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mystmarimatt · 08-17-2005, 01:55 PM

Male/20
American
Agostic-Deist (A flamboyant mixture, I guess) Who was raised Methodist
Economically Liberal/Socially Liberal (On the Political Compass, I'm right near the Dalai Lama)

I have to go with a mixture of 6-7-8.

To be perfectly honest, I find number 1 (And to some degree, number 2) completely appalling, akin to watching a mother tiger eat her young. But at least a mother tiger eating her young probably has some biological necessity to it. Humans have a natural capacity for compassion and the natural capacity for empathy. I fail to see, why, if we have these feelings, we choose to ignore them. Especially when we have so many tools at our disposal to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

Call me a crazy, but I'm rather thankful for that incubator I was in for four months that means I'm alive today.

Humanity, as we've seen time and time again, can rarely exist person-to-person, caring for themselves. It takes a village.

08-17-2005, 01:55 PM	#19 (permalink)
mystmarimatt Omnipotent Ruler Of The Tiny Universe In My Mind Location: Oreegawn	Male/20 American Agostic-Deist (A flamboyant mixture, I guess) Who was raised Methodist Economically Liberal/Socially Liberal (On the Political Compass, I'm right near the Dalai Lama) I have to go with a mixture of 6-7-8. To be perfectly honest, I find number 1 (And to some degree, number 2) completely appalling, akin to watching a mother tiger eat her young. But at least a mother tiger eating her young probably has some biological necessity to it. Humans have a natural capacity for compassion and the natural capacity for empathy. I fail to see, why, if we have these feelings, we choose to ignore them. Especially when we have so many tools at our disposal to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Call me a crazy, but I'm rather thankful for that incubator I was in for four months that means I'm alive today. Humanity, as we've seen time and time again, can rarely exist person-to-person, caring for themselves. It takes a village. __________________ Words of Wisdom: If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.