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To: Father Terrence who wrote (43552)	7/4/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Re: Definitions of "greed" and "fear" Well, at least you have defined what you mean by "greed," Terrence, although you have left your understanding of "fear" unexplained. You are using "greed" in such an extraordinarily broad sense that it could probably cover at least one-half of human behavior. But it won't work. The problem is that "greed" is a word that has always had a negative connotation, even in pre-Christian times. At least, that is true in any language that I know, all of which have an exact equivalent of our word "greed." Why don't you use a more neutral word, like "desire"? At least Buddha would agree with you on the pervasiveness of this emotion. <g> Interesting. Why do you insist on using two words with such heavily negative connotations to describe all human behavior? How depressing.