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Posted by dorayme on 08/15/06 05:01
In article <MPG.1f4bd602b72cd0b69896df@news.aardvark.net.au>,
Joe <joedinmore@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> In any case, the original thesis was that "everything is either cookery
> or dressmaking".
OK, I will tell you what I find uncomfortable about this thesis.
It is the same as what is uncomfortable about theological
statements and some "scientific sounding" statements, namely,
that it is impossible to even think of a possible fault because
the defender can always stretch it to cover anything at all. Now
you are supposing this is its great strength but that is not at
all so, a thesis that can be defended against anything at all is
a thesis that says very little in the final scheme of things. You
might have to trust me on this. You need to. I would not mislead
you. Honest.
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dorayme
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