Gabs indeed yes I would and so would most perants I'll assume.  The
swimming is not so good, my wife just don't want to get into water, my
oldest boy who almost drowned on one fishing trip in his youth just
wont get in the water and the youngest, well I have hopes for him.
Its a shame really as during my own childhood swimming was great fun
for me.

On 9 Feb, 12:07, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lee, I think you'd do anything to feed your children yourself. By the
> way, how is swimming course for your family making progress?
>
> On Feb 9, 10:45 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Or better spent in any manner the man see's fit?
>
> > On 9 Feb, 08:31, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > But Pat, during the years a man is busy perusing through parts of
> > > books looking for relevancy many people could starve to death.  The
> > > man's years might be better spent cultivating land for harvest and
> > > tending to livestock to feed the hungry.
>
> > > On Feb 8, 11:20 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > On 8 Feb, 17:15, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Or perhaps people spending time and energy on irrelevant texts about
> > > > > tribal godlings rather than helping the starving people around them?
>
> > > > Well, yes.  I've always said that if all we did was prostrate
> > > > ourselves to God, we would be about as useful as rocks.  But that
> > > > isn't all we do.  A balance is required.  Plus, there's the time it
> > > > takes to see which parts of which books are, truly, irrelevant and
> > > > which are vitally relevant.  That could keep a man busy for years.
> > > > Trust me.  ;-)
>
> > > > > On Feb 8, 5:49 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On 3 Feb, 04:44, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > A starving man steals a purse, knocking the woman to the ground 
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > breaking her leg. Evil? Might he have not stolen a purse without
> > > > > > > physical action? Couldn't his frustration be the cause of 
> > > > > > > unnecessary
> > > > > > > violence? and is frustration then evil?
>
> > > > > >   As soon as I read the second word, the problem was revealed.  The
> > > > > > society that allowed the person to become starving is the truest 
> > > > > > evil
> > > > > > in your example.  All the rest could have been avoided by a society
> > > > > > that cared.  Perhaps, then, societal carelessness is the greatest 
> > > > > > evil
> > > > > > we face in today's world.
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:13 pm, MajorOz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 6:26 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > What is the greatest evil?
>
> > > > > > > > > I wanted to use the word sin, but I want to get away from any
> > > > > > > > > religiousness in this one.
>
> > > > > > > > > So what is the greatest evil, and why?
>
> > > > > > > > For me, there is only one evil: unnecessarily harming someone.  
> > > > > > > > I view
> > > > > > > > all OTHER so-called evils simply as disturbance of someone's
> > > > > > > > prejudice.
>
> > > > > > > > cheers
>
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