Imagine the feelings of the Native American Indians! They must have placed a curse on us.
I think it's a loss of national identity and culture. You can make laws but cannot force tolerance- just like you cannot legislate morality or force someone to love. No one really talks about the mess- it's too much of a powder keg or an elephant in the parlor- but it's there, nonetheless. The far left talks a good game but sends their children to private schools, etc. The dance is one of avoidance. On Jul 26, 3:03 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > The Norwegians and Danes tend to be laid back and will wait a long > time for humour to emerge. Along with the Swedes they are long on > tolerance too, yet these peoples were once the Vikings. They aren't > keen on the foreign influences that immigration has brought, many > feeling their tolerance is being exploited. I hear much the same > there as in Holland and England - whatever it is it's not racism, more > a sense of loss and loss of freedom. > > On Jul 26, 12:41 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Like the centuries of various wars? The list is too long... > > > On Jul 25, 8:53 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, you're right, archytas; i've been to Oslo a couple of times > > > myself and know a few Norwegians, i really dont know of a people with > > > a more open and measured temperament as the Norwegians. To lose that > > > would be the compound tragedy. > > > > And yeah, i really dont get the self mutilation thing in the absence > > > of physical occupation; i guess its some delusional pathology that > > > gets them to a place of paranoia. > > > > On Jul 24, 6:19 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Norwegian tragedy really got to me because I've been working in > > > > Oslo - I feel more at home in Scandinavia than the UK. There's a > > > > personal tolerance we've lost here - yet it's also the case they have > > > > so weird extremists. Interesting, in a way, that just like most > > > > Muslim terrorists, these people also tend to kill their own. > > > > > On Jul 24, 5:27 pm, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes...it's been a sombre weekend; the tragedy in Norway, the death of > > > > > Amy Winehouse; the loss of such great promise. I guess that Freud > > > > > lives through his lifelong works. > > > > > > On Jul 24, 1:46 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Re intentions of parents: The best often go awry, however. > > > > > > > Somehow the massacre in Norway recalled the bombing of Marine > > > > > > barracks > > > > > > in Beruit plus other news and the sultry temps no longer kept my > > > > > > attention. And the death of Lucian Freud, painter. Etc. Heavy > > > > > > thoughts > > > > > > rather than temps. > > > > > > > Thank you- but don't have any Loggins on hand. I sort of quit with > > > > > > Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails et al. But your thought was > > > > > > sweet. > > > > > > > On Jul 23, 6:21 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Interested in the gaps rigsy; but i respect your privacy. > > > > > > > > Parents certainly dont have anything like the power to define or > > > > > > > determine the lives of their children, you're absolutely right; > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > just have, or feel they have (or ought to have) an overwhelming > > > > > > > obligation to do everything possible to ensure a healthy, happy, > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > prosperous life for their angels. > > > > > > > > Btw, a gentle breeze for those sultry nights..."Copa de Amor", by > > > > > > > Kenny G :) > > > > > > > > On Jul 23, 2:00 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just gave you the educational framework, paradox. I am > > > > > > > > guessing my > > > > > > > > father's intention was to provide me with some stability. > > > > > > > > Filling in > > > > > > > > the spaces is the rest of the story. So going back to school > > > > > > > > was a > > > > > > > > natural choice later on. > > > > > > > > > I don't think parents have divine power over the lives of their > > > > > > > > children. But I did/do have a tough guardian angel. :-) > > > > > > > > > I think some people enter the military to get their life in > > > > > > > > order- but > > > > > > > > that's another subject. > > > > > > > > > On Jul 22, 1:26 pm, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I guess its the thing about fathers, rigsy; we need to cover > > > > > > > > > off every > > > > > > > > > one of life's angles for our little angels :) > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like you had a rich and diverse growth path; explains > > > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > > > temperament, i think :) > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 21, 8:16 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The humidity is lifting today- it's been awful! > > > > > > > > > > > I started boarding school at age 5- kindergarten till I was > > > > > > > > > > 10. Age > > > > > > > > > > 7+two months at camp up north. I think both were my > > > > > > > > > > father's ideas- > > > > > > > > > > for love of me. It gave me order, disipline, education, > > > > > > > > > > socialization...to cope with the rest of my life! :-) > > > > > > > > > > Later- female > > > > > > > > > > Catholic high school and women's college for two years and > > > > > > > > > > I bailed > > > > > > > > > > even though they were going to allow me to graduate in 3 > > > > > > > > > > years. A big > > > > > > > > > > mistake. I did sneak off to public school in 8th and 9th > > > > > > > > > > grades till > > > > > > > > > > mother put her foot down. I finished up college at the state > > > > > > > > > > university after my divorce then entered grad school but > > > > > > > > > > quit after 45 > > > > > > > > > > credits. My life would have been very different had my > > > > > > > > > > father lived- > > > > > > > > > > it could have been worse! lol > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 21, 11:58 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, i read that you're experiencing something of a > > > > > > > > > > > heatwave; lots of > > > > > > > > > > > tropical cocktail delights then? :) > > > > > > > > > > > > So, you're the part product of a convent, rigsy? > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting; how did > > > > > > > > > > > you find the experience? