Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:23:16 -0500 From: Larry Sica <lomion@mac.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WTC Payoff [11 september] (was Re: oh my god the nasa shuttleblewup) Message-ID: <0A935F9D-3950-11D7-A90E-000393A335A2@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200302052057.h15Kv9173929@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: > Larry Sica <lomion@mac.com> writes: >> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 03:33 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: >>> Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: >>>> Rodney King is often quoted as asking "Can't we all just get >>>> along?". >>>> The answer is "No, we can't. There is no way to make everyone happy >>>> at the same time. >>> >>> Sorry, I don't buy this. Perhaps you cannot force happiness on a >>> person who doesn't want it, but it is theoretically possible that >>> everyone can make the enlightened decision to be happy at the same >>> time. >>> >> theory does not equal reality though in this case. > > That doesn't change the possibility. > >> Having everyone happy at the same time would mean that everyone's >> personal life would need to be perfect for that moment in time, and >> since we all have problems, issues and assorted "stuff".... > > Therein lies the assumptions. You assume "happiness" == "personal > life being perfect". Perhaps that is not true? > I was leading up to a joke but...if one isn't happy with themselves and their lives how can they be truly happy with anything? >> I mean some of us have more issues than time/life. Some have so much >> stuff they need to buy a new house just to fit their old stuff so they >> can get new stuff... > > At the risk of appearing metaphysical, I'm not so sure that happiness > is directly related to material achievements. Does no one remember george carlin? I was making a joke... - --Larry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta iQA/AwUBPkGAx+eV8VtPCL3dEQKQVgCg6DD2H+87ZHogNj52T3QxiCsgvZsAnjjd 5UqzZYbE7YrnpdAL5e+pL5gU =raxd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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