January 18, 1999 at 12:07:52, Don Dailey wrote: >On January 18, 1999 at 10:18:17, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>I certainly hope you don't. Literature is too great to confuse it with zeroes >>and ones. > >Actually, this is open to philosophical debate. A simple matter of ethics. Every time I read about pruning, alpha-beta and similar obscenities I reach for my gun. >Usually true but not always. It can indeed be very annoying as I can >testify. Not to mention distracting. When I go to study, I turn off >the television. I suspect you would leave it on saying to yourself >that you are not forced to watch it but you have the flexibility to >glance up and artfully use osmosis to glean the content and get the >best of both worlds. > >The same is true of these posts. It's easy for you to say that we >should simply ignore the content of all other posts but this is a >typical example of content that looks good on paper but doesn't >translate into reality. When I study, I WILL turn off the television >if I intend to get the most out of my study. Posting about wine, >women and song IS an intrusion no matter how you slice it. > >However, having said that we all have to take a reasonable point >of view. There is an implied line that we allow each other to >cross for the benefit of all. When you come to my home it is >understood that you can use my toilet, my toilet paper, my soap >and water (and in fact I insist on this.) This is the worst conceivable reflection of your authoritarian personality. Don: youd did it. Don’t insist: I will never, ever go to your toilet, much as I was longing to. Immensly saddened, Enrique >If the weather is >cold you will use my heat and I will give you a glass of my >wine and feed you. This goes unsaid. When you say hello to >a stranger on the street you are being a little intrusive by >pressuring him to reply and yet the stranger may even be thankful >for the kindness. When you drive your car you make decisions >constantly that are a give and take of intrusions and kindnesses. >You put on your flashers to signal a turn which might require >adjustments of many drivers behind you. Or you let someone >having difficulty making a turn when you have the right of way >despite the fact that you also are deciding for the people behind >you that they must wait. > >It comes down to good citizenship. We must strike a balance and >try to think more of the other person than ourselves (humility.)
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