Innocence & harmless weapons

Hi Sandy et al.,

Whose side of the truth? To be honest I was surprised by your simplistic
responce.


                                                    Jim Choate


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> At 12:11 PM 5/23/96 -0800, jim bell wrote:
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> >Tell ya what: name a weapon that CANNOT be used to harm an 
> >innocent person.  Go ahead, I'm waiting.
> 
> The Truth?
> 
> 
>  S a n d y
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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Thu, 23 May 1996, Jim Choate wrote:

> Hi Sandy et al.,
> 
> Whose side of the truth?

That was a capital "T", bub.  Truth doesn't have sides.  (Think
of it as an archetype.)

> To be honest I was surprised by your simplistic responce.

That was a question mark, bub.  It wasn't an answer, it was
a question.  Hey, the devil is in the details, gang.  Too bad
modern schools teach "self-esteem" instead of reading, writing
and rhetoric.  (Spelling wouldn't hurt either.)


 S a n d y

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Sandy Sandfort was accused of saying:
> C'punks,
> 
> On Thu, 23 May 1996, Jim Choate wrote:
> 
> > Hi Sandy et al.,
> > 
> > Whose side of the truth?
> 
> That was a capital "T", bub.  Truth doesn't have sides.  (Think
> of it as an archetype.)

Not to drag a whole new level of philosophy into this already dragging list,
but Plato disagrees with you.  There is no The Truth.  It's all in 
perception.

>  S a n d y

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