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On 1-5-2009 23:40, somebody wrote:
> "andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
>> In this case I don't think that is what somebody was meaning. I think he
>> meant that it is a way of thinking that is completely alien to him.
>
> I used "irrational" to mean "not benefiting (or even damagaing towards) the
> self". As in "jumping from a plane without a chute is irrational", or
> "(voluntarily) voting in a general election is irrational". It's neither
> meant as a moral judgement, nor a redundant and/or rude declaration of the
> falsity of the previous poster's views.
>
Well, now you know other people use that word with a different meaning
;) Ah, the joys of a multicultural newsgroup.
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