Message from discussion Disconnection

From: Claire Swazey <swa...@home.com>
Subject: Re: Disconnection
Date: 1998/07/03
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Rebecca Jo McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> Claire Swazey (swa...@home.com) wrote:
> : Ceon Ramon wrote:
> : > How very medieval of you.
> : >
> : > You can't base your entire perception of reality on your own personal
> : > first-hand experiences.
> 
> : Yes,actually I can, but I know that you do not think this is a good
> : idea.
> 
> Claire prefers to lead a blinkered existence.  Rather than take full
> advantage of her intellect, the ability to do research on subjects, to
> take advantage of the lessons learned from the past and from others,
> she confines herself to one little aspect - her personal
> experience. How sad.  How narrow. What an enormous indictment of
> Scientology.
> 
> Beck

Actually I did write the other post and press enter more quickly than I
meant to,being somewhat of a novice to usenet,still.  So let me
clarify:  I do mainly go by my experiences because they are broad and
varied.  However, (and this did not come out right in my last posting on
this) I do study history,take courses,watch the news,read the
papers,etc.  I do think to some degree anyway that one must listen to
data and opinions collated by others and combine these things with
experience.  I would not advocate an ivory tower existence in which one
never got out and experienced things but I would also say that one's
studies are important as well, as well as enjoyable,too.  But you are
right in that this is not what I said in the previous post,because what
happened was I went typitty type,clickety click, send- oops!  

I have just recently finished some interesting books on the integration
of moslems into european society and some books on paleoanthropology, in
fact.  Nice change from murder mysteries.  :-)

Do not be too quick to attribute my own failings (which are not in short
supply) to the CofS.

C