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

To: epicure who wrote (72391)	8/12/2003 3:48:48 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Whether you realize it or not. He doesn't. That's a big part of his charm. :)

To: epicure who wrote (72391)	8/12/2003 4:00:57 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

For the most part, we can be happy and good. But even then, we have sometimes to make choices involving sacrifice. And beyond that, sometimes people are not in a position to be happy and good, at least at that juncture in their lives. Of course, if they have a conscience, they are not likely to be happy anyway. For example, suppose that you must decide whether to betray anti- Nazi partisans, or face torture and death. There is no "solution". It is not a problem that one solves, it is a situation that one faces, and one's choice is defining. On a more modest level, suppose I am looking forward to spending some quality time with my wife, but suddenly my son has a homework emergency, needing help understanding some material. Of course I am going to help him with his school work, but that does not mean I will not be very disappointed that it arose at such a bad time. Again, it is not a problem to be solved, it is a situation which, in the course of things, arises...........