The Dildo AI wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
Have faith. I think that you can have both in a manner analogous to the Robert Heinlein quote:
"It may be better to be a live jackal then a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier."
But Lions are primary hunters, scavengers, and also eat each others young.
Jimbo, you ignorant slut, the quote was offered metaphorically. "Metaphorical--not literal; figurative." Interestingly enough, the tendency to treat metaphors literally is one of the defining characteristics of schizophrenia. S a n d y /| |/ \ / \ \ / \ \ / \ \ /_______\/ | | | | | o | | | //// | | | ||||| | | | (.)~(x) | | | | O | | | | (_=_) | | | |_| | | | | | |WHERE IS | | | DILDO? | | |_________|/