tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post2447475274915834876..comments2024-03-27T12:58:00.592-07:00Comments on Snowbrush: Who should die for whom?Snowbrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-66480830709362699672016-05-09T07:53:46.367-07:002016-05-09T07:53:46.367-07:00Always enjoy stopping by your blog.. Hope all is w...Always enjoy stopping by your blog.. Hope all is well with you.. I am learning the hard way "getting old isn't for sissies" LOLJoe Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07960458164425338569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-31529167350940340482016-01-31T23:42:04.289-08:002016-01-31T23:42:04.289-08:00So Snow, as I suspected, at heart you are a high-p...So Snow, as I suspected, at heart you are a high-principled, soft-hearted romantic, apart from when in self-defence you let the old cynic shine through: <br /><br />"I think that, in most relationships, once the romance ends, there’s not enough left to keep the couple together, at least in a meaningful way."<br /><br />I guess it depends statistically how many couples in meaningful relationships you have come across over the years. I have known quite a few.<br /><br /><br />though I don't suppose you will see yourself this way. I share your etheism and totally empathize with your desire to hold onto life the closer we get to death. <br /><br />fiftyoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372578925298011630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-66227348548562485762016-01-30T15:16:40.590-08:002016-01-30T15:16:40.590-08:00We don't know what we'll do at the moment....We don't know what we'll do at the moment. Caught by surprise, and in the blink of an eye, I think it's perfectly inherent for us to immediately protect those we love. Joe and I have often pondered the FACT that, without having a moment to consider our actions, we would probably give our lives to protect our dog!! Purely instinctual, but given time to fore-think, I doubt we would go that far. Sorry, Beau. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800468354425742353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-55676043645860607312016-01-28T20:29:12.224-08:002016-01-28T20:29:12.224-08:00Glad I'm single... But I would probably put my...Glad I'm single... But I would probably put my life at risk to save my dog!<br />CreekHiker / HollysFollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987597104795294851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-50534687065471357602016-01-25T13:37:45.607-08:002016-01-25T13:37:45.607-08:00Too hell with all that, lets talk about naked wome...Too hell with all that, lets talk about naked women. <br /><br />BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-66960451037550474592016-01-25T05:52:02.269-08:002016-01-25T05:52:02.269-08:00Just for the entertainment value re the Jesus cruc...Just for the entertainment value re the Jesus crucifixion thing, Islam believes in the existence of Jesus as a prophet, a son of the Virgin Mary, but he was NOT crucified.<br />from wiki because I am too lazy to look up and write my own:<br />Islamic texts categorically deny the idea of crucifixion or death attributed to Jesus by the New Testament.[7][33] The Quran states that people (i.e., the Jews and Romans) sought to kill Jesus, but they did not crucify nor kill him, although "this was made to appear to them". Muslims believe that Jesus was not crucified but instead, he was raised up by God unto the heavens. This "raising" is often understood to mean through bodily ascension.[34]<br /><br /><br />And they said we have killed the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, the Messenger of God. They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, though it was made to appear like that to them; those that disagreed about him are full of doubt, with no knowledge to follow, only supposition: they certainly did not kill him. On the contrary, God raised him unto himself. God is almighty and wise.<br /><br />— Quran surah 4 (An-Nisa النساء) ayah 157-158[35]<br /><br />Discussing the interpretation of those scholars who deny the crucifixion, the Encyclopaedia of Islam writes:<br /><br /><br />The denial, furthermore, is in perfect agreement with the logic of the Quran. The Biblical stories reproduced in it (e.g., Job, Moses, Joseph, etc.) and the episodes relating to the history of the beginning of Islam demonstrate that it is "God's practice" (sunnat Allah) to make faith triumph finally over the forces of evil and adversity. "So truly with hardship comes ease", (XCIV, 5, 6). For Jesus to die on the cross would have meant the triumph of his executioners; but the Quran asserts that they undoubtedly failed: "Assuredly God will defend those who believe"; (XXII, 49). He confounds the plots of the enemies of Christ (III, 54).<br /><br />Substitution interpretation[edit]<br /><br />While most western scholars,[36] Jews,[37][38] and Christians believe Jesus died, Muslims believe he ascended to Heaven without being put on the cross and God transformed another person, Simon of Cyrene, to appear exactly like Jesus who was crucified instead of Jesus (cf. Irenaeuus' description of the heresy of Basilides, Book I, ch. XXIV, 4[39]) Matthew 27:32 Mark 15:21 Luke 23:26. Jesus ascended bodily to Heaven, there to remain until his Second Coming in the End Days.<br /><br />'Course, that, too, is all hearsay.possumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912443125826672230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-47223443252672166592016-01-24T22:33:24.602-08:002016-01-24T22:33:24.602-08:00Hi snow,
