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Posted by dorayme on 08/16/06 01:51
In article <MPG.1f4d1b1e356d789b9896e1@news.aardvark.net.au>,
Joe <joedinmore@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> In article <doraymeRidThis-196DF3.15013815082006@news-
> vip.optusnet.com.au>, doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au says...
> > 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.
> >
> >
> I'll give it some thought, but it's likely I will continue to advocate
> teaching cookery and dressmaking to primary school children...
Ah! Now you are talking... for primary school children to give
them nice images and confidence....
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dorayme
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