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Re: What an epic thread! [Was: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF]

2008-12-04T04:35:10Z

In this way we're breeding a higher class of spam, one that's
interesting enough to almost become content again.

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T03:07:31Z

Willpower is almost more important than intelligence. Schools are full
of kids who are bright but lazy. If you have sufficient drive you can
make up for almost anything. My daughter is a couple inches too short,
and of the wrong body type to do well at crew. (It is better if you are
six feet tall, because your height gives you leverage, and big-boned.)

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:54:28Z

Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@yahoo.com> wrote in
How it's supposed to work in the real world is to destroy public education,
thus keeping those upstarts whose parents were poor in their proper place.
(Why yes I'm cynical, but considering the last several years, probably
insufficiently cynical, why do you ask?)

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:51:36Z

On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:36:05 -0800, Kurt Busiek <k...@busiek.com>
wrote:
H. Beam Piper has one of his characters parrot Hardin's dictum,
and another observe acidly that it's true, but not in the way
intended -- only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to
use force, and by then it's generally too late to use anything,

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:32:26Z

They're in the segment, sure, but they hardly fill it. Are public
schools
closing down because of the Catholic schools? I doubt it. If kids
(including Catholic kids) came with their share of school funding
attached, those schools could expand, and do much better.
Peter Trei

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:29:59Z

On Dec 3, 5:22 pm, peachy ashie passion <exquisitepe...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Then its too low, and should be raised. Vouchers for special ed kids
could be higher than for the rest.
Its that way because the low end is filled by "free" public schools.
Its tough to compete with free.
You can't sell many Yaris's if the government is giving away free

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-03T23:13:22Z

Yep. We are a farrago of legal experiment, that lets thousands of law-flowers
bloom in fifty different garden conditions.
The results are sometimes not pleasant to look at, granted. But by the same
token, a failure in one place isn't automatically a failure everywhere else.
Dave

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:25:09Z

On Dec 3, 5:12 pm, peachy ashie passion <exquisitepe...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Which part of the word 'accredited' didn't you understand?
Sure, they can teach the kids that evolution is a lie. But
the kids better be able to pass a test on it, regardless.
Ditto other subjects.
Part of my position is based on my being educated in

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:22:37Z

In article <Xns9B68C57F4AEA3genewardsmith sbcg...@207.115.17.102>,
Gene <g...@chewbacca.org> said:
Oh, I think that O has quite a good understanding of complicated
attitudes towards sexuality...
-- wds

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-03T23:07:44Z

It's the last solution to the Sunday Jumble?
Dave

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-03T23:06:07Z

[stuff]
Well, of course! They'd have to wear different colored clothing. And carry
different colors of laser.
Dave "they'd still all be commie traitors, of course" DeLaney

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:19:58Z

The same is true everywhere. Why would that be an inaccurate
comparison?

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T02:18:47Z

In article <8763m22p8w....@speakeasy.net> ,
"Elf M. Sternberg" <e...@speakeasy.net> said:
Ah, just set everything in virtual reality and tell 'em to shut up. :-)
-- wds

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-03T23:04:20Z

But then you can point out to members of that group that other members are
unhappy. Which will make them happy. You just have to leave one member unhappy.
Dave "ushering in the millenium" DeLaney

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-03T23:01:22Z

10K _is_ the new price. Which includes a voucher for 3K, which everyone _has_
one of who needs one to help pay said price with. So they still only have to
_pay_ 7K.
Yep - but he would have been able to afford it _before the vouchers were there_
as well, because the price wouldn't have included the voucher adjustment then.