I am sure I would die for my daughter, p...Hi snow,<br /><br />I am sure I would die for my daughter, probably instinctually but if I had time to think about it, I know I would sacrifice my life for her. I'm less sure about my small grandchildren but I hope I'd be in the firing line for them too. And my dear JB: we are both women so some or all of your discussion doesn't apply (perhaps) but here too I'd at least hope I would sacrifice and I sure as hell wouldn't hide if she were being harmed. <br />I sometimes wonder what I would do in certain situations (eg helping or risking my safety for a stranger or a cause) and I think it's murky for any of us to absolutely know in advance, but I do feel confident in my values and compassion. There must be some dna roadmap in that<br /><br />Hope you are well and feeling well, snow<br />Love<br />kj<br /><br /><br />kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-90515444184493848832016-01-24T08:49:09.025-08:002016-01-24T08:49:09.025-08:00Yes, some folks thing whatever means fuck you but ...Yes, some folks thing whatever means fuck you but I don't think of it that way, not often anyway. When I'm thinking fuck you I just say it. <br /><br />I'm doing ok health wise for a man my age, a lot better than a lot of folks my age and younger. I may have went insane though, that would explain my moving to Texas. :-)BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-5162791134774878782016-01-24T08:42:13.592-08:002016-01-24T08:42:13.592-08:00“What ever, I'm not going to go live with the ...“What ever, I'm not going to go live with the idiot when I die anyway.”<br /><br />Peggy came back from a visit with relatives who had teenagers, and while there, she picked up the use of the word “whatever.” After listening to the context in which she used it on me, I realized that it translated into “fuck you.” I think is generally the case.<br /><br />A thought came to mind about Jesus’ drinking problem. For some reason, it put me in mind of the fellow on the movie “Airplane” who was said to have a serious drinking problem. Well, what his problem consisted of was everything he went to take a drink of water, he would throw it into his own face. I thought that maybe that’s what Jesus’ drinking problem looked like.<br /><br />I hope you’re well, BBC.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-2372923948974504882016-01-23T08:55:22.492-08:002016-01-23T08:55:22.492-08:00“Note to BBC: There is that time Jesus is reported...“Note to BBC: There is that time Jesus is reported to have written in the sand”<br /><br />He also read in synagogue, but I didn’t bring these things up because BBC would have truthfully said that they can’t be proven (because they were based on “hearsay,” as he put it). I just thought it obvious that his points about Jesus being an illiterate drunkard were based upon even less than hearsay, yet he presented him as if they were true. I hope it shows on this blog that I try to be fair to everyone rather than just catering to those with whom I’m in general agreement. And god forbid that I would ever intentionally trash anyone, so in that regard, I would respectfully ask the same of others. I sometimes have to think hard about approving a comment, but I try to be as lenient as I can possibly can, and I sometimes I think I go too far, so I would ask for understanding when I do.<br /><br />“Note to Snow: Prolly one-a them internet-based churches whur yuh kin send in yer five dollars and voila! yer a minister….”<br /><br />The reason for such “churches” is the unfair tax advantages that real ministers receive. They’re also useful in that those who are “ordained” in them can perform weddings. I knew someone who married some friends of his in a lovely open-air setting. Without him, they would have been left with going to the courthouse—I know I wouldn’t want to be married in a courthouse. I can understand why you would object to them, but I, of course, favor them, but if that’s where I got my preacher license, I wouldn’t buy a ministerial collar and call myself Reverend Snowbrush.