Posted by Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t on 10/05/07 21:30

> > My IQ has been tested, two different IQ tests, one result around
> > 145, the other around 155 (I can't remember the exact numbers, but
> > it's irrelevant to this point), each of which in the top 1% for
> > that particular test, hence qualifying me for Mensa even if you
> > discount one of the tests. How high is *your* IQ?
> From: "DrFeelgoodWA" <drfeelgoo...@comcast.net>
> A bit higher than yours. Mensa bugged the hell out of me for
> several years begging me to join.

Well congratulations on your high IQ, for what it's worth, and also
on being a two-faced hypocrite who speaks out of opposite sites of
your mouth:
-1- My IQ is higher than Robert's, nya nya nya, Mensa wants me, nya nya nya.
-2- IQ isn't important and nobody should brag about it.

> More importantly I don't feel it makes me the least bit better
> than others as you seem to.

There you go again putting words in my mouth as if I had said them.
I was merely citing my tested IQ to refute your claim that my IQ is
that of a moron, half of normal human. You're the only one bragging
about how Mensa craves to have you with them.

> Long ago I figured out we all end up as worm bait or ashes.

There is a third alternative which I might suggest in your case.

But the main point is that you're supposed to find some reason for
your life here, like enjoying life, or making babies to pass your
genes on past your individual death, etc. etc., many things to do
between birth and death. Death isn't the be-all and end-all of
life, it's just the end to all the activities you might have done.
If dying is your only reason to live, why bother posting to the net?

> Suing for personal financial gain to the detriment of others is
> just wrong on so many levels and lowers the standard of life for
> a large majority.

I disagree. Suing to end a practice of discrimination is good to do.
Unfortunately only a very few people have enough money to hire a
decent lawyer to do the suing. The rest of us (who have been abused
by discrimination or other harm) should sue but can't.

> I would much rather be found on the positive side of that
> equation when my final day comes.

If you believe that, and if your personal financial situation
provides you with some discretionary income, then you should use
some of that discretionary income to set up a system whereby
everyone who wants to work and is able to do anything productive
would be **GIVEN** a paying job whereby they are *ALLOWED* to work
productively in exchange for earned-income.

If everyone who can work and wants to work actually had a job,
nobody would need to sue potential employers for discrimination.

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