Trab
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That is a nasty quibble, since the title is also the title of one of the lead characters' title song. The author has steadfastly responded to all my emails, which in itself is a nice (and reassuring) thing.
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While I respect your thoughts, and what you do for people, Richard, I simply cannot accept that genetics isn't a more major factor. We have found people in our own family, who split away several generations back, and have had no contact with my branch, and they behave almost identically to us. That's genetics, pure and simple. I won't say it is everything, but it is certainly more than just a vague and marginal factor.
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One blow for sanity; how many more are needed before sanity prevails?
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I just realized that I didn't answer the whole of your question post. Redemption, it seems to me, is an external thing, originally religious in nature, but now transposed to people...I think that most people will be quick to condemn and slow to forgive, meaning that redemption from outside ones own self is unlikely, even if you have become a completely changed person.
As for love, I think that an amazing number of people will put up with, or even desire, the strangest and possibly revolting behaviours and characteristics, with the only problem being actually FINDING those people in order to join them in 'true love'.
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Of course your definition of 'bad' is important, since a cadaver is a person 'gone bad', but I suspect that isn't what you wanted to discuss.
Genetics plays a very large role, although situation environmental circumstances can alter things dramatically. Those include nurturing, or lack thereof, diet, and probably even electrical fields and contact with bad air quality, not to mention just being in the right place at the right time to maybe meet that person who 'completes you', as the romance movies say it.
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His life story primed me for some tears, but that voice totally put me over the edge. Wonderful, and he seems so 'okay' after what he's barely mentioned of his life so far. Amazing young man.
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There's nothing quite like expressing your love for someone by beating them up, is there? It seems to be the tradition when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I'm with Cole on this. Great article, and great comments on it.
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Fooking brilliant.
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You have 'hit the nail on the head'.
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Personally, I prefer stories a bit more wrapped up, probably because I have little imagination of my own and can't really make my own ending. That said, it was quite fascinating, and certainly leaves me wanting to know more about the whole situation, and our protagonist. It is also interesting to consider that one can have something other than in instant "fight" or "flight" reaction, instead making a decision to change course.
The use of "it's" for possessive instead of the correct "its" bothered me somewhat. In the case of "it", the apostrophe S actually means "is" as in "it is".
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I'm amazing, I know. Sadly, I don't have enough time right now (not for months now) to read much of anything, not even YOUR stories.
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Nice edit job Cole...your post was originally linked to the Epilogue, which I've now read, and don't need to read the whole story anymore.
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I don't know what, but something's going on. I had to log in, and I haven't had to do that in almost 2 years; normally it's automatic. I barely remembered my log in information.
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wow. Now THAT looks like a challenge. Good luck
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Sad. I like your 'interpretation' of the Secret poem though. It puts a wonderfully new perspective on it.
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Awesome. Glad you changed the link to one that works. :)
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Fabulous! Well done.
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I don't do the tree thing at all anymore, but previously I put up the green stranded Chinese wirebound fir. It is 100% drought and heat resistant.
Seriously though, the worst tree EVER for a Xmas tree has to be a Sitka spruce. The needles will poke your eyes out without provocation and their dagger-like points are easily as good as cat claws; they even go through most gloves, unless you have those police stab/slash proof ones.
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Of course most of the rest of the world thinks of ALL Americans as Yanks, Cole. You probably mean that baseball team, right?
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Nice article, and speaking from my own experience, right on the money when it comes to dealing one-on-one with the American citizenry.
I remember a trip I took way way way back into the back country of Utah, with some 4x4ers from Albuquerque, and the first night one of them pulled out a large handgun of some kind.
Being a rather urbanized Canadian, I had, and still have, no idea what it was, and of course I didn't know why he would have it with him, so I asked.
"To shoot any varmints that might bother us," drawled the New Mexican in reply.
"Uh, are there wolves and mountain lion around here?"
"No lad, I mean two-legged varmints."
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I think this is the same article that Cole posted as Must Read
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Jack, the problem of homeless people is NOT limited to warmer climes. Up north each winter we have people literally freezing to death, although it is pretty much limited to those who absolutely refuse to come into the shelters.
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It gets better?
Maybe the next step to make it so would be some criminal prosecution of parents who reject or abuse their children. Probably not. Then there'd just be even more people in jail. Obviously the only thing that will work is breaking the attitude barrier, but rather than helping, churches seem to be doing their level best to make it worse.
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Love on the Rocks
in Roamin' Reader
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Interesting, VWL, since I found the story because of its title. The double meanings, of love being made on the rocks (presumably on the seashore) or the love affair running aground on the rocks, intrigued me no end. I guess it really is in the eye of the beholder.