[Rhodes22-list] speaking of chilling out

[Lynn Hoffman]

Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more 
uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is 
right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been 
the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men 
who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly 
civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. (H. L. Mencken)

and don't bother with a moral critique of Mencken. he was a bit of 
jerk? got it. but what an interesting and  barely controvertible idea.

lynn
s/v bang BANG (unlaunched)
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Lynn Hoffman, PhD. writes about wine and food. He is the author of 
the just published The New Short Course in Wine from PrenticeHall and 
the novel bang Bang from Kunati. More? If you can stand it, there's 
actually http://lynnhoffman.com

You can order a copy of bang-BANG from:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601640005

or from your local bookseller.

you can also read an excerpt and all the great reviews of bang-BANG at:
http://www.kunati.com


If you're looking for great wines for less than $US20, get the latest 
finds at http://shortcourseinwine.blogspot.com/