Re: acting right

From: patty (pattyNO_at_SPAMicyberspace.net)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:22:26 GMT

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> patty wrote:
>
>> Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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>>> Allan C Cybulskie wrote:
>>>
>>>> "patty" <pattyNO@SPAMicyberspace.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:_XMRc.276093$XM6.201483@attbi_s53...
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Jose Lorr wrote:
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>>>>
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> [originator of next paragraph snipped by Lorr]
>
>>>>> Actually there is a case where this mentalism does far more harm than
>>>>> good: Someone thinks on way, acts the other way, and then is ridden
>>>>> with guilt. This is a result of separating these. Spending time with
>>>>> our guilt is just a waste of time. What works is that guilt precedes
>>>>> the crime and prevents it; but then that's not "guilt", is it?
>>>>
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>>>> If you think one way, and act another, you have a far worse problem
>>>> than
>>>> determining if your actions are right or not. It is a serious
>>>> problem when
>>>> if you worked it out or simulated it in your mind according to
>>>> reason you
>>>> feel you should do one thing, and then you do something else when the
>>>> situation arises. At best, you have a conditioned behaviour against
>>>> reason;
>>>> at worst, you have a serious mental problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> "That which I would, that I do not; that which I would not, that I
>>> do." (St Paul.)
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>>
>>
>> You guys are so full of *** i can almost puke!
>>
>> patty
>
>
>
> Hey, patty, I was giving you a quote from an ancient source that
> expresses precisely what you claim is the case: that mere thinking about
> something doesn't make it happen - not even when it's thinking about
> what you're gonna do.
>

Hmmm ... i think this is an example of me doing what i do ... in this
case reading too fast. Now i could reconcile my words with my actions
through a process of rationalization as i'm sure there is a sense in
which my attribution could apply to both you and Allen, but let's not go
there.

patty