Re: Self-defense

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Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:29:51 GMT

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    In a message dated 12/12/00 7:28:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
    wade_smith@harvard.edu writes:

    > Subj: Re: Self-defense
    > Date: 12/12/00 7:28:04 AM Pacific Standard Time
    > From: wade_smith@harvard.edu (Wade T.Smith)
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    > On 12/12/00 05:45, Robin Faichney said this-
    >
    > >All those I've found willing to defend the self
    > >make it very obvious, in their emotional tone, that they feel they're
    > >defending themselves.
    >
    > I'm quite willing to defend the idea of the self without getting
    > personally involved, in the same way I'm willing to defend the idea of
    > evolution without getting pissed off that dogs and I have a lot in
    > common....
    >
    > The self is the way we've happened, that's all.
    >
    > To me, the personal investment is more on the side of those who defend
    > the 'not-self'. They are the ones who want to disinvest the human of his
    > origins and command him to some divine distinction.
    >
    >

    Hi Wade,

    Your one sentence says it all:

    "The self is the way we've happened, that's all."

    What is this notion about self-defense?

    Len Jayson

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