--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Once more -- I don't CARE what you think. I don't
> > > CARE what you believe. What you think and believe
> > > has no more meaning or importance in my life than
> > > what the flea my dog just scratched off his butt
> > > thinks and believes. YOU have no more meaning or
> > > importance in my life that that flea.
> >
> > Really? Then why are you here? Why have you been talking about
> > this stuff for years?
>
> Because I seem to have no choice but to think
> about this stuff, and this place gives me a
> place to think about it onscreen, and get
> feedback. The feedback causes more thinking,
> etc. But it really isn't to convince anyone
> of anything, merely to play with ideas.
>
> > All of you are more important to me than a flea. On this site, I
> > might or might not try to change someone's mind. I might be looking
> > for information. I might simply be curious about how others
> > think. I am here because I do care what people think.
>
> Cool. I don't. As I said, I'm trying to figure
> out what I think.
>
Fair enough. I think I care what people think because I truly want to
change how certain people think. Hopeless endeavor, eh?
