Subject: Re: A Christmas gift for Aletheiak
Date: Dec 21, 2005 @ 13:40
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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thanx
nice question

& the answer
& the point
here as everywhere
is
self fulfillment
of course
but especially here at bp
where we have so consciously & deliberately created the conditions for really doing it
in many if not all directions at once

yes it is a uniquely special place we have created & cherish
at any time of year

so thanxxx for being here
multipliers & enhancers all
& multiple best wishes to all

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Burke" <billb@l...> wrote:
>
> So what's the point?
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Schaub
> Sent: 21 December 2005 12:20
> To: boundarypoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] A Christmas gift for Aletheiak
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Christmas - the feast of love. All-encompassing.
>
> Aletheiak was the most fervent contributor this year. Furious. He
> deserves
> our Christmas gift.
>
> But what?
>
> A tripoint, of course!
>
> But there is a dilemma: As we have learned in geometry, a point remains
> a
> point, even in its trifoldedness. A point is inherently a nullity. How
> can
> we make a less pointless gift to Aletheiak? Something meaningful?
>
> Maybe if we just concede that we sometimes, rarely enough, have enjoyed
> his
> elaborations, even if often the time was not worth reading, and the
> online
> fees due to pull in his coiled thoughts surpassed our budgets. At last,
> Aletheiak had been talking to himself, multi-dimensionally.
>
> I'm sure you all join me in wishing Aletheiak the breakthrough to the
> real
> point in life: Why are we on this Earth? Pointless tumbling?
>
> Wolfgang