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-89676002580653991212016-01-23T05:52:27.627-08:002016-01-23T05:52:27.627-08:00Note to BBC: There is that time Jesus is reported ...Note to BBC: There is that time Jesus is reported to have written in the sand and the men who were about to stone a woman caught in adultery left the premises, one by one. <br /><br />Note to Snow: Prolly one-a them internet-based churches whur yuh kin send in yer five dollars and voila! yer a minister....rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-32967623875090047502016-01-22T20:52:07.373-08:002016-01-22T20:52:07.373-08:00“You do understand don't you that everything t...“You do understand don't you that everything they say Jesus said and did is hearsay…”<br /><br />Yes. Even the fact that he lived can’t be proven, but if you believe that everything supposedly known about him was based upon hearsay, upon what do you base your claim that he didn’t write anything because he was illiterate, there not even being hearsay to support that?<br /><br />“I'm a card carrying minister…”<br /><br />In what church?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-22726639813241201472016-01-22T13:26:11.109-08:002016-01-22T13:26:11.109-08:00You do understand don't you that everything th...You do understand don't you that everything they say Jesus said and did is hearsay, the man was an idiot and never left any written words because he was illiterate. I'm a card carrying minister but you won't catch me in a church, gave up on them some years back, I only do weddings and death services for non church goers, but I'm also not an atheist, I believe in my spirit, and yours. <br /><br />" Britannica claims that crucifixion goes back to at least 519 B.C. when Darius killed 3,000 people."...... That fine little bullshit story actually goes back a few thousand years B.C. before a bunch of monkeys with quill pens put it in the current christian bible. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-16994240359648164012016-01-22T12:08:40.256-08:002016-01-22T12:08:40.256-08:00“billy pilgrim and BBC won't believe this”
I’...“billy pilgrim and BBC won't believe this”<br /><br />I’m starting to suspect that one or more of them (that would make two) might be skeptics. BBC's picture, in particular, looks suspicious to me, it being easy to picture him at an atheist convention, but harder to imagine him kneeling at an altar.<br /><br />I appreciate hearing your interpretation. I’m not entirely certain of what you meant to say, but I find it hard to imagine that, at the moment of an agonizing death, Jesus was purposely quoting Scripture that didn’t apply to his own experience in order to fulfill a prophecy. I know I couldn’t do it, and if things were easier for him than for the rest of us, then he didn’t “suffer as we did.” It would also be awfully manipulative of God, would it not, to express feelings that he didn’t actually have? As for prophecy, you will surely agree that it would have been quite easy to falsely stack up a list of fulfilled prophecies in order to prove one’s position regarding Jesus, so what seems “eerily prophetic” to you suggests nothing to me. Matthew—or whoever used his name—was admittedly trying to make a case that the Jews would accept, but it fell flat to most them then as it does now, partly because he was taking some verses completely out of context (straining at a gnat to prove a point, one might say), but also for other reasons.<br /><br />As for crucifixion not existing at the time the Psalms were written, the Britannica claims that crucifixion goes back to at least 519 B.C. when Darius killed 3,000 people. The Psalms were written by various people over a period of about thousand years with the last of them being written about fifty years before Darius. Especially if that particular Psalm was one of the last ones written, you would be pushing it a little close to say that crucifixion was unheard of at the time. I wish I had more to offer, but it would take more research than I have time for or interest in, although if you would like to say more about it, I would indeed be happy to read your thoughts.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-56811164052883103332016-01-22T09:14:06.284-08:002016-01-22T09:14:06.284-08:00billy pilgrim and BBC won't believe this, obvi...billy pilgrim and BBC won't believe this, obviously, but you might,Snow. One explanation I have heard for "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" is that Jesus, who was probably raised as an observant Jew, was quoting from or even reciting Psalm 22, which is a Messianic psalm, not that He was having second thoughts. It includes the phrases "they cast lots for my clothes" and "they pierced my hands and my feet" -- eerily prophetic and written centuries before the Roman Empire or such a thing as death by crucifixion even existed. Something to think about.