On 13 Mar 2014, at 7:44 am, John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kim, during my escapades in 1944 anti-nazi underground I met a bum in Nazi > uniform who p[roclaimed: "I was SSOOO happy when I killed those Jews" > I s that really the MEANING OF LIFE? > JM
Happiness is an emotion. When all the nonsense and debate and philosophical navel-gazing have run their course, the simple fact remains that happiness is a QUALE. In other words, if you feel happy then you are happy. If killing Jews or killing Americans or killing whales and dolphins, killing flies and cockroaches is what floats your boat then that is indeed an on-ramp to happiness for whomever has worked out how to purchase happiness in this way without incurring any personal cost to themselves. I am perfectly certain that a great many humans derive a degree of happiness from destroying the lives of other humans. This has been happening since Adam wore short pants, anyway. The question of whether or not MY happiness is something that has no cost for YOU is an entirely different matter. By the way, the phrase "The Meaning of Life" is probably best left as a Monty Python movie title. But, I would contend, happiness has a lot to do with it. PS another phrase best left as a fairy story or a bad song title by the Sex Pistols (to momentarily confuse concurrent threads!) is "Money Cannot Buy Happiness". I say bullshit. Happiness is a quale, remember. Buy something that makes you happy. Money will buy cannabis, for example. If you inhale briefly the smouldering incense of burning cannabis you WILL become happy. And, in roughly 7.5 seconds. Kim ============================ Kim Jones B.Mus.GDTL Email: kimjo...@ozemail.com.au Mobile: 0450 963 719 Landline: 02 9389 4239 Web: http://www.eportfolio.kmjcommp.com "Never let your schooling get in the way of your education" - Mark Twain -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
