[btu2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'I') have a lot of compassion for my fellow man.

[errorist]

Why you always want to escape? Did Columbus escape to America or was he exploring and expanding?

This is not about escaping - this is about exploring, expanding both physically and mentally. Stars are in-progress. Future will tell the time.

Yes there is a worldwide crisis looming, rooted in greed, consumerism and shortsightedness. Yes it will cause horrible damage. But why escape and more importantly, where to escape when runaway global warming is a big possibility?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', ' ')But common sense only can not take us to the stars and game is over.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'T')his is not about escaping - this is about exploring, expanding both physically and mentally. Stars are in-progress. Future will tell the time.

[btu2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'L')udi has common sense as far as I can read out from his posts and I am lurking here for years. Strong common sense fills his mathematics deficit and everything is OK for now. But common sense only can not take us to the stars and game is over.

[errorist]

Yes. This is picture from 2007.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1920 ... -250px.jpg

If you are really interested I can give you some links.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', '
')This is not about escaping - this is about exploring, expanding both physically and mentally. Stars are in-progress. Future will tell the time.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'Y')es. This is picture from 2007.

[errorist]

Huh, my bad, sorry. Rooted deeply in my native langue wich does not use sexes and mindset that treats man and woman as equal while discussing subject, exchanging ideas and brain gymnastics like that. Discarded sex as unimportant to me.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('btu2012', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'L')udi has common sense as far as I can read out from his posts and I am lurking here for years. Strong common sense fills his mathematics deficit and everything is OK for now. But common sense only can not take us to the stars and game is over.

[btu2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'H')uh, my bad, sorry. Rooted deeply in my native langue wich does not use sexes and mindset that treats man and woman as equal while discussing subject, exchanging ideas and brain gymnastics like that. Discarded sex as unimportant to me.

[errorist]

No. I've seen it. Neat picture.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'Y')es. This is picture from 2007.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('btu2012', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'I') have a lot of compassion for my fellow man.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'Y')es, I can grow food and even raise and butcher pig.
Yes, I am excellent marksman.
All that in addition to mathematics, physics, psychology, ...

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'N')o. I've seen it. Neat picture.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'Y')es, I can grow food and even raise and butcher pig.
Yes, I am excellent marksman.
All that in addition to mathematics, physics, psychology, ...

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('errorist', 'Y')es, I can grow food and even raise and butcher pig.
Yes, I am excellent marksman.
All that in addition to mathematics, physics, psychology, ...

[btu2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'B')tw, Btu, are you gay?

[wisconsin_cur]

I'm thankful that so many have decided to contribute to this thread but if we could try to bring it back to the issue of compassion.

I would like to expand upon what RSG said a few pages back,
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RedStateGreen', 'I')t sounds like people are confusing compassion with sentimentality.
Compassion cares for their animals. Sentimentality will starve rather than slaughter them.
Compassion helps others. Sentimentality will help others to the detriment of themselves and their family.
The difference is boundaries. Compassion feels badly for suffering but has boundaries. Sentimentality has no boundaries and no self-protection. It's grandiose and delusional.

[btu2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'I')'m thankful that so many have decided to contribute to this thread but if we could try to bring it back to the issue of compassion.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'T')his is much more true than just using broad brush strokes to place the world in camps of good and evil or "dirtbags" and "hard working americans." We may still treat the criminal in the same way but we can mourn the tragedy of it all. They too were once a little kid who wanted to grow up and be an astronaut or operate the backhoe.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I') just think the best approach is to have love and compassion for all people and deal with individuals in whatever way you need to. Love and compassion doesn't preclude being harsh when necessary, it just puts the world in a certain context that allows hope to coexist with reality. When I sense this quality in people, it telegraphs strength, confidence and power. There is no weakness in what I am describing. I imagine that Jesus impressed people in that way.
As long as you remain realistic about what people are capable of, and don't put yourself at needless risk, having warmth for others is mostly a good thing, IMHO.

[btu2012]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'S')omething about Errorist's posts makes my blood run cold.