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Originally posted by Silver Cheetah:
Moridin, some great quotes!
I passionately disagree with number 4, however, 'I don't know why we are here, but I am pretty sure it is not to enjoy ourselves'. That goes against everything I believe in, but everything!!
The writer of that must have been the most profoundly miserable git. What are we here for if NOT to enjoy ourselves? (If we believed that we were here to enjoy ourselves, we might perhaps think it was worthwhile keeping the world beautiful to enjoy ourselves in.) Personally, I think that particular quote and associated way of thinking is actively dangerous. The opposite of enjoying yourself is NOT enjoying yourself, and god knows there's enough of the world doing that. Follow your bliss, I say!!!!!
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I think it is the interpretation of #4 that differs...I can certainly see your point, but that is not the interpretation that I make. For me it states that our purpose is not only for self-enjoyment...while enjoyment is needed, the world is much more complicated. Imagine if everyone just enjoyed themselves, where would the starving people be? Who would fight for the poor? There are unenjoyable things that need to be addressed...do you see what I am (poorly) trying to state. That enjoyment is obviously ok, but enjoyment to the point of ignoring the rest of the world is not.
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