"Reynard" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:25:27 -0500, "Scented Nectar"
> wrote:
> >
> >Why a month ago, what's different now? I gave up
> >meat in 1981. Recently I've begun eliminating the
> >last of the dairy in my meals, so if it's that you're
> >talking about, I haven't kept records and can't
> >therefore answer you.
>
> It's a bit like making a new year's resolution to stop
> dropping litter. Even though you had no idea of the
> amount of litter you were dropping in 2004, holding
> on to your litter and disposing of it properly in 2005
> will mean you have reduced your littering, however
> much littering you did prior to 2005. You don't need
> numbers to know you're reducing your litter, and the
> same goes for collateral deaths, so don't let the likes
> of 'usual suspect' tell you any different while he tries
> to belittle and dismiss your efforts.

I see through him. He doesn't get basic concepts,
so there's no way of getting more complex in
conversation with him. One has to repeat things
that he should have already understood from
previous paragraphs/postings. Oh well.

Your comparison to littering is a good one. At
least YOU get the concept!



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