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johnmerrik has a point

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Posted by Ev on September 25, 1999 at 17:32:55:

In Reply to: Re: rules for being middle to upper class human, you mean? posted by DEECEE on September 25, 1999 at 13:39:17:

: : i have a problem with point 8. 'you have all the tools and resources you need.'

: : does this apply to rwandans, ethiopians, somalians, indians....need i go on? NO...I get what you're sayin....but what Pseudo Name IS saying there is...that from the "destitute" to the "rich and powerful"...their is still the "self"....you have a body...you have a mind...you have personal will....and with this body and mind ...you always have choices....No matter what your circumstance, you have the "ability"...to make choices...you can choose to live unfufilled...or you can choose to live fully.......That's what Pseudo is saying, or chicken soup on the refrigerator is saying...whatever that is....
: economics aside....
: DEECEE

To say that a person in the lowest caste of Indian culture has "free will" is to say nothing. To say that a Russian prisoner in a Siberian gulag has the ability to make *meaningful* choices is to say nothing. To say that the crippled have the ability to do anything they "will" with their bodies is to say nothing. To say that a person who lives in a dictatorship is free to exercize their will as they see fit is to say nothing. But, this message was written to people who, for the most part, don't find themselves in those predicaments.
Therefore, to the majority of us, this advice rings true.

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Ev, I can't see your point Aen 07:01:14 9/27/99 (0)
Semantics PseudoName 19:07:23 9/26/99 (2)
- Re: Semantics Ev 20:46:19 9/26/99 (1)
  - Re: Semantics PseudoName 21:21:35 9/26/99 (0)
ev has a point johnmerrick 17:39:01 9/25/99 (8)
- Re: ev has a point DEECEE 21:47:36 9/25/99 (7)
  - Re: DEECEE has a point Ronnie 04:30:42 9/26/99 (6)
    - So you're really writing from the gulag, right? PseudoName 19:11:41 9/26/99 (4)
      - whoops PseudoName 19:37:34 9/26/99 (3)
        
        Re: whoops Ev 20:52:59 9/26/99 (2)
        
        Ev, Ev... PseudoName 22:26:16 9/27/99 (1)
        
        hmmm.... Ronnie 13:46:09 9/28/99 (0)
    - Tigs has a point, but not a sharp one. Tigs 08:27:15 9/26/99 (0)

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: : : i have a problem with point 8. 'you have all the tools and resources you need.' : : : does this apply to rwandans, ethiopians, somalians, indians....need i go on? NO...I get what you're sayin....but what Pseudo Name IS saying there is...that from the "destitute" to the "rich and powerful"...their is still the "self"....you have a body...you have a mind...you have personal will....and with this body and mind ...you always have choices....No matter what your circumstance, you have the "ability"...to make choices...you can choose to live unfufilled...or you can choose to live fully.......That's what Pseudo is saying, or chicken soup on the refrigerator is saying...whatever that is.... : : economics aside.... : : DEECEE : To say that a person in the lowest caste of Indian culture has "free will" is to say nothing. To say that a Russian prisoner in a Siberian gulag has the ability to make *meaningful* choices is to say nothing. To say that the crippled have the ability to do anything they "will" with their bodies is to say nothing. To say that a person who lives in a dictatorship is free to exercize their will as they see fit is to say nothing. But, this message was written to people who, for the most part, don't find themselves in those predicaments. : Therefore, to the majority of us, this advice rings true. : Ev

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