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philis[e85,jmc]		In praise of philistines

	It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone.  Sometimes
this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone
too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they
get into.

	The word ``philistine'' as a perjorative is used in
a variety of senses, but a common one refers to a person interested
only in money and the goods and amusements money can buy.  Usually
it doesn't refer to someone who will do anything for money but
rather a person who if he makes a reasonable amount of money will
spend his time enjoying it without considering either the arts,
the advance of science, or righting the injustices of the world ---
unless one of the above happens to be his job.  It may be presumed
that the Philistine people of the Bible had this property no more
and no less than anyone else.