Posted by Spoc on April 1, 2005, at 10:44:25
In reply to Re: :), posted by sunny10 on April 1, 2005, at 9:17:47
...and thank YOU, Sunny, and happy to meet you! You're right, what you said really is the way things should be as far as sharing viewpoints. In my case, I was mostly just trying to talk myself out of yet another dissertation, since as you may have gathered I've had a problem with spending too much time here, and on the 'net period, in the past! (Not to imply it's "cured" now!)
Thanks for welcoming my opinion. I guess in the interests of expediency, I may as well just say "What Dinah said." I think many previous life experiences go into shaping how a person ends up feeling about this subject, it probably isn't a conscious choice to feel one way or the other. And it's hard to change our own opinions, so we usually don't unless something arises to make us feel there is a compelling reason or greater benefit to doing so.
Myself, I am kind of "ammoral" about several things, that would surprise some people and that I don't feel too bad about... I guess because I leave it at thinking there is no one specific person or handful of specific people who stand to be effected. (And I have no kids and don't have much family.) But actually I guess those things could be said to effect humanity at large (i.e., environmental and various other causes), so who would I be to talk really! Although I guess we don't have to be fully "self-actualized" before we can hold and express opinions on the things we *do* have a position on.
See? I ended up babbling anyway! ;-)
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