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"Leif Erikson" > wrote in message
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> William wrote:
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>> "Leif Erikson" > wrote in message
>> ink.net...
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>>>William wrote:
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>>>>"Leif Erikson" > wrote in message
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>>>>>William wrote:
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>>>>>>I wasn't talking about Lesley. I was talking about Pearl,
>>>>>
>>>>>That's lesley, you dummy. "pearl" is her ****witted pseudonym.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sorry. I didn't know that.
>>>>
>>>>She is anything but a pearl; more like a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>jagged piece of broken glass from a cheap bottle of beer.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>yawn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>and having an open mind about her beliefs.
>>>>>
>>>>>You don't really mean to have an open mind about them, dumb-ass. What you mean
>>>>>is to be predisposed to accept them because they're new-age kooky.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Apart from a few items on that list I'm open-minded the rest and
>>>>believe some of them.
>>>
>>>Exactly. You are predisposed to accepting at face value any new-age kooky
>>>bullshit that appears to go against common sense, and that plays to your perverse
>>>need to be "different". You misinterpret this as "open-mindedness". It isn't

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>>
>> I agree - it isn't "open-mindedness." Being open-minded is all about being
>> receptive of others' ideas and beliefs.

>
> No, that is *NOT* what being open-minded is


Yes it is.

o·pen-mind·ed
adj.
Having or showing receptiveness to new and different ideas or the opinions of others.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/open-minded

"Being open-minded is all about being receptive of others' ideas and beliefs."

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>> If born liars exist

>
> lesley is one.


No. Ispe Dixit knows her well and told me ages ago that she's a reliable
expert on nutrition and alternative animal-friendly treatments.

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>>>>> "zero point field" (GUFFAW!)
>>>>> "veganism"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I've been vegan for over two years now and doing great by it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "inner earth beings"
>>>>> "hollow earth"
>>>>> that goofy patent for a MANUFACTURED globe
>>>>> helium-inflated number(s) for feed:beef
>>>>> rain forest destruction
>>>>> Brazil's exports (based on *Argentina's* trade)
>>>>> Stolen French flying saucer
>>>>> Zapper
>>>>> Foot massage (as cure-all)
>>>>> Astrology
>>>>> Numerology
>>>>> Alien abduction
>>>>> bestiality
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I very much doubt that.
>>>
>>>I thought you were open minded?
>>>

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>> You can doubt things while being open-minded about them.

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> You're not being honestly open-minded about it.
>

Yes I am, so how about that evidence I asked for?
>
>>>>> Leprechauns
>>>>> Channeling
>>>>> Polar fountains
>>>>> Sun gazing
>>>>> Chemtrails
>>>>> AIDS and ebola conspiracy theory
>>>>> Crop circles
>>>>> sexually aroused by violent ex-convicts
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yeah right.
>>>
>>>She was married to a ****ing British skinhead, you idiot! The guy was an
>>>ex-convict. He was a skinhead when she hooked up with him. That's *why* she got
>>>together with him: she was aroused by it.
>>>

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>> You can't possibly know all that. Soryy, but I don't believe you.

>
> I do know all of it.


Then you should be quiet and stop all your nonsense.

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>>>As for all the rest, they're all weird beliefs that fly in the face of logic and
>>>common sense and science, and that's *why* you believe in them.

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>>
>> I see the emphasis you put on 'why', and I disagree with those
>> reasons. I'm not a vegan just because it flies in the face of
>> common sense.

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> You're a "vegan" (quotes of derision) because it feeds your need to be "different".


No, it's a consequence of the principles I hold regarding the treatment
of animals.

You're an unaccomplished
> nobody loser,


Enough of the insults.

and you're one among millions. Your ego
> needs something to make you feel "special", so you went out and found something.




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