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.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:08:23 -0500 Lines: 71 Message-ID: <412540F7.9070809@yahoo.com> 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> <2okhtiFbdbunU1@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de EWI6XFkko1yBYKxcnrK77gut+or7rGK5RaBLyHVmlVRmqMUUGt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16734 Kevin Gowen wrote: > 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. > I have a job. Have for quite some time. But I don't vote for receiving money; actually money doesn't motivate me that much. But being a spoiled rich kid I reckon you wouldn't understand that. John W.