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Ever see a mouse waterboard a

Richard Day — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:04:48 +0000

In reply to That's not out of meanness,

Ever see a mouse waterboard a cat?

THE MOUSE NEEDS ANSWERS!!

That's not out of meanness,

Donal — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:23:33 +0000

In reply to Ever seen a cat toy with a

That's not out of meanness, it weakens the prey and makes it less likely to injure the predator.

Ever seen a cat toy with a

Austin Train — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:16:41 +0000

In reply to When you boil it all down,

Ever seen a cat toy with a not-yet-dead mouse?

When you boil it all down,

stillidealistic — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:24:04 +0000

In reply to Your Drama Hurts My Dharma

When you boil it all down, lis, we aren't as evolved as we like to think we are. Like it or not we are animals, and we still have those basic instincts. Some of us are probably a little more evolved than others, but, as a species, we still look out for numero uno, and the strongest survive. What I haven't figured out is where the "meanness" comes from...most of the animals in the wild do what they need to do to survive, but aren't "mean" for no reason. We humans seem to have a lock on that.

It occurs to me that my first

Austin Train — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:22:40 +0000

In reply to Your Drama Hurts My Dharma

It occurs to me that my first comment (the reply to DD) was only partially addressing things.

So...

There are also people out there who, for whatever reason, find some perverse sort of nourishment in making others unhappy - or in worse cases, even experience physical suffering. As I can't quite maneuver myself into that mindset, I can't speak to motivations, it's just clear enough observationally that they exist and do that.

It's good that most of us are not in that camp.

Love it Lis!

tmccarthy0 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:52:21 +0000

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Love it Lis!

You've landed on something

Austin Train — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:10:54 +0000

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You've landed on something there, DD.

Adjacency.

It's easy to be kind to those near us, easier still when there is a connection, be it familial or social. The farther away people are, and the less connected, the more they become abstractions, figures on a chart or graph, and in some cases, "collateral damage".

Policy decisions are not made based on people, they are made based on abstractions, and that is where one of our main human failings lies.

As the Greeks had it diagnosed so very long ago, a tragic flaw.

I do, Dickon. "Happiness and

LisB — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:41:35 +0000

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I do, Dickon.

"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected." - George Washington

I think of Stilli taking care

Richard Day — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:23:42 +0000

In reply to Your Drama Hurts My Dharma

I think of Stilli taking care of her grandchildren.

I think of TheraP volunteering and taking care of her husband.

I think of Momoe taking care of her grandchildren.

None of these women seek anything in return. THEY ENJOY IT.

People who help people; they like,they love doing it. It is not the burden, it is the joy in doing that they appreciate.

First do no harm the Greeks tell us.

But after that, one must find that doing good is enjoyable.

Do you not think poetess?