Quoting Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Krimel, (the screen name you chose) > > Curious.... > > You digress; I choose my morals, including whether to cause mayhem. I think > that was the topic. > > But what choices do I really have? > > Hmmm.... > > I'll just stick to the last 5 minutes. > > I chose to answer you ridiculous reply, which I chose to think about. I > chose to sit while answering. I chose to sit in a chair. I chose to listen > to The Clash while answering. I chose to tap my foot to the beat. I chose to > wear clothes while answering, I chose a green shirt, I chose beige overalls, > I chose white socks. I chose clogs. I chose to drink a diet Coke while > answering. I chose diet Coke from a fountain. I chose 44 ounces. I chose to > set my drink on the desk, I chose the right side of the desk. I chose to > stick with the default font. I chose to reply in English. I chose to use > punctuation. I chose glance at the pictures hung on the walls. I chose to > lean back in my chair. I chose to lean forward. I chose to turn up the > volume on the computer. I chose to close my eyes. I chose to open my eyes. I > chose to gently tug on the modem connection. I chose to set my cell phone on > the desk, I chose the left side. I chose to rub my face. I chose to tilt my > head to the right. I chose to sit up straight. I chose to ignore an offer > from McAfee. > > The choices I really have imply what I could have done in the last 5 > minutes, that list would be nearly infinite. > > Man is choice. And that is man's purpose, if he is of intellectual quality. > > Did I choose to be born? No, but my birth was a choice by others. > > Did I choose the circumstance of my birth? No, but the circumstance was a > choice by others and my choices have changed my life's circumstances. > > Did I choose the society I grew up in? No, but that was a choice by others > and my involvement in the society was my choice and I choose the society I'm > in now. > > My native tongue? Do you mean my first learned language? > > Did I chose to desire to come into the world addicted to oxygen? No, but > choose to continue my addiction instead of death. > > Did I choose to desire to consume other living things? Yes. Again, I could > choose death. > > Will I choose the moment of my death. Of course. My life dictates my death > and my life is choice. > > You are constrained by your choices, or you could choose to believe your > choices make you free or you could choose to believe you have no choice - > any way, it's your choice.
In short, life is a series of choices between the no choices of life and death. ------------------------------------------------- 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/
