Ham

you might be suprised.. There is not a single human being that has crossed my path, that there has not been a reason..

sometimes we really, really need this guy (or girl?).. and don't want to exactly admit it.. I think the ego is the thin skin, the thin shell that holds all of this "mess" together.. :) I don't think it's exactly illusion as some have said.. just another necessary part for this existence.. can be as small as it has to be, as large as is necessary..

Yeah. people want to connect.. they're looking for SOMETHING.. hopefully from YOU.. or me.. usually some damned religious doctrine or dogma, or adherence gets in the way.. I've cried for some individuals.. I'm sure some have, for me..

What the voice of 6 billion individuals sounds like.. white noise.. some people have been able to hear it..

This is how many of "you" there are.. at the least. 6,615,362,139 Staggering, isn't it? But who's counting..

what if.. what if a person's (or mine for that matter) search for "truth" led oneself outside of the box.. well.. the contents are certainly of more value than the container.. that is unless someone would beg to differ.. :)

actually, the thought was.. it isn't exactly relevant whether he was "right" at any given point or not.. I've had my share of being beaten over the head with "rightness"..

Why have logic, when you can have some juicy, scratch the itchy ears conspiratorial theory to get folks to round their wagons with yours.. well.. for one thing.. if they keep it up.. planning honeymoons and such around these sites as to remove bricks for forensic "analysis".. pretty soon, the buildings won't even be there any more.. "see? Wasn't ever there.."

That's OK.. I tend to enjoy theoretical anything.. but I dont' ignore practical, or behavioral "anything" either.. :)

Some people think that we all are connected.. that would make the "issues" pretty close to infinite.. :)

How many of "you" are there? I think a few more than most are willing to admit.. Freud divided "me" into three (practically?) distinct entities. ID EGO Superego He thought the ID was "me" as a baby.. everything about "me".. getting *my* needs met.. then the Ego develops.. tries to figure out how to feed the ID.. then the Superego.. analyzes consequences.. figures out the proper rules for the other two to function without any real negative ramifications involved.. rules of society and such must be adhered to. Can't just kill your neighbor to take his food, to meet the basic needs of life.. I really think we are far more complex.

Too bad Paw doesn't have a "new age" section.. or a "Just Plain Ludicrous" OK.. you threw down the gauntlet.. let's see what happens. Probably be pretty easy to beat it to death with a bible or something.. I'll start, not too deep.. I tried with the reincarnation stuff.. but not too many takers.. :)

I have a few theories.. how many of "you" are there really.. most people can integrate the component parts without too much of a problem.. most of us are made of literally millions of component parts.. all of them alive.. may be the wrong board for this kind of thing.. :) who knows...

Ya know.. it would be a good thing if one had more than one personality..

Honestly.. I wouldn't ask anything from another human being that I myself wouldn't be comfortable, or even happy to provide.. I don't even know if it is fair to ask. people are.. well, people.. even if you THINK you know them..

hey, it just may be a 190 pound squirrel here. I'm a tease, I'm a sleaze.. I never could cook peas.. and.. everybody sing with me: "AND YOU WOULDN'T(?) HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.." woooo oooooh, hooooo ooooh...

hmm. was he technically wrong? I don't know if I can answer that.. but.. I think "if any man be ignorant (of vic's interpretation of Paul's writings) let him be forever the ignoramus he was destined to be" to be what he was really saying.

One thing I like about this place.. people feign anonomymity.. but really, the masks are off.. :)

Even more amazing.. some people actually believe him..

One of the debunkers became rather angry, when said bricks did indeed show traces of cyanide.. Some bricks came from a museum of sorts, a replica of some of the old buildings. The bricks hadn't even been hatched until well after the end of the war. But noooo.. these guys won't have any of that.. "look ma, no cyanide. smells like a conspiracy.." The main guy who did the "sampling", using a hammer and chisel to remove bricks from what can be described as a morgue, and buildings that were constructed with new material well after the war, was surely qualified, and had a degree.. a degree in forensics? no.. a degree in chemistry? Nope.. how about physics? naw.. history. Only a Bachellors, at that.. That's what doesn't make sense. How a man with a degree in history.. can't figure out why bricks hatched in the sixties.. wouldn't have cyanide contamination in them in the forties. The bricks weren't even born yet.. Only one description I can apply: moron..

One of my professors got in a lot of trouble for that in his younger days.. In school, he sold tapes to fellow students. Said they had the lessons implanted on them subliminally, and if they listened to the tapes and studied, they'd get better grades, money back guarantee. It really worked.. Until the people who ran the university found out.. and further found out they were really blank tapes..

A request??? Maestro.. strike up your band.. "a one, a twosa, a onsa twosa threesa foursa.."

Well.. as a canned "rememdy".. I can't see how it's any better than one of Granny's all fire sure cold cures.. take it, and inside of three or four weeks, you'll be like a spring chicken, no matter how bad the cold..

One of my kids had a horrible disease. I kew she would live.. I prayed it wouldn't take her beauty.

one of these "debunkers" claimed foul because he didn't find cyanide in then about twenty year old bricks.. in about 1990 or so.. The guy has or had a history degree..