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Re: OT: "Science is interesting; if you don't agree, you can fuck off."

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 13:09
>Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
>Simple qualifier: "Stay out of other people's business UNLESS INVITED >TO BECOME INVOLVED." Thus people asking for help can find help and >people wanting to be left alone can be left alone.
I don't find that qualifier so simple. I must assume that you are not limiting this invitation to a verbal one. I can think of many situations where a person is in trouble and is not able to ask for help in words. Charlie

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>