Forum Archive Index - October 2003

["David & Jill Stevenson" <djstevo@quicksilver.net.nz>]

David,

        Well said !  At risk of changing this into a philosophical forum, though the blend would not go amiss in my opinion.  You quote Socrates in correct context-

I quote-  (1) DEMOCRITUS  " The only two certainties are space and atoms . All else is mere opinion ! " That holds true as to the immediate T/A and F/A debate

as well as religious and philosophical  questions.

        In our dealings one with another let me quote another French philosopher who got it dead right

             (2) VARVENAGUES-- "Whoever has seen the masked at a Masquerade Ball dance amicably together ,exchanging pleasanteries . Taking hold of hands without knowing each other . Leaving the next moment to meet no more can form an idea of the world ".

        Can I make the outrageous suggestion we bear the above in mind in our dealings with one another on a daily basis. Starting in this debate. Trusting I have not "set mischief afoot ". That is not the intention!

 

                                       Regards,

 

                                                    David S.