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Mon 19 Oct 09

Discriminating and accommodating

The other day I was asked what my personal philosophy was.
Discriminating in that I’ll weigh people and things up and leave well alone or find out more.
Accommodating follows-on. Once you’re talking to someone who hasn’t been ruled-out then at least give them enough rope to hang themselves.

This combination works well in pubs where in my opinion there are people best left well alone, while the rest have all sorts of weird ideas and mis-conceptions. If you believe in organised religion then you won’t get a moment of accommodation from me.


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