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05-17-2001, 12:45 PM
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Very Mad Bird
 Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam)
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Would you prefer to be living in blind happiness but ignorant of the truth, or live with knowledge of the truth but be unhappy because of it?
------------------ I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on....  A fair dinkum laughing Hyena! |
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05-17-2001, 01:33 PM
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Symbol of Cyric
 Join Date: March 16, 2001
Location: Manchester, England
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"Ignorance is bliss."- Cypher (Now spelt correctly!) from the Matrix.
I AGREE! ------------------  Visit Now or Starstryke will Stryke U! [This message has been edited by DJG (edited 05-18-2001).] |
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05-17-2001, 02:15 PM
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With all knowledge, I might be unhappy but I could help so many people and this would make me happy anyway, so I'll go for knowledge. If they're mutually exclusive, give me knowledge anyway
------------------ In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is pimp |
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05-17-2001, 02:45 PM
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Emerald Dragon
 Join Date: March 2, 2001
Location: Tennessee, U.S.A.
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I would have to say the truth on this one.
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05-17-2001, 03:03 PM
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Ironworks Moderator
 Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Scotland
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Bliss -v- misery.....hmmmm, tough one. Call me shallow, but I think I'll go with the bliss
 ------------------ Regards  Mouse [This message has been edited by Mouse (edited 05-17-2001).] |
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05-17-2001, 03:45 PM
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Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice
 Join Date: March 2, 2001
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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I think this is the question that led to the fall of man (if you believe the Bible). Adam and Eve were in the garden, ignorant and blissful. When they partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, their "eyes were opened." Which brings us to another question, does knowledge do away with innocence?
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05-17-2001, 04:39 PM
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Ironworks Moderator
Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Monroe, LA
Age: 61
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Give me the Truth any day. Truth, no matter how unpalatable it may seem, is always better than a lie, and may be rewoven into a happier pattern for the future.
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05-17-2001, 05:33 PM
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Beholder
 Join Date: May 4, 2001
Location: The Outside Looking In
Age: 38
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ill take truth. knowledge is power, is my motto for life. i dont care if im miserable as long as i have a fair source and share of knowledge. knowledge may do away with much of innocence, but idiocy is the downfall of the human race and all other races.
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05-17-2001, 05:43 PM
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History repeats itself then. I want truth and my name is Adam |
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05-17-2001, 05:53 PM
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Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom
 Join Date: March 12, 2001
Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England
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Well, I know this will sound like a cop-out, but it depends on what you mean by truth. One person's truth is not necessarily the same as another person's. For example, to you, a hamburger might be the the yummiest thing in creation. Truth for you. But to a vegetarian...?
And knowledge or ignorance of WHAT? Would you want to know if you had inoperable cancer, or remain in ignorance? Some people will make one choice, some the other. Ok. Nothing profound there. But the same principle, I think, applies in even profound matters. It is what works FOR YOU that matters. That is your truth. ------------------ Smile! Life is too short for bitching!  Fljotsdale |
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