LV never loved anyone

pcaehill2 pcaehill2 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Aug 19 09:15:29 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 110599

tyler's lion wrote:
[snip]
> I am a big believer in free will.
> 
> Although, I have to wonder if messing around with all those ESE! 
> immortality spells/charms created a point of no return. 

I have to agree here, I do think that at some point, our choices can 
lead us to a "point of no return", that is, a place where we have to 
live with what we've done and what we've done leaves an indelible 
impression on us.

And I really don't believe in cheap redemption (hence my belief that 
Darth Vader's deathbed conversion was faked!)...but I still take 
issue with your (previously posted) argument that cognitively 
acquired skills such as language are equivalent to emotional 
development.  Windows of opportunity in infancy abound, and I've 
heard the language argument before, and read the research re: feral 
kids, etc. (which is not considered extremely convincing, however, 
due to the small sample).  But emotional development depends on much 
more than cognition -- I've worked with mentally retarded kids and 
adults who are extremely wise emotionally and socially!!!

Pam, who once had a client who created the bumper sticker:  

F*** DOOM!!!

I heartily concur.





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