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-42328122867583500862016-01-20T09:59:30.696-08:002016-01-20T09:59:30.696-08:00Yeah, his drunken buddies wrote and said glowing t...Yeah, his drunken buddies wrote and said glowing things about him.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-67988298589852643942016-01-20T09:52:37.500-08:002016-01-20T09:52:37.500-08:00“if you believe in the tale, jesus didn't die ...“if you believe in the tale, jesus didn't die for us, he died because his dad was a control freak and scared the shit out of him.”<br /><br />I can’t begin to follow this, but then I can’t begin to follow the Bible’s explanation either. All I know is that he might have lived, and if he did live, he almost surely got himself killed by pissing off the far right-wing Republicans of his day. How he saw his death is quite another matter, but the part about “dying as a sacrifice for our sins” was surely a later add-on. In other words, Jesus had a lot of statements put into his mouth long after he was dead and couldn’t say what really happened.<br /><br />“‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ he was clearly having second thoughts.”<br /><br />This bothered me greatly as a kid of age twelve or so. In fact, it was one of the things that put me on the road to atheism. I mean, when the very guy who says that God will never forsake you feels forsaken by God, it’s not a good sign that he knew what he was talking about.<br /><br />“by saying you would die for someone, you put in fact place a terrible burden on them. it's a philosophical statement that people make to elevate their self image and stake a claim on the moral high ground.”<br /><br />You confuse making a romantic statement with expressing a practical realism regarding what I would do in a theoretical situation. I ask nothing of Peggy about this; I expect nothing of Peggy about this; and as to taking a moral high ground, I don’t feel that I elevate myself but that I acknowledge my duty. I see my duty toward her as somewhat like the duty that people undertake when they become cops or join the military. No one past adolescence wants to die for someone else (or for his country), and, statistically, it’s highly unlikely that even cops or soldiers will have to, but if you’re unwilling to die in the performance of your duty, you shouldn’t be a cop, a soldier, or, as I see it, a married man. Last night, Peggy and I were reading in bed, and our cat Ollie was sitting in front of us staring at the door in obvious and prolonged concern. Our other cat, who usually stays in the living room at night, came in the room and stood in a corner staring at me. Peggy became weirded out by this and my jokes about cats being able to see ghosts didn’t make her feel any better, so she finally insisted that I go check to be sure the back door was locked. She and I both felt that her request was perfectly justified, and I really wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. On the one hand, I believe in equal rights for women, but on the other, it seems that the sexes have different talents and are suited for different things. Let’s say, though, that Peggy was a black-belt policewoman who was really good with a gun—would she then have been the one to go look for bad guys? I think it likely. We all give what we have to give. At my age and in my condition, sending me to fight off bad guys is about as useful as sending a schnauzer, but I’m the best we’ve got for the job since the cats won’t go.<br /><br />“Folks don't seem to understand that jesus was a weird fugging drunk dude.”<br /><br />He admitted to being called a drunk, but I don’t believe for a moment that he was. My best guess is that he was an extraordinarily fine person who might or might not have been subject to hallucinations, but in any event he affected people so profoundly that they wrote all kinds of bizarre stories about him decades after he was dead.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-77188607988095657192016-01-19T17:31:43.331-08:002016-01-19T17:31:43.331-08:00Folks don't seem to understand that jesus was ...Folks don't seem to understand that jesus was a weird fugging drunk dude.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-11679798774717691492016-01-19T11:25:04.313-08:002016-01-19T11:25:04.313-08:00if you believe in the tale, jesus didn't die f...if you believe in the tale, jesus didn't die for us, he died because his dad was a control freak and scared the shit out of him.<br /><br />they say all things are the will of god and good old jesus had the option to save his skin but played out the hand because he bought into the prophecy.<br /><br />"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" he was clearly having second thoughts.<br /><br />by saying you would die for someone, you put in fact place a terrible burden on them. it's a philosophical statement that people make to elevate their self image and stake a claim on the moral high ground.