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 >> >> ... >> >> read more ยป- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text -
