amicus
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Shereads...
You wrote.....
"I wish you would start an entirely noncontroversial thread about entertainment, or your favorite vacations or something. Believe it or not, i hate this kind of tension. That your arrival here coincided with what you call Bush-bashing is unfortunate, but this is a tense and upsetting time in the world and it does nothing to improve anyone's tempers."
I regret that I cannot accede to your wishes to engage in a 'non conroversial' dialogue.
I will try to explain why...
Yes, on the Eohippus...I am an avid follower of archeology and paleontology and revel in the geology that explores the nature of the earth and the physics of change. I find few people who share that interest and the ones that do have a world view similar to yours and surprisingly enough, they are mostly female. Go figure.
There is a Canadian Artist and poet, with an IQ of 170 that I have been chatting with for well over a year, that shares my interest in such things, 'the absolute nature of this planet we live on and all its critters."
It has been one of the most delightful exchanges of thought in my life as she can instantly follow a thought and expand on it. And we do talk of many non controversial things, such as art and music and literature of all sorts.
I would hope to add other such enlightened individuals to my list of those with whom I can communicate, perhaps even you.
However, she, as you, expresses a philosophy of life that I cannot accept as that philosophy affects the entire spectrum of thought.
I appreciate your taking the time to respond to my posts and to the various threads that we have followed over the past few months.
It is true that I have been influenced by the works of Ayn Rand, I make no apologies for that. Even more than her writings, the links to each of the areas of thought that she covered, extend to all corners of the globe and through all history.
It was quite an eye opening to an 18 year old swabby standing the mid watch on an old LST steaming along in the Pacific ocean. I dug her novel, Atlas Shrugged, out of a trash can and could not put it down.
I write..as you and most others who frequent this forum.
I write to entertain others, as most fiction writers do and I enjoy that aspect of the art.
If you have read what I have posted on Literotica, you will find that each story has a theme, each story has a moral imperative. I found, as I wrote, that I need a consistent, non contradictory vision of ethics and morality to be able to create characters that would appear 'real' to the reader.
I suppose it comes as a surprise to many, that a so called, 'Neocon' would even consider writing erotica.
But, I found, in literature and in life experience, that the old 'libido' is often the key ingredient in a person life. Sex drive, the urge to intercourse, the quest for love and fulfillment.
Thus, I found I was forced to ask the questions, what is love...why is sex such an integral part of life.
Of course, the more questions one asks..the more questions arise.
I matured in the '50's, at a time when women were still treated as sex objects and pretty much confined to a limited role in society. I for one, at the outset, welcomed the feminist movement with open arms.
I found, as did many of my generation, that the newly independent woman, was a whole new thing. As time passed, more and more women actively participated in all walks of life. It was a startling time of discovery and change.
I am not the first to question the limits (if there are any) of the equality of women in society. I am also not the first to question that all the changes have been good ones.
I recall a part of your post about the little old lady who looked with sad pity upon one not accepting the glory of God.
I sense that attitude from most here, towards my thoughts. That I am among those who have not seen the greater light of wisdom brought about by a total rejection of reason and a total acceptance of the relativistic nature of life and human actions.
And I, conversly, look upon those who criticize reason and logic in the same manner I look upon a flock of Southern Babtists. Your faith and belief is strong, dogmatic and unassailable.
It has always troubled me and still does after 50 years of debate, why the word, 'freedom' is such a bane to some. It is so simple to me, that an individual human has, by birth, the 'right' to live and with that, the 'freedom' to live as he chooses.
As I have said before, to me, human life is the fundamental value in human existence. It is not a value one needs to invent, or create, the moment that spark of 'individual life' begins, is the moment it has the 'right' to live.
All other values and ethics emerge that that.
Do I have all the answers? Not by a long shot. But by acknowledging that human life is a basic value, it allows me to build upon that and extend that into all the actions a human life might be involved in.
Am I certain beyond doubt that life exists and has value? Absolutely!
Am I certain beyond doubt that one can build a rational moral and ethical code by which man lives. Absolutely.
You said that these are stressful times...as I am writing this, I learn of a heightened security alert by Homeland Security. It seems an attack is expected in the financial districts of New York and New Jersey.
My daughter, husband in the Marines, just called to ask if I knew why their base had the alert level raised. She knew I would know.
This ran rather longer than I expected...I am not going to go back through and edit for typos and spelling...I do not know what my words will achieve with most here, I have perhaps a little more depth than you may suspect, perhaps that came across, perhaps not.
I am off to track Tropical Storm Alex as it heads for the North Carolina coastline.
