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Posted by Warm Worm on November 1, 2007, 9:15 pm
Don wrote:
>> Don wrote:
>>>> Pat wrote:
>>>>>> "Warm Worm"> wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It does so in part because my derision for them stems from a mainly
>>>>>>> urban context.
>>>>>> Thats what I suspected from the very beginning.
>>>>>> The word is *empathy*, trying to *understand* life from another's
>>>>>> perspective.
>>>>>> If I asked you to get rid of your rollerblades or your notebook you
>>>>>> would think I lost my mind.
>>>> If it meant something to you, I'd considered it.
>>>>
>>>>>> But you have no compunction about expecting others to get up off
>>>>>> their rides, and it never occurs to you that peoples lives depend on
>>>>>> their rides.
>>>> Of course it occurs to me.
>>>> And come up with a good case against blades and books and see what I do.
>>> Good case?
>>> Good case to whom?
>>> I could present good cases all day long and you wouldn't like any of
>>> them.
>>> YOUR good case is not like MY good case and may they never intertwine.
>> Good cases aren't built on whether I'd like them or not. IOW, I don't have
>> to like a good case to agree with it.
>
> You're disagreeing with yourself.
> If you don't like it, its not good.
> To me, your suggestion that I should get rid of my truck sounds bad,
> regardless of your reason.
> If I told you to get rid of your notebook because little gurls in
> zim-bob-way are sexually mutilated because of them, you'd dislike that too.
> Thats the funny thing about people telling other people how to run their
> life, the teller usually gets ignored, and the tellee does what he wants to.
> LOL
I'm talking about having a little inconvenience for the sake of a
greater good. Like doing without a little extra warmth in the home and
having to work in the living room if it meant greater energy savings.
I'm also not suggesting you trade in your truck just yet either. :)
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