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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (216634)2/11/2013 9:38:33 AM
From: Win Smith  Respond to of 541978
 
I like how you clipped Ed's
In any event, you can call it whatever you want but if you don't have a decent opportunity to succeed relative to your peers then, regardless of your absolute level of comfort, I doubt you'll be happy. And there's no right or wrong or good or bad about that; it simply is.
Into
there's no right or wrong or good or bad about that; it simply is
And then ignored the puny 5 words of context you left to go with the standard conservative assertion of rectitude in the face of pernicious moral relativism,
There is right and wrong, there is good and bad.
Going back up the chain a bit, Greed usually comes ahead of Envy in the list of deadly sins, but that's another story. Best to go with Lust on that front anyway, at least as personified in this clip from one of my favorite movies of all time. dailymotion.com



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (216634)2/11/2013 1:16:50 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541978
 
Q, we don't all have to rise to the top but if you're living in an economy that no longer needs your skill set and you are a member of a society that sees you as a burden, that's a far different thing.

By the way, I know all about nihilism after seeing the movie "The Big Lebowski" several times. I especially liked the scene where the nihilists were wailing "It's not fair". Ed