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Jan 16 04 11:04 AM
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Quote:As to the deceased victims caring: Either they no longer exist, or they have been (or at the end of time will be) translated to a supernatural realm to commune with the Supreme Being(s).
Quote:I agree with everything you say about the importance of memorials for survivors, but this doesn't change the situation as an example of non-pragmatic or abstract thinking.
Quote:Sentiment often governs human behavior but has no power over physical reality.
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Jan 16 04 2:37 PM
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Jan 16 04 3:59 PM
Quote:Yes, it is either/or. There is either "more than this" or there isn't.
Quote:But there can be no hope for consensus when you have 10,000+ interested parties who are tangled in abstract thinking.
Quote:There is no correct way to organize the list.
Quote:This woman would be able to join the desired consensus if she recognized that her wish to group the victims in one way rather than list them randomly or alphabetically or by height or age, is a concept without significance except in her mind.
Quote:The dead didn't rise from the ground at Gettysburg because Lincoln's speech was too short -- or because the other guy's was way too long.
Jan 16 04 5:19 PM
Quote:You seem to criticize everyone involved in the design is engaged in "abstract thinking." But...ALL THINKING IS ABSTRACT. ...And I think that you're criticizing the Nameless Critic because she is not going along with the majority.
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Jan 17 04 3:42 AM
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Quote:ALL THINKING IS ABSTRACT.
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