User talk:Conf

Esmeralda
In notice you have restored the reference to BE-43 on the Esmeralda disambig page, and now realize that I have not fully explained why I removed in the first place. My aopologies for that.

The page you have added to did not list, nor describe any particular ship. After your addition, it describes BE-43. I find it hard to believe that, of 8 ships named Esmeralda, Chilean BE-43 is somehow the only one worth of a special honor or mention; that at the same time none of the rest are worth any mention, (Hmm... but BE-43 seems to be the only one with an article, though... but I digress :-), and that such mention should include non-neutral language.

In short, I think that the addition is true, but misplaced. By stating BE-43's role on that particular page, you are stating a point of view.

I would suggest that the description is better placed at the Esmeralda (ship) page, and that the language be neutralized. I have gone ahead and inserted an explicit ref to BE-43's role as prison right there. I would be grateful if you please consider these points in regard to the difference between the overall Esmeralda and the specific Esmeralda (ship) pages. Best wishes from Amsterdam, TopQuark 22:51, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Greetings moved from my user page
++ Greetings. Your words are infinitely precious to me! And to quote Henry David Thoreau, in reference to my case, is almost like having an invitation extended to the two of us to join him at Walden Pond. Then again,dying of influenza is not such a pleasant experience. How kind and compassionate your words. As per practical deeds: I do try to live up to my own set of principles, ethics, values and morals, but I would be insolently dishonest were I to claim to be so fortunate, yet I have risked my life, turned down great matterial wealth (that would somehow have been at the expense of others) and blown plenty a whistle when it became obvious to me that was the only correct manner to act. My words and ideas helped topple a zeno-phobic, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma, racist, corrupt, elitist government administration in Hungary (Orban, Viktor and his lunatic FIDESZ); my consultations with Israelis, Palestinians, fellow American-Jews, Jordanians (not Palestinian citizens of Jordan) and others, behind the scenes, during the days of the secrete Oslo meetings (though I was not in Oslo at the time, but in New York City, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.) all helped improve the chances for an eventual resolution of this most dire of world conflicts; and my many interviews and statements in public advocating thinking about the BIG PICTURE (Infinity, Life, Death, Existence, Love, Truth, Awe, etc.) have had some inestimable chain-reaction impact. So have the writings of Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and countless others. That one of these unofficiated editors should point out that that most of the media coverage has never called me a philosopher per se, yet by my very actvitity of philosophizing (as described in these articles and snippets, is a sad sign of our mad times. They should read your comment with great attention. A philosopher does what I do: 1) Ask questions, almost incessantly, like; why do we enjoy things...what is the meaning of happiness and joy?; why are some things, like Strawberries and Raspberries to me, so tasty and pleasing to our senses and others not?; how is it that we sense we exist even as nothing physical that makes up our brain-bodies is made up of anything truly stable enough to keep its absolute integrity for longer than fractions of a second?; why do so few people (or so it would seem), like myself, find such appreciation in being able to see colors and feel textures, perceive the relatively natural elements of our world and know, even then, that such an experience is fleeting and will end to our personal character's knowledge at the time our non-physical essential beings depart our lifeless brain-bodies?; and I could go on... That these technocrats, specialists, elitistic persons (oh, how I resent having to label persons whose outer lives have so imprisoned their true inner selves!) should fail to realize that publishing/expressing in public one's own deep thoughts about things relatively uncommon is the highest mark and proof of being a true philosopher is all so typical of our times. (Funny thing is this; had they been able to get hold of the articles, interviews, etc. about me that were published in Hungary in Hungarian they would not be able to jump their proverbial gun of assumed conviction regarding no media claims to my being a philosopher!!! After all, my first book was only published in 1994, just before I left to live in Hungary for a decade, and from which I have barely returned to my native Washington, D.C.!!!) I had hoped to stop responding to their attacks, but for whatever it is worth I am going to let them know about this one. Last but not least, I would very much appreciate it if you would be so kind as to establish a direct line of communication between us (admin@infinitysociety.org). With warm gratitude and may the force be with you, J.P. Fenyo & The Infinity Society 68.48.73.93 22:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ''I put other messages I had received from Mr. Fenyo because of the AfD, which I had quite accidentaly stumbled upon, on an archive page. Conf 21:13, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Intro
I combined the intro to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? with my earlier edits as I didn't feel it properly conveyed a sense of the world of the novel. I wanted to respect the existing intro and your opinion so I only changed a couple of terms. - Diceman 14:24, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Accuracy of Erin Pizzey's quote
Hi, please see Talk:Erin_Pizzey. Thanks. Apokrif 14:00, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

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