Chas,<br> <br> It is great to have you back! I hope your emailbox had a great vacation and the stench has subsided from your last batch of V2020 emails : )<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Chasuk <chasuk@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I was gone, and now I'm back. Perusing the archives, it seems that<br>the status quo has been preserved. I don't know whether I should be<br>grateful or sad, but at least I'm returning to a familiar place.<br><br>For those who care, I'm discarding the word "liberal" and replacing it<br>with "freethinker" as it pertains to myself. I know that the word is<br>antiquated, but it seems to more accurately describe me.<br><br>I like this definition from Wikipedia:<br><br>"Freethought is a philosophical doctrine that holds that beliefs<br>should be formed on the basis of science and logical principles and<br>not be
comprised by authority, tradition or any other dogmatic or<br>otherwise fallacious belief system that restricts logical reasoning."<br><br>Strike the words "or otherwise fallacious." With those words<br>deleted, I provisionally concur with the freethought doctrine. I'm<br>going to try to avoid trolls, trolling, flaming, and even my own<br>intemperate responses to flamebait. I won't have time to be amazingly<br>prolific, which is almost certainly a good thing.<br><br>Anyway, friends, acquaintances, sometimes foes, it's good to be a<br>Visionista/Visioneer/Visionite once again. I look forward to our<br>continued dialogue.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Chas<br><br>-- <br>"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause." -- Mahatma Gandhi<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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