Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.tu-darmstadt.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Kevin Gowen Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:46:42 -0400 Lines: 50 Message-ID: <2okhtiFbdbunU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <7qa3i0dt19sd37q01b78260eleavmdqbin@4ax.com> <2oed4iF9p3diU6@uni-berlin.de> <2oeg1iF9p3diU7@uni-berlin.de> <2oflidFabmtvU1@uni-berlin.de> <2ofs3aFabmtvU7@uni-berlin.de> <2oi328FarmbiU4@uni-berlin.de> <2oidajFarmbiU10@uni-berlin.de> <5hu8i0hod7f0u4nhdta1eqmi8bdge9e3m7@4ax.com> <73fde4f0.0408190854.15ca8452@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de HHCCXMnHHSAhkIrVdUmd6gE/ZGC+52Yrs4qqPObW1El8InaNII User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <73fde4f0.0408190854.15ca8452@posting.google.com> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16714 John W. wrote: > Michael Cash wrote in message news:<5hu8i0hod7f0u4nhdta1eqmi8bdge9e3m7@4ax.com>... > >>On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:04:24 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net >>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >> >> >>>Kevin Gowen wrote: >>> >>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote: >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>I am saying nothing of the kind. I was mocking John's notion of "academic." >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>Is Rhodes Scholar something you do? 'Fraid >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>Uh, no, it's something "academic". >> >> >> >>>>>>>>Yes, but John talked about doing something academic. You aren't a very >> >> >> >>>>>>>Yes, and Rhodes Scholar is an academic achievement. >> >> >> >>>>>It is, however, an academic accomplishment, which is something one does. >> >> >> >>>>It's a wad of money. >>> >>>It's an accomplishment, and an academic one. >> >>Is the accomplishment in receiving it? Or what one does while on it? >> > > I vote for receiving it. You've got no job. Of course you are going to vote for receiving money. - Kevin