On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > I think what it does is support both of our points.
I think you and I will continue to differ on that. I'll take this thread in a little bit different direction... I really think at it's root it's a "free will" vs "destiny" argument. I feel very strongly that people have free will and that decisions you make (particularly early in life) can greatly impact your life years later. That someone's decision to cheat on taxes or to hang out with a bunch or radicals will effect their life in dramatically negative ways. I tend to look at a person's decision to involve themselves with radicals as the force that made them the way they are, not what the radicals did to the person. That it is still the individual's own life choices that lead them to their place in life. On the other hand - I think that you tend to believe that outside forces direct you in life. That hanging out with radicals was not the driving reason someone becomes radicalized or does something terrible. That it is really the fault of the radicals when someone ends up flying into a building - not the individual who potentially chose very early in life to enter into a relationship with them. Further, (and this really goes outside the thread) I think that you tend to believe that it is the government's role as protector to help guide people to their destiny where I tend to believe that it is the individual's role to do that. Granted this whole discussion does leave out things like genetics, disease, race, family, and other things that may influence your life in ways that are not a personal choice. This is really not an argument, just a description of how I have internally shape my picture of our different viewpoints on a number of things discussed on this list. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312439 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
