thanks you guys... and youre absolutely right Chris....the privelage of unadulterated love....
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>wrote: > Condolences, Pol. Animals are likely the best friends we have as humans. > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That sounds very busy rigs...... good time ahead......... but i guess ill >> be wallowing about other things for a while... my most loved pet just died >> this morning.... trying to reconcile..... >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:57 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I've got some "hot" insights, as well! :-) I was a parent for 45 years >>> and came to the "profession" as a complete dolt. I will think about >>> this today, kid (here's thinking of you...), but am busy with outdoor >>> chores before winter arrives. My youngest son's friend is helping out- >>> though I am paying him. Yesterday he gave me his old 16' ladder which >>> was like a bouquet of roses- shows you where my needs and wants are at >>> the moment- I only had a 5' step ladder after getting rid of a 36' >>> wooden monster that took two burly men to lift. My neighbor always >>> lent us one of his but this will be handy. Also my two sons and >>> daughter are all flying in for Thansgiving which may seem far off but >>> am trying to clear the list of "to do's" so we can just relax and have >>> fun. Also one grand-daughter "won" the short straw for the trip. >>> Anyway- I do have some thoughts on your thoughts and they do come up >>> in conversations with my adult children esp. as they observe their own >>> children. >>> >>> On Oct 4, 8:29 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hey there everyone, the other day i was sitting around and thinking >>> > about my grown upness, the fact that having passed childhood proven >>> > that i can sit and reminisce about it... i have a question about the >>> > categorisations.. are they purely biological?... but that was beside >>> > the point... what i was thinking was... i was sometimes very mean and >>> > selfish whe younger... and since i can take an objective view now... >>> > the little 'me'disgusts me sometimes... i am speaking in terms of >>> > 'morality'... now considering 'morality' in the adult world is much >>> > debated... then its even harder to define it for children.. my >>> > question is ... how is morality for children different ... if a child >>> > does something mean... we dont pay much attention to it... we just let >>> > it off.. saying you know so and so is a kid.... well thats what makes >>> > it harder for me to understand... a child... acting selfish... is i >>> > suppose forgivable.. he or she hasnt been conditioned to 'hide' their >>> > selfishness... but doing harm ... or causing pain to the other.. that >>> > should be taken seroiusly...if they enjoy kiiling an insect.. enjoy >>> > torturing an animal...it really baffles me when some children do >>> > that ..and they do indeed ... if a child is not 'conditioned' how will >>> > she or he grow up to be...we cant realy tell cause we will never be >>> > able to provide that kind of vaccum... there arguments that say the >>> > whole morality thing is just a survival thing.. like the social >>> > contract or whatever.... Why do we say children are innocent.. by >>> > innocent do we mean they dont have a 'social curtain' thing... its all >>> > out in the open whatever there is... Different communities have >>> > different attitudes towards children right... i often think of the >>> > children on the street... they learn survival really quick... what >>> > would their 'morals' be.. what do you think?... and also Parents... >>> > what if the parents that raise a particular child.. are well >>> > 'depraved' according to standards... is it necessary that the child >>> > will pick up that... or he/she might pick up the complete oppositite >>> > values... without there being much socialisation... is it >>> > possible?....i kinda jumbled it... but its all out... tell me what you >>> > think.. anything at all... like Rigs quite often has some cool >>> > insights about parent children realtionships... >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> EverComing >> > > -- EverComing