<br />billy pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128876723713271131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-87651884582522176012016-01-19T10:28:15.781-08:002016-01-19T10:28:15.781-08:00“I am touched by your devotion and loyalty to Pegg...“I am touched by your devotion and loyalty to Peggy who is doing so much for you. It reminded me of Romeo and Juliet.”<br /><br />I consider it a major difference that Peggy and I have been married nearly three times longer than they had been alive, and are therefore well past the bloom of early romance. In fact, romance has been replaced by something far better, and that is sweetness. The difference is that romance involves illusion in which the virtues of the beloved are elevated beyond what’s humanly possible, so romance must come to an end for love to begin, love being a state in which both the virtues and the flaws of one’s beloved are in clear evidence and acceptance. Romance is to love what a match is to a fire, a mere starter to something far greater than itself. Romance comes close to being mental illness in that it’s not only delusional but also obsessive, addictive, and subject to exaggerated highs and lows. I think that, in most relationships, once the romance ends, there’s not enough left to keep the couple together, at least in a meaningful way.<br /><br />God, Joe, do you carry all these statistics around in your head?! I LOVE the fact that you know so much, or least know where to look to find things, and I LOVE you too, my friend. I simply wonder how the view and treatment of women by men changes once those women take up roles in combat. Can women fight successfully? I suppose. The fiercest fighters in WWII were the tiny little Japanese, so there’s clearly a lot more to war than physical strength. Oddly, in this country, it was formerly claimed that if women achieved an equal voice in government, there would be fewer wars, and now here women are demanding to fight in America’s endless wars.<br /><br />“Women certainly are better human beings than men and will rise up to any occasion when there is a need.”<br /><br />I really don’t know if the first part of your statement is true. It’s not particularly relevant, I suppose, but I’ve known men who didn’t like men so all their friends were women; and I’ve known women who didn’t like women, so their friends were men. I used to prefer the company of women because I was always on the lookout for sex, but now that I would jump a ditch and climb a tree to get away from a woman who wanted to have sex with me, I had just as soon be friends with men, but I really don’t care much either way.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-13396525719732376322016-01-19T05:53:48.867-08:002016-01-19T05:53:48.867-08:00Hello,
I am touched by your devotion and loyalty ...Hello,<br /><br />I am touched by your devotion and loyalty to Peggy who is doing so much for you. It reminded me of Romeo and Juliet.<br /><br />It is interesting to note that American women are ready to take any combat roles. Israeli women fought along side their men many decades ago. Here is an interesting para from the net.<br /><br />Quote.<br /><br />Israel is the one of only a few countries in the world (along with Norway and Eritrea with a mandatory military service requirement for women. Women have taken part in Israel’s military before and since the founding of the state in 1948, with women comprising 33% of all IDF soldiers and 51% of its officers, in 2011, fulfilling various roles within the Ground, Navy and Air Forces. The 2000 Equality amendment to the Military Service law states that "The right of women to serve in any role in the IDF is equal to the right of men." As of now, 88% to 92% of all roles in the IDF are open to female candidates, while women can be found in 69% of all positions.<br /><br />Unquote.<br /><br />Few months back I read that Kurdish women were fighting the ISIS because many of the men have died in the fighting. Women certainly are better human beings than men and will rise up to any occasion when there is a need.<br /><br />Excellent post. I enjoyed reading it.<br /><br />Best wishesJoseph Pulikotilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074346261093541776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-34045369667069397942016-01-15T13:09:54.456-08:002016-01-15T13:09:54.456-08:00Now, my friend, you have made me think. I cannot c...Now, my friend, you have made me think. I cannot comment on this until I have worked out if I am even a good person! <br /><br />I love your statement about helping her, "One is that it’s my responsibility as her husband. Another is that my life would be hell if I were to outlive her. " I could only think was that she may survive even though you didn't help. Talk about "life being hell." <br /><br />Barbarab+ (Retire In Style Blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-78528697035968221852016-01-14T13:07:07.373-08:002016-01-14T13:07:07.373-08:00Hmmmmmm...I doubt if there is any one in existence...Hmmmmmm...I doubt if there is any one in existence that I would love to loss my life for. <br /><br />The fact still remain the same, men and women are two distinctive characters. Everyone must acknowledge this, and take them for whom they are.