Posted by Bill McCuistion (198.64.206.92) on September 30, 1999 at 19:32:00:
In Reply to: A butterfly farts in Peru posted by Jack Boyd on September 30, 1999 at 17:26:31:
Have you ever been to Peru? Have you ever touched a butterfly? Did it come from Peru? In the great scheme of things, just how many steps are you away from Peruvian butterfly farts, anyway? 1 or 2, 10? That's actually pretty close.
We are not isolated systems. We are very much subject to forces and factors we yet know very little, if anything, about. Maybe we (collectively) have been looking to blame something when there is nothing to blame. No cause, no cure, real pain though. That's true absurdity, not perversion.
That's not any more absurd than the green eyes theory. You have the idea. Log that as cause #1 and keep going. People will remember butterfly farts. This could be fun. I haven't seen anything which would say that is not a factor.