> > Your mind is in the gutter! =) > Menage a ... what's french for 12? (supernatural season 6)
> Our actions have a direct impact on everyone else in the entire world. > Theoretically, our reality's entire time-line itself. > > The tiniest little decision changes everything. Turning left instead > of right, to reference a Doctor Who episode. > And in the end she still got run over by a truck...with a giant bug on her back. But it was her choice. She wasn't forced to make the turn. I should not be forced to eat or not eat. I control the color pill I take (as long as there are still more than one color) (The Matrix) > > That said, nobody can take away our freedom of will (if we have it-- > perhaps things could only ever have gone down the way they go down). > > I said "Blessed be!", because I like the idea that if you're not > hurting anyone, you should be able to do what you will. > And the standard response in Pagan circles is "Blessed bee". And "Blessed C", and other silly variations of that and other phrases. But the "do it unless it hurts others" philosophy fails against your previous statement of "we're all connected". If we're all connected than my hurting myself is hurting others. Either "do it w/o hurting others" is freedom to do as we will or it is a limitation to do nothing. This is why philosophers drink. Not because they want to but because they have to. :) Some people think that hurting yourself is the same as hurting > everybody. Eh, that's philosophy. Who can say? > > Perhaps self-pleasuring *is* the same as adultery. Maybe we should > regulate it. > > Hell, soon we'll be able to tell what people are thinking: > > http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html > > :Den > > -- > Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary > of what they see; it is above, not against them. > Blaise Pascal > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > > My first reaction to that is "so we're just one giant orgy". > > > > While in a meta-sense we are all connected, I'd like to be in the part > > that's connected to personal responsibility for what I eat. > > > > > >> There's nothing that only effects you. We're all connected. > >> > >> Blessed be! > >> > > > > While the bee is blessed, I'd rather not be connected to the part that's > > allergic to the sting. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330445 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
