Xref: utzoo talk.religion.newage:1257 alt.flame:949 Path: utzoo!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!hao!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!bellcore!wind!vonn From: vonn@wind.bellcore.com (Vonn Marsch) Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage,alt.flame Subject: Re: Flat Earth drivel Message-ID: <4249@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 13 Dec 87 22:56:00 GMT References: <27455COK@PSUVMA> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: vonn@wind.UUCP (Vonn Marsch) Organization: Bellcore, Morristown, NJ Lines: 31 In article <27455COK@PSUVMA> COK@PSUVMA.BITNET (R. W. Clark to the masses) writes: >Hey, Bret! Have you ever been up in an airplane before? Try it sometime, it >could change your perspective somewhat. Though, really, what you could use >is a twenty point addition to your IQ. Well, I've been in on many airplanes (sometimes with a window seat(!)) and the darn thing *looked* flat... But, say, has anyone ever met a *stupid* person who thought the earth was flat? I have not. (I *believe* the earth is round, contrary to the undeniable evidence presented to me, because it makes me feel better to think of the earth as spherical.) >There are those movies from the Moon. >Of course, they're made by the Evil Round-Earth Conspiracy Cartel, right? >CIA do LSD experiments on you to brainwash you, right? Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? By the sarcastic tone of your posting, it seems you think that the CIA *didn't* perform experiments on unwilling subjects with LSD (how quickly they forget). I suppose you think they're "on our side". >They probably did. That's why you're such a brain-damaged moron now. Since when does LSD cause brain damage? "Just say 'no', kids, or you'll end up a brain-damaged moron who believes the earth is flat!" vonn