> Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<most snipped>
> Nevertheless, radical libertarianism isn't why I
> have trouble getting angry at
> spammers. I have trouble getting angry at my cat
> for scratching the
> furniture. I have trouble getting angry at my dog
> for barking. Likewise, I
> have trouble getting angry at developers for
> converting beaches to high rent
> developments or at spammers for distributing junk
> mail. It is the nature of
> the human species, they are greedy. Getting angry
> with spammers makes as
> much sense as getting angry with waves or the wind.
But getting angry IS human nature -- it is a useful
emotion when you are confronted by some human who is
trying to take your home or your child, and you need
to ramp up to combat-readiness. It is not so useful
when you are screaming at the stupid umpire on the
tube... ;) It is counter-productive when you strike
a child/pet/person because you didn't think first
about how to resolve the conflict nonviolently.
And it is frequently far more self-preserving (and
useful) to get angry
_and_do_something_about_whatever-it-is_ than to whine
or sigh in despair, and do nothing.
Debbi
Pragmatic Idealism Maru :)
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