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From: ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Platygaeanism
Summary: AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!
Keywords: Platygeanism
Message-ID: <844@elmgate.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 87 19:37:38 GMT
References: <9901@shemp.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
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In article <9901@shemp.UCLA.EDU> troly@CS.UCLA.EDU (Bret Jolly) writes:
>The net.debate on platygaeanism seems to have 3 sides.  Platygeanism,
>rational round-earthism, and irrational hysterical round-earthism. I
>propose to get rid of this last group by flaming them out.
[mindless drivel deleted]
>Numerous flames have been posted to the net about supposed conspiracy
>theories involving Communists, Secular Humanists (whatever they are),
>the CIA, the Bermuda triangle, The US army, Yetis, LSD experiments,
>Steven Spielberg(!), the AMA, the "sexist/war-mongering elite",... 
>(I'm sure the Illuminati and the Vogons will pop up tomorrow :-) ).
>Gosh, platygaeanism sure looks kooky with all those paranoid theories,
>doesn't it. But has anyone noticed that all those theories have nothing
>to do with anything I have posted, or with anything posted or stated
>by any other member of my organization? That these conspiracy theories
>are entirely the fancies of the *opponents* of platygaeanism. In particular
>I have never posted any article supporting a conspiracy theory (yet :-)).
>Bret Jolly (bo'-ret tro ly) Mathemagus   LA platygaean society  

Dear Mr. Jolly,

As the official spokesbeing for the Ancient and Venerable Society of the
Vogon Illuminatus and Poets Union, I object to your comparing us to your
idioitic organization.  At least we don't attempt to deny the laws of physics.
Your bunch of cretinous drivelers does.  The Earth is roughly spherical,
and that is all that there is to it.  Anyone who attempts to deny this fact
has obviously under gone a full cerebrumectomy.  But please continue your
senseless postings on the topic.  It gives us something to write poetry about,
and allows us to continue to marvel at the incredible stupidity of some
members of your primitive ape-desecended race.

Sincerely,
Gra-gunt Flavolititiak, Chief Poet and Executioner

N.B.  They threatened to build a hyper-space bypass through my front yard
if I didn't post this for them.  But I agree with most of what they had to say.
- Randy -

* Randy Martens ||| "Reality - What a Concept!" - R.Williams
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* disclaimer : The preceeding represents only my random babbling,
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