<br /><br />How are you doing?Uthman Saheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932760816409731382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-37747879223821692442016-01-14T09:22:59.431-08:002016-01-14T09:22:59.431-08:00“The question, of course, is not who you would die...“The question, of course, is not who you would die for but who would die for you. And my answer, of course, is Jesus Christ”<br /><br />So, it’s all about you and what you can get rather than what you can give? Surely, you didn’t mean it that way, but “personal salvation” in a city with streets of gold is rather the point of the New Testament.<br /><br />That must have been some committee meeting up in heaven with the One-in-Three deity talking to itself about what to do to redeem the human race. One part must have said that, “Well, although we (or maybe I should say I) are—or am—all-powerful, I simply can’t find it within myself—or maybe it’s ourselves—to get over anger unless the blood of a perfect being is shed, so I guess all those earthlings will end up in eternal torment in a place that I have prepared for them.” Then another part of God responded that “I (or maybe I should say we) are perfect, so maybe one of us could get some blood and be murdered in order to purchase our own forgiveness.” After that, it must have looked like an old Life Cereal commercial in which the youngest kid had to take the first bite, so naturally it was Junior who was sent to be murdered in order that God might forgive beings that he (or maybe it was they) knew were flawed when he created them yet later “repented” of creating them. BTW, if Christ’s “redeeming blood” has infinite “redeeming power,” why aren’t we automatically forgiven, as in the manner of someone who has his traffic fine paid by another? And who forgives God when he “repents,” and why doesn’t he avoid mistakes in the first place, what with him being all-knowing? Does he have to kill a part of himself every time he repents so that he might forgive himself, and which part is it that has to die? Is it Jesus every time, or do they rotate? Whatever good the Bible possesses, my friend, is not in a literal interpretation unless one is content to mindlessly insist that a God who is clearly portrayed as being evil, childish, silly, and flaky is nonetheless perfect, and then call their mindlessness “the virtue of faith.”<br /><br />“For me, I would for my family in heartbeat. For non-family, it would depend on the situation.”<br /><br />As someone said, it might be impossible to know until we had been there. Sometimes in traffic, a person who has a green light will stop the line of cars behind him to let someone turn onto the street from a driveway, thus causing some of those people behind him to miss the light. This is what it would mean for one’s family if we were to die for a stranger. The person dying would be making the choice that it was of higher value to help a stranger than to live for a family, a family that had no vote in his choice. Of course, my analogy is imperfect because someone HAS to let the person in the driveway out into traffic, and I’m often the one to do it, but I never stop traffic at a green light to do it. Of course, the result is similar whether the light is red or green (I think that fewer people are delayed if it is red), but some reason, it infuriates me when people stop traffic to do a good deed at the voiceless expense of others. If traffic is already stopped, it’s another matter, and I completely support it. Peggy will stop either way, and I can’t seem to get across to her that stopping a line of traffic that has a green light is misplaced kindness. After all, some of those people might be in a desperate hurry, and to sit there and watch the light turn red again because someone in front you wanted to do a “good deed” really doesn’t set well.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-47653747277888787422016-01-13T14:37:50.470-08:002016-01-13T14:37:50.470-08:00Interesting philosophical question.
For me, I wou...Interesting philosophical question.<br /><br />For me, I would for my family in heartbeat. For non-family, it would depend on the situation.<br /><br />Having seen the hideousness of a loved one slowly (and I mean SLOWLY) dying of a terminal illness, I would rather pass away quick as a wink and not let my family spend gobs of time and money on my terminal illness.<br /><br /><a href="http://gbmjrflashy.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Father Nature's Corner</a>G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.com