tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post111080320301010270..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Good essay from Mr. DumplingHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1111077805705051092005-03-17T11:43:00.000-05:002005-03-17T11:43:00.000-05:00Humanism's great truths:1. Men who get enough to e...Humanism's great truths:<BR/><BR/>1. Men who get enough to eat generally fight less.<BR/><BR/>2. There may be a "Force". It is not worth fighting about.<BR/><BR/>The problem with religiion is that it usually degenerates from "here, let me help" to "I'm right and you are eternally wrong".M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1110892179946564032005-03-15T08:09:00.000-05:002005-03-15T08:09:00.000-05:00Thanks. I have never been sensitive about my age. ...Thanks. <BR/>I have never been sensitive about my age. Thanks to a "baby face" both my wife and I are routinely told we don't look our age, though that is apt to stop happening pretty soon.<BR/> <BR/>Years afterward I understood the impact formative years had on my development. At the time, however, I was just someone doing what he felt he had to do. Because of my own life experiences, I place tremendous importance on role models and peer pressure. Too few people appreciate how much control they have in their lives simply by making choices about which peer group to identify with and which role models to help focus their aspirations.Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.com