07-24-2004, 11:26 PM
Hi,
I'm quite certain that not all users of the Internet are necessarily human. I just can't imagine a real person behaving like this.
And that is the "liberal fallacy". When you admit to yourself that these *really* are people, and not only that, but that they represent a large part of the population ("half the human race is below average, and average ain't all that hot") then you've taken the first step to supporting a meritocracy. It hurts, at first, to admit that you are a member of a species that no other species would want to change to. But it is liberating in the long run.
--Pete
I'm quite certain that not all users of the Internet are necessarily human. I just can't imagine a real person behaving like this.
And that is the "liberal fallacy". When you admit to yourself that these *really* are people, and not only that, but that they represent a large part of the population ("half the human race is below average, and average ain't all that hot") then you've taken the first step to supporting a meritocracy. It hurts, at first, to admit that you are a member of a species that no other species would want to change to. But it is liberating in the long run.
--Pete
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