[MD] Gawain

[MarshaV]

Robbie,

You did get that the questions were for self consideration.  You seem 
an example of what Gawain rose above, and where the captain got 
stuck.  Would any statement I make be an invitation to 
lecture?   Bullshit!!!   But do you really know how to love a woman 
(life, game, now)?

m



At 07:03 PM 1/21/2007, Robbie wrote:
>Says Marsha:
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>"Sad that there would only be those two choices".
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>Robbie:
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>Right.  The entire spectrum of reality covers a multiplicity of shades of
>gray and things are never just black and white. Negotiation skills are a
>must.
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>But your fable posed the question, what do women really want??  Well, its
>looks like we are starting to smoke you out with the help of the Swami on
>whatever the page was. Looks like "the wants" will become a tall order,
>rather daunting really.
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>Doesn't look like I got too many of the 7 basic qualities covered, and
>fortunately it is not a life or death situation as per Arthur.  But I agree
>that cogent answers to all of the questions Marsha poses are required.
>Excepting while all of these "qualities" are being acted out; How do all the
>bills get paid?
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>The witch really did err for the reason I cited before. Do existential
>choices really exist? One person's total freedom acts as a substantial
>restraint on everybody else. (This law applies at all levels: planetary,
>national, local government, job politics and family issues.) Sustainability
>and the tragedy of the commons, enters the picture. ...stage right.  I mean
>imagine a world where all women are Paris Hilton. (or all men are Napoleon,
>to make this screed gender neutral) Dante's inferno becomes real.
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>These issues are best worked out by those younger and less set in our ways.
>Because like most old geezers like me, we are too absorbed by many illusions
>and  delusions to worry so much about stressing out on all these quality
>details and dynamic realities... being the static old fart that I am.
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>Marsha further quizzes me on, "Which traditional parable do you prefer?  Can
>you reference a better one from ZMM or LILA?" Sorry none comes to mind from
>ZMM/Lila.
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>In fact parables have been kinda troublesome to me:  I have always been
>troubled by the parable of the prodigal child, located somewhere in the King
>James Bible. If anyone can cite a reference book or explain to me the 3 to 5
>layered answer to that one. I would be really grateful.
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>A Reference book with answers to traditional parables and Zen koans (heck
>toss in some Taoist and Sufi stuff too) would really be a treasure. But a
>treatise, perhaps, less entertaining than King Arthur's fable above. In
>fact, this reference book might read more like the telephone directory. Not
>a best seller or big page turner volume. Paradoxical literature that
>actually models, presents and exposes, "explains reality" would have no
>market acceptance. Perhaps, only an academic, ivory tower publisher. Unlike
>ZMM, which was rejected by many, many publishers...This treatise may never
>be published. Maybe I'll try to look for it on the Wikipedia??
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>This concludes the rambling.
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>Robbie
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