Far left Rigsy?
Allan

On 27 jul. 2011, at 15:01, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
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