Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!ames!think!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!rutgers!bellcore!wind!tr From: tr@wind.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.flame,talk.bizarre Subject: Re: Imported woman's Fox Fur Coats Message-ID: <3833@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 15:46:23 EST Article-I.D.: bellcore.3833 Posted: Wed Nov 25 15:46:23 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 02:24:26 EST References: <132@blic.BLI.COM> <4830@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <143@bacchus.DEC.COM> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: tr@wind.UUCP (tom reingold) Organization: Bellcore, Morristown, Noo Joizy Lines: 21 Keywords: Fox Coats Xref: hoptoad alt.flame:792 talk.bizarre:9659 In article <143@bacchus.DEC.COM> glenn@decwrl.UUCP (Glenn Thain) writes: $ [...] $ Christ Greg, if they're being sold as *coats* you already missed the $ boat! I suppose you'd rather they sat in a warehouse gathering moths. I $ seriously doubt that a fox parent is particularly interested in the welfare $ of their offspring after a certain period. Survival of the fittest and all ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ $ that. $ $ [...] You missed another boat, Glenn. Whoever coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" did not mean "might makes right". It meant those who are not fit to survive will not live long enough to reproduce and thus the gene pool will be changed this way. It is not a philosophy to justify deliberate behavior of anyone's. Tom Reingold INTERNET: tr@bellcore.bellcore.com Bell Communications Research UUCP:!bellcore!tr 435 South St room 2L350 SOUNDNET: (201) 829-4622 [work] Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 287-2345 [home]