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- From: harper@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (John Harper)
- Subject: Re: Relatives with Crackpot Proofs
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- References: <2105@celia.UUCP> <1992Nov10.144053.100358@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:59:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.144053.100358@watson.ibm.com> platt@watson.ibm.com (Daniel E. Platt) writes:
- >I think it depends on your relative. Some people will hear it,
- >some people won't. If they won't, it doesn't much matter what
- >you say.
- True,and well known long ago. Proverbs 9:8 says "Reprove not a scorner,
- lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."
-
- John Harper Mathematics Dept. Victoria University Wellington New Zealand
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