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To: THE ANT who wrote (88895)	4/9/2012 12:55:36 PM
From: elmatador	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

Maurice what? happy? TJ looks and sounds happy. MQ sounds like a very unhappy person longing for Victorian England. Unhappy with: NZ government. Local yokels. Melanin rich people People who shoot others at the back

To: THE ANT who wrote (88895)	4/9/2012 3:56:50 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	7 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217713

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To: THE ANT who wrote (88895)	4/9/2012 5:16:27 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

Yeah? < Many studies have shown that atheists are the most unhappy of people (MQ could be an exception). > Can you name one? Let's see their data. You are being naughty and making things up. <.As surgeon general Koop said "their are no atheists at the bed of a dying child"I work at the beds of dying people. > So you mean atheist parents undergo conversion to some religion when they suddenly are confronted with their dying child? Do they then convert back again after the funeral? It seems the Surgeon General has got a barrow to push. I hope you are not careless about the dying because "Hey, what the heck, they are going to a better place." I'd prefer somebody who is seriously determined to stop the depredations of nature red in tooth and claw, with no back-stop for failure. Actually, you might be right that atheists are less happy than religious people. I know quite well a woman who had two daughters. She was very religious and brought her daughters up in a highly controlled religious way. One in her 20s jumped of the Auckland Harbour Bridge to her death after a period of mental illness. Her younger sister was intercepted on the way up and has spent years in institutional care. The mother is quite happy and at the funeral of the first was quite cheerful, after all, her daughter was in a better place. Hey, no worries. Our son developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma for his 21st birthday. We were NOT happy. My wife's face on seeing cyclophosphamide injected into the back of his hand is etched in my mind. Seeing him lying like a piece of meat all alone in a radiation chamber to receive 50 grays is etched in my mind. It is not a happy memory. Perhaps you are right and a dose of religion would help me see the fun side of it. Working by the beds of the dying, you perhaps know some of what people go through on the way there. Which is not to say there isn't room for fun and laughter. One day in the day-room [where people get treatment as outpatients], one of the nurses was moaning about her great big young-adult son who was somewhat obstreperous. We were all in on the discussion. From a bed or two away I suggested she give him a dose of CHOP. The room burst out laughing. We all knew what that meant. For those who don't know what CHOP means, it's the chemotherapy lots of people get. Death is not an absurd alternative. youtube.com Some crucified people having a fun time at Easter. "The Life of Brian - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" Mqurice