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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (12876)	5/2/2001 11:31:23 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

My daughters' International Relations teacher, who has a quirky sense of humor, gave them two clues to the bonus questions on the exam. The first one was "Four legs good, two legs bad." We think this refers to animal farm, where the animals were good and the people bad. The second one was "I have a penchant for alpaca. I hope to some day have a couple to befriend my dog." This one has me stumped. Anyone have any thoughts on what this might refer to that has anything to do with political science or international relations? The exam is tomorrow, so speedy answers will be appreciated!

To: average joe who wrote (12876)	5/3/2001 12:29:41 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I consider myself enormously successful- and that is all that matters. I hope you consider yourself the same. I wish for you that you are as happy and fulfilled as you want to be. That you do good in the world and that it gives you pleasure. Money and power, imo, are meaningless in and of themselves. The means to a happy and peaceful life, perhaps, if not, then they are merely the chains you forge in life. I try to hate no one, and I teach peace, and empathy, and kindness and consideration. If you have a problem with these things, we cannot agree, because tolerance and empathy and respect are the solution to almost everything (maybe everything- but I hate to be an absolutist.) I agree with you about breast milk- I am 100% for breast feeding as everyone knows. I breastfed my own children for as long as they wanted. It's the healthy and loving thing to do, barring medical reasons why a woman might not be able to. Average Joe, I have to say I become more and more depressed by your angry labeling behavior. For my own peace of mind I will have to put you on ignore. I respect and accept that you have different views I do not understand, and that you have some need to label and denigrate me and other people I care about. I accept this, but I choose not to participate in it by reading you any longer. I wish you well. Goodbye. (BTW- this goes for some other people on this thread whose anger and labeling I can no longer read. I respect the rights of everyone here to talk any way you want about each other, but I don't want to get sucked into it and I don't want to feel the pain of it. I don't respect your right to talk about me, as some of you have done when I have asked you not to and when I have tried VERY hard not to talk about anyone else- but I certainly can't stop you, nor would I report you (contrary to the expressed opinions of some). It's symptomatic of the pain in the world. I know it's easy to participate- maybe you all think the struggle requires mocking, and labeling, and anger. I'm not sure it does. I tried that myself, and got no where. I fail to see the point any longer. Maybe you will get somewhere with it. I wish you all well- but I'm not going to read anymore disquieting bickering. So if I don't respond to your posts, it's not because I don't respect your right to have an opinion. It's simply because I respect my own right to be free of anger and cruel (my perception) behavior- so if I don't answer you, you are probably on ignore.