tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post6265503671574451117..comments2023-12-19T15:10:02.866-08:00Comments on ex cathedra: Cyber bits and piecesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-67944654039252809742011-09-17T19:55:53.894-07:002011-09-17T19:55:53.894-07:00"B. communicated to me that no matter how I f..."B. communicated to me that no matter how I feel, and even if I don't know it, I am a happy man. Reassuring, no?"<br /><br />Is the notion that you have not tasted of the Tree of the Knowledge of Happiness and Sadness, and thus are innocent thereof?<br /><br />Several of my familial persons were/are with the habit of 'knowing' that I'm unhappy, even when I'm not, and feeling obliged to talk with me about it. (Urk.)<br /><br />Contrast that with work, where I have a reputation for being "always happy" and "never miserable" (Hmm.)<br /><br />Contrast with my late father, who always was getting into discussions of "I /am/ unhappy" against "But you /shouldn't/ be." (Urk.)<br /><br />--NathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-48045186590073830562011-09-17T18:31:58.889-07:002011-09-17T18:31:58.889-07:00You are not an antisemite, Waxman otoh is quite th...You are not an antisemite, Waxman otoh is quite the antisemite. But he's of the left - so it doesn't matter.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259612193829433575noreply@blogger.com