Amicus...
You wrote.....
"I wish you would start an entirely noncontroversial thread about entertainment, or your favorite vacations or something. Believe it or not, i hate this kind of tension. That your arrival here coincided with what you call Bush-bashing is unfortunate, but this is a tense and upsetting time in the world and it does nothing to improve anyone's tempers."
I regret that I cannot accede to your wishes to engage in a 'non conroversial' dialogue.
I will try to explain why...
Yes, on the Eohippus...I am an avid follower of archeology and paleontology and revel in the geology that explores the nature of the earth and the physics of change. I find few people who share that interest and the ones that do have a world view similar to yours and surprisingly enough, they are mostly female. Go figure.
There is a Canadian Artist and poet, with an IQ of 170 that I have been chatting with for well over a year, that shares my interest in such things, 'the absolute nature of this planet we live on and all its critters."
It has been one of the most delightful exchanges of thought in my life as she can instantly follow a thought and expand on it. And we do talk of many non controversial things, such as art and music and literature of all sorts.
I would hope to add other such enlightened individuals to my list of those with whom I can communicate, perhaps even you.
However, she, as you, expresses a philosophy of life that I cannot accept as that philosophy affects the entire spectrum of thought.
I appreciate your taking the time to respond to my posts and to the various threads that we have followed over the past few months.
It is true that I have been influenced by the works of Ayn Rand, I make no apologies for that. Even more than her writings, the links to each of the areas of thought that she covered, extend to all corners of the globe and through all history.
It was quite an eye opening to an 18 year old swabby standing the mid watch on an old LST steaming along in the Pacific ocean. I dug her novel, Atlas Shrugged, out of a trash can and could not put it down.
I write..as you and most others who frequent this forum.
I write to entertain others, as most fiction writers do and I enjoy that aspect of the art.
If you have read what I have posted on Literotica, you will find that each story has a theme, each story has a moral imperative. I found, as I wrote, that I need a consistent, non contradictory vision of ethics and morality to be able to create characters that would appear 'real' to the reader.
I suppose it comes as a surprise to many, that a so called, 'Neocon' would even consider writing erotica.
But, I found, in literature and in life experience, that the old 'libido' is often the key ingredient in a person life. Sex drive, the urge to intercourse, the quest for love and fulfillment.
Thus, I found I was forced to ask the questions, what is love...why is sex such an integral part of life.
Of course, the more questions one asks..the more questions arise.
I matured in the '50's, at a time when women were still treated as sex objects and pretty much confined to a limited role in society. I for one, at the outset, welcomed the feminist movement with open arms.
I found, as did many of my generation, that the newly independent woman, was a whole new thing. As time passed, more and more women actively participated in all walks of life. It was a startling time of discovery and change.
I am not the first to question the limits (if there are any) of the equality of women in society. I am also not the first to question that all the changes have been good ones.
I recall a part of your post about the little old lady who looked with sad pity upon one not accepting the glory of God.
I sense that attitude from most here, towards my thoughts. That I am among those who have not seen the greater light of wisdom brought about by a total rejection of reason and a total acceptance of the relativistic nature of life and human actions.
And I, conversly, look upon those who criticize reason and logic in the same manner I look upon a flock of Southern Babtists. Your faith and belief is strong, dogmatic and unassailable.
It has always troubled me and still does after 50 years of debate, why the word, 'freedom' is such a bane to some. It is so simple to me, that an individual human has, by birth, the 'right' to live and with that, the 'freedom' to live as he chooses.
As I have said before, to me, human life is the fundamental value in human existence. It is not a value one needs to invent, or create, the moment that spark of 'individual life' begins, is the moment it has the 'right' to live.
All other values and ethics emerge that that.
Do I have all the answers? Not by a long shot. But by acknowledging that human life is a basic value, it allows me to build upon that and extend that into all the actions a human life might be involved in.
Am I certain beyond doubt that life exists and has value? Absolutely!
Am I certain beyond doubt that one can build a rational moral and ethical code by which man lives. Absolutely.
You said that these are stressful times...as I am writing this, I learn of a heightened security alert by Homeland Security. It seems an attack is expected in the financial districts of New York and New Jersey.
My daughter, husband in the Marines, just called to ask if I knew why their base had the alert level raised. She knew I would know.
This ran rather longer than I expected...I am not going to go back through and edit for typos and spelling...I do not know what my words will achieve with most here, I have perhaps a little more depth than you may suspect, perhaps that came across, perhaps not.
I am off to track Tropical Storm Alex as it heads for the North Carolina coastline.
Amicus...
