Article 41124 of news.admin.misc:
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Subject: The wit and wisdom of Dave Hayes
From: stannenb@emerald.tufts.edu (Saul Tannenbaum)
Date: 5 Jun 1995 23:54:25 -0400
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You know, I really like Dave Hayes. His persistent defense of the inexplicable
is a source of awe to me. I hope that should I ever become deluded with a
crackpot notion, I pursue it with the same verve, zeal, stubborness, and
blindness to reality that he demonstrates. The man is simply one of the
most entertaining folks on Usenet. He can take a long complex philosophical
argument, about which reasonable people can disagree, and with a single
sentence, reduce it to utter confusion, Zen-like paradox and find himself
a martyr without a following.

In that spirit, I offer a brief compilation of the best of Dave Hayes:

	How does inaction -force- anything?

	Just because you don't see the chain doesn't mean it's not there.

	Because I'm the only one who's looking at the moment. I'm sure a few
	years from now, when it suits your purposes, you'll be able to see it
	quite clearly.

	IF it always happens, what's the difference?

	Why is it that humans will leap to justify something that they are
	secretly guilty of wanting to do?

	I do not need a drainplug to hold my beliefs. Do you?

	If it's only -your- computer, then I think you can do what you want.

	Your kind must learn by example. Good luck.

	Nothing obligates you to do anything unless you decide that it does.

	Well, if you really want to assert your ownership of your words, 
	you'd better.

	Which real life are you talking about?

	You might want to unlearn your presumption that everyone out there is
	like you are. Given the constant arguing in the face of detractors
	that I get, I have no such delusions.

	You can't say "there are no" and in the same breath say "except for"
	
	What banal logic. Are you even capable of producing viable arguments?

	You mean, 'the illusion you presume is my behavior'. Do you have any
	idea what I really think?

	What if someone is trying to tell you that the sky is falling, 
	and (sure enough) it IS?


Thanks, Dave, and please, don't ever stop posting.
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