Arrogance goeth before a fall
Regards Dick Gary E wrote: How responsible are you if you walk when a fanatic is spouting to a group with (gasp) newcomers present? A lot walk and never come back and ... I don't think the word 'disease' is correlated with irresponsibility, but I do think that tolerance of fanatics is. Now I know you can't censor ...
Oct 26 1998 by dick m
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A Thought to Ponder...
I don't care for just about any fanatic or extremist. A Thump is a fanatic in my book. There is no 'moderate' Thump. Dig? Nope. What part of the BB do you have a PROBLEM with? why do you lump them all together? I've made disclaimers about * all* Thumps but I guess you missed that or you wouldn't ask, right? my early ...
Dec 3 2004 by freespeech
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For Gar
COM> wrote: In a preceding article GaryE says... fanatics can't help themselves. truly. the bile that resides in a fanatic is infinitesimal. they accuse people of hatred with words of deeper hate. irony. God at work in the world....with some, that is. God hates sinners <snip> Absolutely incorrect. ...
Feb 21 2000 by Anthony
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Quad A, (The God deal's getting thick again)
That seems to describe an AA guru/fanatic, who spends most of his time reacting badly to opposing views, yet is trying to convince everyone that he is a loyalist. Phony. My impression is that you, and this author, never spent any time in a zendo or around any Roshis. Some of these same supposed "signs" would play ...
Oct 9 1999 by Ell Torero
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God NO!!! Not another side.
Don't cross a fanatic like you, right? Garbaby Anyone remember the number of facial expressions that we humans have at our disposal in order to better communicate? Then there's body language, like a shrug etc. Trying to have a friendly exchange of ideas on Usenet is like walking through a friggin mine field. ...
Feb 20 2004 by F.H.
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How Many DWI's Referred
The later two groups walking tall, as they go go about correcting and convincing . "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte "A fanatic will always take the low road." Anon.
Dec 16 2006 by Gail
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Fanaticism
Reese x...@briefcase.com alt recovery aa On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:02:43 -0600, GaryE <gary...@airmail.net> wrote: On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 01:12:00 GMT, Lyndi <lyndi@sk. sympatico.ca> wrote: You're an anti-God fanatic, just like Gary. Reese Reese - I 'll spell this out carefully....... I am an atheist. Atheism = no gods None. ...
Feb 24 2000 by Reese
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killfile tedw
You're certainly not any fanatic that I would have a problem with. Or a person who twists words in an attempt to score. So as far as I'm concerned, ... Like I said, you aren'ta fanatic or someone who thinks personal rants against is somehow effective. I've said a lot of good things about AA on this NG, ...
Apr 8 2006 by John Smith
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Men & Depression Newsweek
People who live in black and white worlds tend to fanaticism. You know, right wing ideologies. And others. Wouldn't you say? World with life in it still looks gray to me. http://www.peterdkramer.com/ And yet, you bother to point to a self- proclaimed "crusader" (which is another word for "fanatic" isn't it? ...
Feb 27 2007 by Virtualoso
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Well, there might be other meetings more to your liking.....
Ron G r...@network12.com alt recovery aa "Virtualoso" <n...@dot.com> wrote in message news:040420061826052561%no@dot.com... In article <HIDYf.54702$KE1.28743@ dukeread02>, Ron G <r...@network12.com> wrote: <snip> Ron, folks often make the mistake of assuming that the name of the NG automatically somehow means it's meant ...
Apr 5 2006 by Ron G
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