Ambrose2007 Forum Posts (8,881)

RE: Lets taLK bOut LoVe

Thanks, Dknew!

RE: Lets taLK bOut LoVe

Now we're f**king getting somewhere! Thanks, D!

Seriously, don't you think it would be more interesting if we tried to dig a little deeper into the subject, a little fewer cliches, or is it just me?

RE: Lets taLK bOut LoVe

You know it, Baby (whose your daddy?)

RE: Lets taLK bOut LoVe

Ookay, let's be honest, guys and gals. Aren't most of you taking your definitions of love from the back of Hallmark cards??

RE: WOULD YOU VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE USA

I think those "Heads" are very likely more than ready for an attractive lady president. (Yes, I once thought Hillary was pretty hot, in a Machiavellian way, of course.)

I'll be voting for the only candidate of conscience and integrity - albeit far less attractive - Ron Paul.

RE: Honesty What is it worth to you...????

Right on, BEB! (Though I can understand the temptation.)

RE: Thanks CS.

It just goes to show you what a bunch of young, good-looking, and noble people can accomplish.

RE: Lets taLK bOut LoVe

da love of adoptive fathers.. Exactly, Pearl. It's a bit more complicated than that.

As far as the usual cliches about "unconditional," "selfless," "total acceptance," etc., I find them to bear little resemblance to how love actually works - nor do I think they are essentially defining characteristics of the concept (even if they were possible in real life).

Love is essentially about valuing. Obviously it's a special form of valuing, but that seems to be its foundational characteristic. Exactly what makes it special is difficult to say. It's certainly far more intense than other forms of valuing. At root, it may a psychological response to biologically evolved needs related to procreation, as well as a basic response to our own mortality (especially romantic love). We'd probably still like each other and enjoy each others' company if we were immortal, but I strongly doubt that anything like would apply to such beings.

RE: Do you believe in Aliens?

I saw an orb over my house in the country one afternoon. It was just hanging there, looking like nothing I'd ever seen before. I looked at it through my binocs - it was just a glowing sphere, no surface detail, clearly not a balloon. Then an F-16 screamed in from over the foothills, and it disappeared. If it hadn't been for the F-16 - never seen before or since in the area - I probably would've written it off as nothing worth remembering. The fighter jet blasted right through the area where the sphere had been, then performed a slow circle, and headed back in the direction from which it had come.

That didn't convince me of anything in particular, but it did stick in my mind. Only later, when reading more about the subject - quite a bit more, in fact, as well as getting to know personally some of the subject's best-known investigators/wrtiers - I concluded that it is likely that we are being observed, visited by, and perhaps even in contact with, extraterrestrial civilizations, and that this has probably been going on for millennia.

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

I've seen that quote, too, and was considering looking it up again, but you saved me the trouble, Class. Thanks!

RE: EGO, What d'think?

I should've made clear that I wasn't accusing *you* of being prejudicial, Mid; I was thinking of the popular view, which, of course, is amply represented in writings of various kinds.

RE: EGO, What d'think?

Mine reads:

plural e·gos
1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
2. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
3. a. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit. b. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.

Sure the popular conception - or should I say, prejudicial distortion? - of the word is negative, but what does that demonstrate?

RE: EGO, What d'think?

**What** exactly was feeling nauseated and repulsed?

RE: EGO, What d'think?

The terrors of egoism unleashed!

RE: Who spend the most time in the bathroom?

You'd like it here in Badger...we aren't charged for water-use.

But really, if the question is between men and women (in general), that's not even a question, is it?

RE: How do you like your eggs

I prefer my eggs the cheerless side up.

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

Yeah, but he's dealing with a shopkeeper, not a dirty drug dealer!!

Seriously, that was a good cautionary tale.

RE: EGO, What d'think?

You know, Constanza, I'm beginning to think you and Ray might make a lovely couple...

RE: EGO, What d'think?

To my ears he sounds like a badly hungover Nietszche's Zarathustra.

Seriously, Ray, you can be insightful, but you're so consistently over-the-top and oracular that I find it hard to take you seriously.

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

Lion has a point, Ship. Smoking is bad for you.

Cookies and brownies - much healthier!

RE: EGO, What d'think?

Good part? If you remove a sense of self (the technical definition of ego), what would you have left but possibly a zombie or a Star Trekkian Borg?

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

Like cigarettes (nicotine)? Arguably the most addictive an destructive imbibed substance on the planet (studies have suggested it's more addictive than heroin).

RE: EGO, What d'think?

Sounds like you're saying human nature is 100% negative.

RE: EGO, What d'think?

Well, perhaps you should start by defining what you mean by "ego"? I think most people have a pretty fuzzy - if not downright sloppy - concept of it. It means something different, for example - and not at all negative - in a psychological context, as opposed to the more common negative connotations of popular parlance.

RE: Should I change my picture?

I think you should've come out in support of the "semi-nudes," Rickster.

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

Drug laws don't say no to drugs. If anything, they romanticize the use of drugs, especially among kids. Instead, they say "yes" to corruption, the prison industry, waste of taxpayer monies, drug lords, terrorist organizations (use for funding), etc.

If you don't like certain drugs, don't use them (and educate others about their dangers, if you feel the need). It's that simple.

RE: Should I change my picture?

I appreciate your compassion, Autumn!

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

Right. A far more rational argument could be made for banning cigarettes and alcohol. It's simple prejudice/psychology to label some drugs as "dirty," and to outlaw them on that basis, while prescription drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes kill/harm vastly greater numbers of individuals.

The "drug war" is one of the silliest, most self-defeating BS human beings have ever foisted upon themselves.

RE: SHOULD DRUGS BE MADE LEGAL IN THE USA?

Exactly! Ever known a weed-head that wanted to start wars and kill countless thousands of people?

RE: Should I change my picture?

Makes me wonder what you might be reading, Indy...