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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan TheBookMan<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 26, 2017 1:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] ai article<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Sample my Kindle books via:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://author.to/DanUst">http://author.to/DanUst</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jun 26, 2017, at 1:13 PM, spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>bill k - Where's the Protestant work ethic of hard work, discipline and frugality gone?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Seems like all we ever hear about is Protestant work ethic. …spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The Catholic ethic seemed more focused on partying, no?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja, and what about heathen work ethic? Don’t those guys have jobs too? Don’t witch doctors need witch nurses, witch pharmacists and witch administrators? You know they would, people who keep the witch doctor’s office clean and organized, work the appointment schedule, repair the equipment such as the rattles and nose-bones, that sorta thing. Heathens must have a work ethic to keep all that running. Protestants don’t get a patent on work ethic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>