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211 comments on How vulnerable to oil shocks are we, really?

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Prof. Goose on August 12, 2007 - 2:05pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Welcome back Bob.

I have friends who have endured similar pain--and I do not envy any of you the means of gaining your strength back.

Altruistic--it's a funny word. So many people think of it as meaning "sucker." I rather think of it as meaning "concerned and helpful."

But then again, maybe I am just a sucker. Where's Nietzsche when I need him? :)

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mr f on August 12, 2007 - 3:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Where's Nietzsche when I need him?

He was hugging a horse the last I heard about him.

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Prof. Goose on August 12, 2007 - 4:03pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

indeed, even if he did go to the nuthouse for a few years following the incident I imagine he still thought a lot about his embrace.

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mr f on August 12, 2007 - 4:11pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

From Daybreak:

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Not enough! - It is not enough to prove something, one has also to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should learn how to speak his wisdom: and often in such a way that it sounds like folly!

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Without vanity. - Passionate people think little of what others are thinking: the condition they are in raises them above vanity.

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