[lbo-talk] Blue Dogs cashing in

[// ravi]

On Aug 7, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Matthias Wasser wrote:
> Well. Humans couldn't survive without some rules. That much is true.  
> We
> might be operating on different meanings of the word "instrumental."  
> In this
> context my use of the word refers only to things done or existing to  
> fulfill
> the conscious will of some entity. Evolutionary processes, whether
> biological or, in many instances, social, don't fulfill that  
> requirement.
> There are contexts in which it's sensible to say that "the purpose  
> of the
> heart is to pump blood through the body," but right here I'm being  
> literal.
> Hearts have no purpose, strictly speaking. Pacemakers do.

You are right. I stretched/distorted the meaning of the word ;-). More  
soon...

	--ravi

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