From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 5 13:23:37 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2140B37B401 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:23:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD76F43FA7 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:23:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lomion@mac.com) Received: from asmtp01.mac.com (asmtp01-qfe3 [10.13.10.65]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h15LNHrJ011258 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:23:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com ([67.98.154.9]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H9UU2S00.II9; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:23:16 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:23:16 -0500 Subject: Re: WTC Payoff [11 september] (was Re: oh my god the nasa shuttleblewup) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=fixed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: Terry Lambert , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG To: Dave Hayes From: Larry Sica In-Reply-To: <200302052057.h15Kv9173929@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> Message-Id: <0A935F9D-3950-11D7-A90E-000393A335A2@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pgp-Rfc2646-Fix: 1 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: > Larry Sica writes: >> On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 03:33 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: >>> Terry Lambert writes: >>>> Rodney King is often quoted as asking "Can't we all just get >>>> along?". >>>> The answer is "No, we can't. There is no way to make everyone happy >>>> at the same time. >>> >>> Sorry, I don't buy this. Perhaps you cannot force happiness on a >>> person who doesn't want it, but it is theoretically possible that >>> everyone can make the enlightened decision to be happy at the same >>> time. >>> >> theory does not equal reality though in this case. > > That doesn't change the possibility. > >> Having everyone happy at the same time would mean that everyone's >> personal life would need to be perfect for that moment in time, and >> since we all have problems, issues and assorted "stuff".... > > Therein lies the assumptions. You assume "happiness" == "personal > life being perfect". Perhaps that is not true? > I was leading up to a joke but...if one isn't happy with themselves and their lives how can they be truly happy with anything? >> I mean some of us have more issues than time/life. Some have so much >> stuff they need to buy a new house just to fit their old stuff so they >> can get new stuff... > > At the risk of appearing metaphysical, I'm not so sure that happiness > is directly related to material achievements. Does no one remember george carlin? I was making a joke... - --Larry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta iQA/AwUBPkGAx+eV8VtPCL3dEQKQVgCg6DD2H+87ZHogNj52T3QxiCsgvZsAnjjd 5UqzZYbE7YrnpdAL5e+pL5gU =raxd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message