29-06-2012, 01:59 PM
I contest none of the facts proffered by Greg and Jim.
Nonetheless, I continue to reject out of hand the argument that spiritual and intellectual development -- and the growth spurts of courage, focus, determination, and insight they stimulate -- somehow did not manifest in what, if I read Jim correctly, for decades was a fully and irrevocably formed spirit/intellect.
Did the Missile Crisis have no impact on John Kennedy's mind and soul?
Did the death of Patrick have no impact on John Kennedy's soul and mind?
Nonetheless, I continue to reject out of hand the argument that spiritual and intellectual development -- and the growth spurts of courage, focus, determination, and insight they stimulate -- somehow did not manifest in what, if I read Jim correctly, for decades was a fully and irrevocably formed spirit/intellect.
Did the Missile Crisis have no impact on John Kennedy's mind and soul?
Did the death of Patrick have no impact on John Kennedy's soul and mind?
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene