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Gandalf_theGrey · 06-11-2002, 02:15 PM

* gratefully accepts strawberries from Bethberry * Thank you for your kind words. I agree when you voice the concept regarding how each of us chooses to live on an individual basis as being what's important. Your style of expression is poetic as well.

* nods acknowledgment of Feadolena Nolfare's words, inhaling pleasant fragrant smoke * When you say "the more things change, the more they stay the same," you explain why technology with its promise to solve everything with its progress does not live up to its promise. While technology grows ever more sophisticated, human nature remains true to template. And attempting to change human nature by artificial or contrived means ... which nature strives toward freedom ... would only breed Orcs. Change is possible and indeed worthy, ... when it is a voluntary choosing of transcendance by the individual.

Gandalf the Grey

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06-11-2002, 02:15 PM	#18
Gandalf_theGrey Visionary Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 633	* gratefully accepts strawberries from Bethberry * Thank you for your kind words. I agree when you voice the concept regarding how each of us chooses to live on an individual basis as being what's important. Your style of expression is poetic as well. * nods acknowledgment of Feadolena Nolfare's words, inhaling pleasant fragrant smoke * When you say "the more things change, the more they stay the same," you explain why technology with its promise to solve everything with its progress does not live up to its promise. While technology grows ever more sophisticated, human nature remains true to template. And attempting to change human nature by artificial or contrived means ... which nature strives toward freedom ... would only breed Orcs. Change is possible and indeed worthy, ... when it is a voluntary choosing of transcendance by the individual. Gandalf the Grey [ June 11, 2002: Message edited by: Gandalf_theGrey ]