[MD] Social & Intellectual Levels

[MarshaV]

At 12:08 PM 8/18/2008, you wrote:
>Marsha,
>I think my main contention is that I do not value
>the word "care", I do not value the concept of "care"
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>What I do value is the act of caring.
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>This is the distinction I am trying to make.
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>Silly, nice sounding, are ways of separating the words and
>concepts from the act. Meaning ultimately lies in use.
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>Blindly following words and concepts misinterprets
>and distorts the actual meaning of those acts.
>(which is, I think, what we are both saying)
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>Analytic has such a high value pattern because
>generally, in western culture it is seen as the
>highest pattern of good, The problem being that
>good is divorced from the values
>that give it it's meaning.
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>-Ron
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Ron,

I didn't clearly understand your criticism.  I had no way of 
understanding you were distinguishing between actions and words.

But I still contend that to thoughtfully act with compassion is of 
higher value than to act blindly compassionate.  Both are better than 
poking someone in the eye with a sharp stick.

Marsha




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