cory@gloom.UUCP (Cory Kempf) (12/03/88)
In article <445@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: > In article <1086@etive.ed.ac.uk> jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield) writes: > = > =Just out of idle curiosity, what is this inherent difference between > =jokes and "religious and intellectual works" that makes it OK to > =suppress one and not the other? > > Julian, > I doubt that anything I could say would impress you. If you > don't understand the difference between "religious and intellectual > works" on the one hand and "jokes" on the other, I'm afraid I can't help you. (I hope I got the people matched with what they said, if not, sorry +C) I think that this is a very good question that Julian raised... Pete, your answer not only does not address the question, but states that you cannot see a difference, nor demonstrate such a difference, but, a priori, there is a difference, and that it must be taken on faith, etc. Just to toss a monkey wrench into the discussion, there is a cult out in california called the Church of the Devine Prankster... +C -- Cory (the last person to escape alive from riverside) Kempf UUCP: encore.com!gloom!cory "...it's a mistake in the making." -KT