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#135450 05/16/2006 7:29 PM
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"humans are at heart a cooperative animal"<br><br>I generally resist the temptation to ascribe a single character or impulse to humanity to the exclusion of the contrary character which we also possess. Humans are social and individualistic, rational and irrational, wise as well as foolish.<br><br>k<br><br><br>



And don't forget misanthropic (at least one of them)!


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#135451 05/20/2006 12:25 AM
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#135452 05/20/2006 10:56 AM
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Whatcha doin', Padre?

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Tell you what, Anonymous--you tell me who you are in a way I can verify, and tell how you got on here without registering, and I'll give you an answer.




Alex speaking here...

A registered user can post a reply without logging on (or at least I am about to find out once I click on the "Ok, submit" button), so it follows that someone who has never bothered to register at all could also post anonymously.

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wow.

this is etaoin, and it's true!


so, who the hell is Jeff Paul?

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This is etaoin, and it's true!

So, who the hell is Jeff Paul?






Well, I am, or was, the "hell" that was Jeff Paul.
But then, on the other hand, if I am Anonymous, I can be anybody.

Can't I?

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heh,

well, I just keep seeing google ads for Jeff Paul...


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#135457 05/21/2006 2:26 PM
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Noting the resurrection of a thread long (and happily) expired.

#135458 05/22/2006 6:20 PM
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Should we try to guess which one?


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