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I'm not really up for a true engagement with your post, zen_tom, but one thought. Don't you contradict yourself when you say "And yes, we are our bodies" and later, when you say "my body simply being a convenient transportation and manipulation tool". Perhaps it's just what I mean when I say that you are your body, but I mean that your body is not simply a tool, .it is you. We all have a complex of ideas that determine our notion of self, and many of the most important of these derive from our body. Certainly certain aspects of our body are more important than others (intelligence and penis length apparently being among the most important). But that's not to say that the whole thing doesn't also contribute to our own self-image.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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