I actually am a witch so... lk On 9/3/18 1:18 PM, Jeff Chapin wrote: > I guess I was objecting to the rediculous, outdated, and sexist > advice. Wives or women doesn't seem to matter when the problem is the > idea that females (wives or not) are magical sources of problems -- > unless, of course, they mean that more witchcraft is better than less. > > When I see advice (sexist or not) regarding witchcraft or other made > up topics, I tend to also wonder what other basic facts they had > wrong. It's quiet hard to take advice that seems to think fairy tales > are real too seriously. What's next? Tips to improve the chances of an > application to Hogwarts? > > There are definitely cases where more is better than less -- for most > people things like access to healthy food, midern medical treatments, > and modern education, and access exercise equal rights, more is better. > > > I have a feeling that most would like to keep the list free form > religion and politics, but I would be willing to have a polite > dialogue off list if you really would like to continue these topics. > > On Sep 3, 2018 12:22 PM, "Brian Wood" <woodbrian77 at gmail.com > <mailto:woodbrian77 at gmail.com>> wrote: > > Iznogoud writes: > >> > >> Point 8 also says 'the more women, the more witchcraft', so > perhaps a grain > >> or two of salt is applicable when dealing with outdated 'wisdom' > >> > > This is often translated as "the more wives, the more witchcraft." > I should have linked to a different site. > > > > > Point 8 starts with: "He used to say." (Gotta love that part.) > > > I'm not sure what you are getting at. > > > > > This one, and probably all other points, come with a wheelbarrow > full of salt. > > Point 3 is: > "Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw > no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They > appear as friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not > stand by a man in his time of stress." > > If we had stuck with "Ask not what your country can do for > you, but what you can do for your country." we would be > better off. Instead we are umpteen trillion in debt and want > to spend a lot more?! > > > Brian > https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180903/48781b3e/attachment-0001.html>