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"Thanks for the Buckminster Fuller references."

You are, of course, welcome.  As for the nature of the site, I have not even looked at their main page.  I "googled" author, title and full text and got what I was seeking.  I would hope that this is not a case of "look at the source and think nothing of it."  While I have been aware of Fuller for >30 yrs and have respect for his body of work and his personal integrity, I have never read either of the referenced works. Certainly Fuller is not responsible for the views of his admirers. What ever differences I may have with the people behind "reactor-core" I still appreciate their making available online full text copies of,(at least some), of Fuller's works.

In a similar vein about seven years ago I purchased copies of Adam Smith's major works: "Wealth of Nations", "Theory of Moral Sentiments", "Lectures on Jurisprudence", etc, Glasgow bicentenary Edition, in a soft cover edition, dirt cheap, from Liberty Fund, which, if memory serves, sponsors essay contests for college scholarships on subjects related to the "ideas"  of Ann Rand. Even in my 20s I gagged after the first chapters of "Atlas Shrugged" and I certainly do not subscribe to the agenda of the Liberty Fund.  I also picked up copies of the major works of David Hume at the same time.

On these matters I take a position similar to that espoused by longtime California legislator Jessie Unru about dealing with lobbyists: "You got to be able to go to their parties, eat their food, drink their whiskey and f#$k their women and then get up the next morning and vote against their bill."  Would that we had politicians who could follow his advice.  But as for online full text copies of works of interest I say "Thank you very much." This is regardless of their views unless I have reason to suspect they may have edited or especially altered the work.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:55:14 PM EST
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You're quite right and I did underline that I meant no reflection on Buckminster Fuller (whose views and contributions I too have been aware of, though not in full detail, for thirty-forty years).

My request to mikep was just to point out to him that it would have been nice if he'd given us a link... Thanks again for taking the trouble!

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 01:44:40 AM EST
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