Much as I love you Caracal, and want to make passionate love to you on the bearskin rug down by the roaring wood fire, I think you're maybe overreacting just a tad. And taking sides, just a tad. Yes, what Jacob did here was clearly stupid and an act of his refusal to do anything but conform, despite being someone who considers himself to be quite phisophical and controversial, but I don't think reviving a flamewar over it will solve anything.
You've not really... said... anything. You just kinda told Jacob to read a few books, and told him that he's an asshole and that I'm kinda great for starting an interesting thread. I can't really see how that would do anything but wind him up and get him to rant here even more... Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the amazing strength of the posts you've made here, but I don't think your last post was really one of those posts. It's great that you're showing such enthusiasm and willingness to see my point from the detatched-from-society point of view, but could you, perhaps... put more points in? I know that his point about society working well as it is was simplistic and conformist but could you quote something from one of the books or something?
Cheers.
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