I believe what Neil is trying to say is that most of our recent occasions of
mass hysteria are inexplicable group exhibitions of utter irrationality. The
issue of gay marriage is one such example.
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I think some elaboration would be in order, for sure in "this is where
we could learn not to be afraid".
Are you going gabby on us?
On Dec 26, 7:12 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> The lack of sensible occasions of rationality makes me afraid, as this
> is where we could learn not to be afraid.
>
> On 26 Dec, 23:15, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I fear nothing, not even death. However, the word fear has many
> > levels. I may "fear" that humanity with all its flaws may never
> > understand the true meaning of life and therefore may ultimately
> > destroy that which supports humanity's existence. Of course that fear
> > is not the same as the fear of someone coming into your house and
> > killing you and your family or the fear that some maniac may go on a
> > shooting rampage at a mall or just random highway attack, killing you
> > or those you love. Some fear the loss of financial security or they
> > fear the loss of good health and the acquisition of some horrible
> > disease. Fear to me is a frame of mind, a sense of being out of touch
> > with future events while concurrently witnessing the events that are
> > affecting others, which in essence have the potential to affect you
> > tomorrow.
> > I do have apprehensions which are different from fear. I may not feel
> > comfortable with the exchange of information on the Internet, but that
> > is not a fear but merely a precaution.
>
> > On Dec 26, 3:30 pm, Matthijs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On this forum I read a lot about fear, fear of the unknown. Or fear to
> > > love other people. Out of these fears we usually try to confince
> > > ourselfs of our beliefs by telling our prespectives. Even when i write
> > > this I ask myself why do i tell this?
> > > So to cut the crap i want to ask all of you. What are we (or YOU)
> > > afraid of?
>
> > > Happy New year,
> > > Matthijs- Hide quoted text -
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