Originally posted by FMFWow, you did it again...
How is it passive aggressive if I make a direct, no-beating-about-the-bush comment about your semi-ludicrous, verging-on-paranoia answer to the OP's straight forward question? 😉
Why do you want to pan for gold in this babbling brook when you're able to produce so much of your own golden babble? 😵😉😴
Originally posted by lemon limeDo you think you owe any of the paranoia and confusion that you exhibited in your long answer to the 'Wallet Found' dilemma on the previous page to your religious beliefs ~ something mentioned in the OP?
Wow, you did it again...
Why do you want to pan for gold in this babbling brook when you're able to produce so much of your own golden babble? 😵😉😴
-Removed-I guess you could always pretend to hand the wallet in, but secretly keep it in order to win these arguments.
When did this become an argument? It can only be an argument if you're feeling argumentative, so if you feel the need to 'win' then by all means declare yourself the winner.
No wonder you find it so difficult to unequivocally state your position in the hot topics!
Huh? Oh, okay... I get it now.
I was wondering what that was supposed to mean, or how it's relevant to the OP... but then I remembered to consider the source. Sometimes I forget to do that.😵
Originally posted by lemon limePerhaps you should revisit your own "venting" in your post on the previous page.
When did this become an argument? It can only be an argument if you're feeling argumentative, so if you feel the need to 'win' then by all means declare yourself the winner.
Originally posted by FMFDo you charge admission for people to peek into your ear to see the circus going on in your mind? If you don't then you are not a very good business man, and you are missing out on a 'golden' opportunity.
Do you think you owe any of the paranoia and confusion that you exhibited in your long answer to the 'Wallet Found' dilemma on the previous page to your religious beliefs ~ something mentioned in the OP?
Originally posted by FMFWow... and you think I'm paranoid? That post (on the previous page) wasn't about you. It had nothing to do with you, and you were the farthest thing from my mind when I wrote it. But yet again something that has nothing to do with you has now magically become all about you.
Perhaps you should revisit your own "venting" in your post on the previous page.
So, is this message going into one of your files to be later used long after everyone else has forgotten about it?🙄😲🙄
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Originally posted by lemon limeI consider the post that you wrote about yourself on the previous page to be wholly about you and not about me. The question is, how do your religious beliefs affect the peculiar wrestling match you seem to have with yourself and which involves all manner of worries about what other people think of you (people who may or may not have hurt you in some way in the past)?
Wow... and you think [b]I'm paranoid? That post (on the previous page) wasn't about you. It had nothing to do with you, and you were the farthest thing from my mind when I wrote it. But yet again something that has nothing to do with you has now magically become all about you.[/b]
Oh good, the Troll Brothers are back together again! I'll bet chaney3 could knock them both out in the first round without breaking into a sweat.
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Originally posted by lemon limeI can scarcely remember having met or known anyone in my life who "just can't stand it if they see [me] doing the right thing".
I've been called a fool on more than one occasion for doing the right thing... I've also been called stupid, and an idiot, and other names like that. Some people just can't stand it if they see you doing the right thing.
There may have been one or two, maybe, but they are of no consequence to me, and couldn't possibly have any bearing on how I answer questions about morality now.
If a may ask, do you know a lot of people who think like that and who 'call you names' for "doing the right thing"? Are some of them people you'd consider to be your friends or colleagues?
Originally posted by FMFIf the police station hadn't been 'just across the road' and you'd had longer to think about it (and for temptation to sink in) do you think you would still have handed it in?
In the late 70s there somewhere, I found £100 ~ 5 x £20 ~ in the gutter on my town's high street. It was a considerable amount of money in those days. I took it to the police station which happened to be just across the road. They noted down exactly where I'd found it and took my name and address. Three months later they wrote to me telling me to come in and pick up the £100 as no one had claimed it. And that is what I did.
I think most people would keep any loose cash they found, if there was no sign of the person who dropped it. (Especially if it was less than 100 pounds). A bag full of money however would muddy the waters.
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Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeIf the police station hadn't been 'just across the road' and you'd had longer to think about it (and for temptation to sink in) do you think you would still have handed it in?
Yes.
I think most people would keep any loose cash they found, if there was no sign of the person who dropped it. (Especially if it was less than 100 pounds).
Well then, I have succeeded in setting myself (or at least the 1978 version of me) apart from these "most people" you talk of.
Originally posted by FMFWhat motivated you, do you think, to hand the money in?
I think most people would keep any loose cash they found, if there was no sign of the person who dropped it. (Especially if it was less than 100 pounds).
Well then, I have succeeded in setting myself (or at least the 1978 version of me) apart from these "most people" you talk of.[/b]
Upbringing?
Faith?
Conscience?
Empathy?
Trust in the police?
Pride?
Fear?
Transubstantiation?
Bagpuss?
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeExactly.
What motivated you, do you think, to hand the money in?
Upbringing?
Faith?
Conscience?
Empathy?
Trust in the police?
Pride?
Fear?
Transubstantiation?
Bagpuss?
But not Bagpus so much as Chigley and Camberwick Green (as opposed to the urban moral vacuum that Trumpton represented).