[WikiEN-l] A puzzle of pizzas

John R. Owens jowens.wiki at ghiapet.homeip.net
Tue Jun 24 22:24:12 UTC 2003


On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 17:08, Stevertigo wrote:
> 
> | >| But isn't it obvious that Pizza Puzzle is just joining
> | >| this debate to cause conflict?
> | >
> | >
> | >Well, of the two - conflict or consensus, which can actually be "caused"?
> |
> | Vicki:Both, of course.
> 
> Ha.  Nope, sorry.  This is related to that old principle... (via Dr. Phil ;)
> noone can "make" you mad...  they can do something that would in 10 out of
> 11 billion people would result in an angry response, but thats not a "make".
> 
> Can you suggest consensus? Yes. Can you attempt to cause conflict?
> Certainly... But theres a step in the middle there that people miss.  An
> analogy would be: (as people have often stated ) "We fight to protect our
> freedom"  Conquest equals freedom?  Dont think so.  Conquest = Wealth =
> Material freedom/perception of freedom/relative freedom... etc.  Thats
> perhaps more correct.

Can you make yourself mad? If so, then someone can make you mad.

-- 
John R. Owens http://www.ghiapet.homeip.net/
It's easy to find something worth dying for.  Do you have anything worth
living for?  
				--Lorien



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