Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Khaled stated Sept 15th: > > Ant, Platt > > Here is how I see it. > > It's like when the oxygen mask drops down in the airplane due to lack of > pressure. First you have to put on that mask, before you attempt to help > others. If you think that you are the capable, and able person, the one > siting by that emergency door, you need to be able to function. Putting > the oxygen mask on your children first (if you are a parent), may causes > you to pass out before you are done rendering you useless when more > emergencies arise. > > Having taken care of yourself first, --and here again, you know that you > are in charge of your family and need to take care of them, and no you > were not democratically elected to that position-- now you are able to > take care of the rest. > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Sounds like a good answer to me, Khaled. BTW, if the self is fundamentally > an illusion so is selfishness. Anyway, I think most people eventually > grow-up and get beyond the "selfishness stage" especially after they have > children.
Some doublespeak going on here. First Khaled says you have to take care of yourself first. Ant agrees. Then says the self is a fantasy. So which is it fellas? Is yourself real or a spook? Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
