Subj : Re: "Hams to the Rescue After Katrina" MSNBC News Article
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.dx,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy
From : Matt Osborn
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 20:57:13

From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:10:52 -0700, Richard Clark <kb7qhc@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:14:57 -0500, Matt Osborn <> wrote:
>
>>So in what context do we contain poorly understood rules and
>>perceptions?  How do we speak of them? We could always resort to
>>obtuse phrases such as 'that which cannot be contained', or 'that
>>which is smaller than smallest small' or 'that which is larger than
>>largest large'.
>>
>>Mankind has historically ascribed the above to G-d.
>
>This is called Nihilism - but with your bets hedged in case you are
>wrong (which, of course, is Narcissistic, an amusing contradiction).
>
>73's
>Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Hi Richard,

Not even close. From my limited study, this seems to be the seed from
which psychology and psychiatry arose.

From the OED:

Nihilism

 1. Negative doctrines in religion or morals; total rejection of
current religious beliefs or moral principles.

2. An extreme form of scepticism, involving the denial of all
existence.

3. Nothingness, non-existence.




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