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veiledsentiments
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I just sort of assumed that you were talking to yourself... 
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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Kinda...I got...issues...
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uaeobserver
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| When I see articles like this --- I figure it's a good time to take terms like "Happy planet," and ask students to explain the word, "Anthropomorphism." |
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Noor
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Yes, an interesting concept that could lead to heretical conclusions if one were to investigate descriptions of the divine.
It might also be, with this example, an opportunity to introduce the Gaia hypothesis. |
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Zoot
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| Don't you just l-o-v-e the way 'happiness' is being tied to 'environmentalism/being a greenie" or whatever else you want to call it? We can't be happy unless we're green. I thought Kermit said many years ago that being green wasn't easy! |
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Noor
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| If you have a family, and you all live together, is it possible for you to be happy while others in your family suffer? If your wife or husband is unhappy, you are unhappy. If you child is unhappy, you are unhappy. You find that you cannot be happy unless those around you are happy. Selfish happiness - happiness only for you - is not possible. |
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johnslat
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Dear Noor,
"If you have a family, and you all live together, is it possible for you to be happy while others in your family suffer?"
And, since all men are brothers and all women sisters, and we all live together on this big, blue ball, well, the implications are obvious.
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ItsJustMe
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:18 am Post subject: |
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And, since all men are brothers and all women sisters, and we all live together on this big, blue ball, well, the implications are obvious.
Regards,
John |
Some would suggest that the Ball is not quite as blue as it once was
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anaxiforminges
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Zoot wrote: |
| Don't you just l-o-v-e the way 'happiness' is being tied to 'environmentalism/being a greenie" or whatever else you want to call it? We can't be happy unless we're green. I thought Kermit said many years ago that being green wasn't easy! |
At least Kermit has a hot girlfriend. No one has it tougher being green than the Hulk (though I suppose the Green Giant might be feeling the pinch of the recession)! |
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ItsJustMe
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[quote="anaxiforminges"]
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| At least Kermit has a hot girlfriend . . .! |
Kermie hasn't heard that pork is haram  |
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anaxiforminges
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