Y'know Rand, it strikes me...

Post #245,663 by inthane-chan 2/21/06 6:33:54 PM Reply	Y'know Rand, it strikes me... ...that to you, the mere existence of somebody like Nightowl is as much an affront to you as vacuum is to the universe - something that you know exists, and you tolerate it's existence because you can't do anything about it. Were it up to you, you'd fill that existence up with substance until there was no more... When somebody asks you to trade your freedoms for security, it isn't your* security they're talking about.*
Post #245,671 by rcareaga 2/21/06 6:42:05 PM Reply	not an affront just deeply...perplexing. cordially, Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Post #245,672 by CRConrad 2/21/06 6:42:14 PM Reply	What, YM such stupendous ignorance is NOT an affront to you?
Post #245,674 by Steve Lowe 2/21/06 6:49:45 PM 2/21/06 6:50:35 PM Reply	Affront? No. Perplexing is almost it - sad is probably closest. However, she DOES make quite an effort to become less ignorant, and for that I give her an immense amount of credit. Edit: but then you didn't ask me, sorry. :) -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu] Edited by Steve Lowe Feb. 21, 2006, 06:50:35 PM EST Expand All History
Post #245,692 by Nightowl 2/21/06 10:04:10 PM Reply	Re: Affront? No. Perplexing is almost it - sad is probably closest. However, she DOES make quite an effort to become less ignorant, and for that I give her an immense amount of credit. Thanks, Steve. An example is why I've stayed away from the writing/math thread in here. I excelled at writing but I had to really work at it, having not been taught grammar properly in High School. However, no matter how hard I worked at math, I failed. I failed Algebra three times in High School and College combined. I struggled with math, I couldn't even handle basic math, no matter how hard I tried. But I persevered, and I went back to college a couple years after I met John, and I passed basic algebra, barely, with a lot of help from him, and by the skin of my teeth. But I had to have what you would probably call a handicap. I had to have more time for tests, and more time to get things solved. I had to work every problem 7 times and take the answer I got most often. And I got a B in the class, amazingly enough. I'll never be good at math, but I'll never stop trying to be better. And that goes for everything else in my life. :) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." By Geoffrey F. Abert
Post #245,676 by inthane-chan 2/21/06 7:01:33 PM Reply	Never said that. I just don't take it to the levels that Rand does. When somebody asks you to trade your freedoms for security, it isn't your* security they're talking about.*
Post #245,686 by Nightowl 2/21/06 9:06:48 PM Reply	Interesting Analogy But very true. My mere existence seems to rub certain people the wrong way. However, there's nothing I can do about it, as all attempts to fix, repair or adjust things seem to fail in the face of the attempt. And all my attempts to please people by attempting to cease to exist in the past, well that wasn't the answer either. So eventually I learned that if everyone else has to put up with my existence, then I might as well too. ;) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." By Geoffrey F. Abert
Post #245,706 by CRConrad 2/22/06 2:51:55 AM Reply	Muahahaha! Hoots our featherhead: So eventually I learned that if everyone else has to put up with my existence, then I might as well too. ;) Heheh, cool attitude -- keep it up! :-) I mean, I'm sure Rand didn't mean to endorse the alternative, any more than I did. (Oh, and somebody LRPD that line of hers. Thank you.) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Yes Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God's horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people. - [link\|http://maxpages.com/southpark2k/Episode_105\|Mr. Hat]
Post #245,752 by Nightowl 2/22/06 1:21:37 PM Reply	Thanks Conrad. :) I'm trying to have a new and improved attitude this year, and so far, so good! Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." By Geoffrey F. Abert
Post #245,709 by Ashton 2/22/06 3:08:12 AM Reply	I Hoot LRPD (new thread) Created as new thread #245708 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=245708\|I Hoot LRPD]

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