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 20, 2:39 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was happy to find Peggy Lee recorded this song though > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't > > > > > > > > > > > > heard it- I admired her voice along with Ella > > > > > > > > > > > > Fitzgerald's. This would > > > > > > > > > > > > be a great day for Lee's "Fever". We have a heat index > > > > > > > > > > > > of 113 F.!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I have a pretty good memory of lyrics as mother > > > > > > > > > > > > wasn't a > > > > > > > > > > > > storybook reader and the radio and 78 rpm records were > > > > > > > > > > > > my nursery > > > > > > > > > > > > songs and stories until the nuns read to us or I could > > > > > > > > > > > > read on my own. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 17, 1:18 pm, paradox <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Phew; got so caught up in your ballad, i was just > > > > > > > > > > > > > about to singalong, > > > > > > > > > > > > > caught myself just in time. Visions of my daughter's > > > > > > > > > > > > > animated > > > > > > > > > > > > > exlamation..."Yes! I knew it! I told you so!" Lol. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The admiration's mutual...what?? That does't sound > > > > > > > > > > > > > right...? You know > > > > > > > > > > > > > what i mean...: i think i need a lie down....lol. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 17, 1:30 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can admire men and still not want to be one! No, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > paradox, "I enjoy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > being a girl..." (song) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 16, 7:29 am, paradox <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You dont know what you're missing, rigsy! lol. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 16, 12:53 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I could never be a man- in body form or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > behavior. Thank you, Lord, for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > allowing me to be a female!!! :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 1:41 pm, paradox > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have quite some considerable experience of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the emotional > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > responsiveness of the fairer sex, rigsy :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally, i think the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gender difference, if there is one, is more > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > emotional maturity and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > honesty than anything "structural. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 12:04 pm, rigsy03 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, Tony and Paradox. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Except we can clean up our hard drive! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe I should have said "reactions" rather > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > than moods- esp. since > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > females have the rep of being moody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > creatures. I'm not sure if it is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > memory or the sc that is triggered by > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > irrational associations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 3:22 am, paradox > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not as familiar with the terrain > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regarding imagination and creativity, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rigsy; but some thoughts; imagination > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > probably employs the same object > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > representation and manipulation routines > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > as event "simulation", > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > certainly occupies the same higher order > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > region; the process is just > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > less well tethered; an analogy that comes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to mind is that of the rider > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > whose handling on the reins becomes more > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > adept the more confident he/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > she becomes, and the more conditioned the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > horse gets over time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Creativity is more difficult to pin down; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my intuitive sense is that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it's probably defined in the versatility > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of transition of isomorphic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > brain "states"; so its not so much a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "discrete" attribute, but more a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "bell curve" function. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Difficult to say about unexplained moods; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > could be the result of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chemical or homeostatic imbalances, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tensions, unresolved mental > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > phenomena, or any of a long list of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > things really; what do you think? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 14, 12:46 pm, rigsy03 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes- that is too technical for me. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I see the sc as the hidden > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
