Yes James, that is the ideal. We are though as I keep saying a bloody odd species. I agree with you 100% heh but I wonder how many others would?
On Sep 23, 3:36 am, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > :cringe: That was me being a wee bit sensitive, guess now you know one > of my soft spots. ;-) I agree though, personal responsibility goes > beyond the numbers. We need to be willing to make a change, courageous > enough to demand honest understanding from ourselves, and when the > sheer horror sinks in (see those numbers as those one cares about > most) we need enough wits collected to turn our anger and indignation > into social progress, personal wisdom and all that good stuff people > should be natural at. > > Sorry I was blinded Gabby and missed the finer point, one's wits can > be quite evasive to collection hiding amongst the formative substrata. > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:27 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nothing important. Sorry if my humor was inappropriate. > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:08 AM, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> You're right, I didn't. Please be courteous Gabby, you have no idea > >> the things I know, have seen, or the impact on my life. For another > >> time perhaps. > > >> So, what else did you mean by this? :) > > >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:34 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Exactly, finding women's dealing with the world (as a landscape you can > >> > measure and therefore manage - aka statistics) stimulating, would be a > >> > good > >> > example of how I don't think social responsibility works. Not that you > >> > had > >> > ever said that! :) > > >> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:41 AM, James Lynch <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > > >> >> Don't get me wrong I found his work stimulating several years ago and > >> >> also enjoyed Sam Harris's Moral Landscape and I cannot remember the > >> >> other (Atheist Manifesto maybe). I can relate heavily with much of the > >> >> conversation and the plight but, alas, an Atheist I am not, the world > >> >> is not so convenient as to provide me a package to quite swallow > >> >> though I take bites here and there of a variety. :) > > >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:52 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Really? I don't- he has a wonderful playfulness with our language and > >> >> > can "zing" with the best of them. He has to protect his intellectual > >> >> > turf, afterall, plus who can resist anyone with any sort of > >> >> > connection > >> >> > to "Dr. Who"? > > >> >> > I am not a celebrity therefore my opinions are probably meaningless. > > >> >> > On Sep 19, 10:08 pm, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> I find Dawkins a bit too arrogant for my taste, I would really like > >> >> >> to > >> >> >> know what you think instead. > > >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:39 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> > You might want to check out Richard Dawkins who has covered > >> >> >> > several > >> >> >> > of > >> >> >> > our topics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins > > >> >> >> > On Sep 19, 11:09 am, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> Do you mean that social responsibility toward people begins at > >> >> >> >> conception? We can delineate much further, into building the > >> >> >> >> world > >> >> >> >> offspring will inhabit and creating the precursors for their > >> >> >> >> potential > >> >> >> >> greatness as individuals and for humanity at large. :0 > > >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:54 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> > >> >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> >> > I cannot find Jame's comment about social responsibility but > >> >> >> >> > kept > >> >> >> >> > thinking about his phrase. Just want to state that I believe > >> >> >> >> > the > >> >> >> >> > first > >> >> >> >> > cradle of new human life is the womb which changes the > >> >> >> >> > "assembly > >> >> >> >> > line".- Hide quoted text - > > >> >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
