<div dir="auto">I guess I was objecting to the rediculous, outdated, and sexist advice. Wives or women doesn't seem to matter when the problem is the idea that females (wives or not) are magical sources of problems -- unless, of course, they mean that more witchcraft is better than less.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When I see advice (sexist or not) regarding witchcraft or other made up topics, I tend to also wonder what other basic facts they had wrong. It's quiet hard to take advice that seems to think fairy tales are real too seriously. What's next? Tips to improve the chances of an application to Hogwarts?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are definitely cases where more is better than less -- for most people things like access to healthy food, midern medical treatments, and modern education, and access exercise equal rights, more is better.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have a feeling that most would like to keep the list free form religion and politics, but I would be willing to have a polite dialogue off list if you really would like to continue these topics.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 3, 2018 12:22 PM, "Brian Wood" <<a href="mailto:woodbrian77@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">woodbrian77@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_-1727601184627617802quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="m_-1727601184627617802quoted-text">Iznogoud writes:<br>>> <br>
>> Point 8 also says 'the more women, the more witchcraft', so perhaps a grain<br>
>> or two of salt is applicable when dealing with outdated 'wisdom'<br><div>
>></div><div><br></div></div><div>This is often translated as "the more wives, the more witchcraft."</div><div>I should have linked to a different site.</div><div class="m_-1727601184627617802quoted-text"><div><br></div>
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> Point 8 starts with: "He used to say." (Gotta love that part.)</div><div>></div></div><div>I'm not sure what you are getting at.</div><div class="m_-1727601184627617802quoted-text"><div><br></div>
><br><div>> This one, and probably all other points, come with a wheelbarrow full of salt.</div><div><br></div></div><div>Point 3 is:<br></div><div>"Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man
close to themselves except for their own interests. They appear as
friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not stand by a man in
his time of stress."</div><div><br></div><div>If we had stuck with "Ask not what your country can do for</div><div>you, but what you can do for your country." we would be<br></div><div>better off. Instead we are umpteen trillion in debt and want <br></div><div>to spend a lot more?!<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div><a href="https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards</a><br></div></div></div><div class="m_-1727601184627617802elided-text">
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