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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: NicNic Date: Sep 15, 2008 12:50
On 15 Sep, 08:26, "Scott H" wrote:
> I also heard that he had his first physical encounter with the opposite sex
> when he was two and a half years old. (For the record, I'm two and a half
> decades old, and I haven't even been on a date yet. You can imagine the
> awful nausea I've had to live in.)
>
why the hell arn't you compelled to read a steady romantic
novel instead then, are you after someone who wants to complete
a fantasy? I'm sure theres plenty a groups wanting to help there
> I wrote:
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>> Here is a quote:
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>> "...Only the martyr takes another's
>> pain upon himself; to be sure, because the consciousness of this
>> affords him pleasure..."
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no they probably need to pay their mortgages, however
there are cases of suicide in this industry, and if you or
your most dearly loved are at threat of extinction, under
threat of violence from contacts, a vehicle, or via voice
internet connection or a superior 'slave' network...it isnt
only martyrdom its becoming big business someplace
> I dispute this sentence. Its truth, if it is even true at all, depends on
> the meaning of "taking another's pain upon oneself."
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> If I seek to relieve another's pain, doesn't that mean my consciousness *per
> se* of his or her pain causes me *pain*, not pleasure? And if I relieve his
> or her pain, sure, it affords me pleasure, but this is not quite the same as
> stating that my mere *consciousness* of it does.
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