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Reply to Opinion of a Prude in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

stevendedalus: Did you write this, or did you copy it from someone else? (Just wondering because I noticed the copywrite at the bottom, and the name doesn't match your nickname.)

Reply to Personal sacrifice vs. personal fulfillment in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

No; I wouldn't care. It would have no impact on me.

Reply to Personal sacrifice vs. personal fulfillment in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I don't think it is possible to do something unsatisfying that would be personally unfulfilling; I think this question is a contradiction. For instance, even when I have to do the dishes at my home (which I don't always like to do), doing this task always winds up being satisfying and fulfilling because it winds up relaxing me and I am happy when I am finished that there is no longer a mess. On the other hand, doing something unsatisfying, li

Reply to Animal Farm in Politics JoeUser Forums

Gangadhara - "Look at the Iraq war. George Bush looks at the war as part of his greater war on terror. Or so, he publicly claims. Yet, what was the real cause? Oil? Contracts? Contracts for whom? Cheney's firms? Vendetta because Saddam threatened to blow up his father? Truths, half truths that we suspect but, never will be told about officially? So, despite protests from his own countrymen, the war went on. Was this in the best democratic tra

Reply to Animal Farm in Politics JoeUser Forums

Are you kidding me? Did we read the same book?! Animal Farm more fully resembles Communism, e.g., the USSR, more closely than ANYTHING democratic. Look at how everything happened: The pigs decided that something needed to change = the Bolsheviks The pigs decided that they needed to be in charge = the Reds (vs. the Whites) The pigs decided that some were more equal than others = Len