Good Morning, All. I have recently been freed from the clutches of an exceptionally long Spring semester chansing the ol' M.A. (note to self: next time, ...
... -=- It has been interesting to watch, down through the years, for those environments which seem to produce the most candid and productive discussions of...
Hi ya'll, Just introducing myself. I am Uilleam MacUilleam of Garloch (in the Barony of Grey Niche (Memphis, TN) in the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann. Been in the...
Uilleam, I'm sorry I left your post in the shade there for nearly a week. What would you like to discuss? You and I can run up a dialog and others can jump in...
Maybe a trialogue, eh, Waffle? An Olde Friend, Crazy AEddie P.S. My best to Bear and Falada when next you see them, please, kind sir........ ... From:...
-=-Maybe a trialogue, eh, Waffle?-=- We could have an oompaloompa-marathonologue, but only if people bring up topics. I have a student applying virtues he...
New old gal on list also. When Waffle told me about this, I had to join. I also was a subscriber in the old "blue paper" days/ Teresa Berconi ... kind...
I keep meeting newcomers. I like that. I keep realizing that the resources and the level of knowledge available to someone who joins now is immensely larger...
I found a definition of "virtue" that I really liked, on the visual thesaurus, and it's "the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong." I have...
... I agree with them - I don't like the 'avoiding' part - partly for reasons similar to theirs, but partly also for a different reason. We are more what we...
... visual thesaurus, and it's "the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong." ... Marty, squire and godson of Artan, an eighteen-year-old...
-=-On the superhero/virtuous issue, doesn't being virtuous sometimes require being a superhero? Defending the weak is a virtue, isn't it?-=- I just never...
... Yes. In virtue, are we honest, or do we avoid lying? Are we calm, or do we avoid fits of anger? Do we comfort our friends, or avoid closeness? Do we make...
-=-In virtue, are we honest, or do we avoid lying? Are we calm, or do we avoid fits of anger? Do we comfort our friends, or avoid closeness? Do we make better...
... Don't superheroes more show up when needed, rather than going on patrol? (BatSignal or when Clark Kent is sent to report on a story requiring heroics). ...
In a message dated 6/29/2007 7:29:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ... and godson of Artan, an eighteen-year-I have a son named Bardolf (fo I told him the...
Should someone be knighted for virtues displayed outside of the 'game'? or is it the virtues one possesses, not just the virtues of a persona? valdrickr ... ...
Hello All, Grellan here... I think that the reason that I would prefer Batman over Superman is because of the simple fact that Batman had to work to -become- a...
-=-Should someone be knighted for virtues displayed outside of the 'game'? or is it the virtues one possesses, not just the virtues of a persona? valdrickr-=-...
Batman is a psychotic (Bat scribes readily acknowledger that) who is forced to eliminate evil in every way other than actually killing someone (manipulating...
... It seems to me that it's all another variant of the quote "For evil to triumph, it is only necessary that good men do nothing." If one is passive, one...
-=-It seems to me that it's all another variant of the quote "For evil to triumph, it is only necessary that good men do nothing." If one is passive, one isn't...
is virtue 'avoiding' evil or being proactive, stepping forward and stopping it. The avoidance of evil is passive and allows it to continue to cause harm so how...
Good Morning, All. ... From: Sandra Dodd To: ThinkWellTNG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [ThinkWellTNG] Re: avoiding what is...
Hello again. ... From: David Daniel To: ThinkWellTNG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [ThinkWellTNG] avoiding what is wrong is...
-=The avoidance of evil is passive and allows it to continue to cause harm so how could this be a virtue-=- Avoiding evil in one's self. Avoiding doing evil. ...
-=- AEdward: For virtue to have meaning, for it to have substance, it must exist in the free air. While it is nice to speak of virtue in abstract terms, it...