07-28-2006, 04:37 PM
Hi,
Bah!
The crap you spout is why people believed in witches in the first place and stoned, burned, or hanged them (usually without benefit of trial or hearing) in the second. I bet I know the scene in Zorba the Greek that pleased you the most. It's the same one that makes rational people puke.
We have emotions, whether that is good or bad is moot, but if they are not controlled by the rational parts of our being, then we have no claim toward being an intelligent animal. So those who are ruled by their emotions do not deserve the title of human. Or the respect and freedoms that title implies.
-Pete
Quote:The raw emotions of the human spirit can not, and should not always be ignored or repressed. It is what makes us both great and terrible as human beings.Thank you, Doc, for opening my eyes. Until you clarified it for me, I always thought that the KKK was evil incarnate, operating from the raw emotions of prejudice, hatred, and ignorance. But you've made me see that they were right, they went with their spirit and that made them great and terrible (but, as your usage indicates, 'terrible' in a noble way).
Bah!
The crap you spout is why people believed in witches in the first place and stoned, burned, or hanged them (usually without benefit of trial or hearing) in the second. I bet I know the scene in Zorba the Greek that pleased you the most. It's the same one that makes rational people puke.
We have emotions, whether that is good or bad is moot, but if they are not controlled by the rational parts of our being, then we have no claim toward being an intelligent animal. So those who are ruled by their emotions do not deserve the title of human. Or the respect and freedoms that title implies.
-Pete
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?