From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Mon Sep 27 1999 - 12:16:14 MDT
Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> GBurch1@aol.com writes:
>
> > With this in mind - and girding for controversy - Galli named
> > his bull in honor of the Renaissance astronomer who faced the
> > wrath of the Inquisition for saying the Earth revolves around
> > the Sun.
> >
> > "It wasn't an accident we named him Galileo," Galli told the
> > daily Corriere della Sera.
>
> This was a good move. It is up to us to spread the word now and make
> people see the correlations. "Engineered" controversies like this can
> be useful sometimes.
That gives a new meaning to "grabbing the bull by the horns", doesn't it?
(Sorry, I couldn't resist THAT one...)
-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber Xcor Aerospace (We'll have a website up Real Soon Now)
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