Hi Gang:

I was home-schooled throughout most of my grade-school years. I want to learn if certain things are acceptable in bringing up to talk about. To be quite honest, I associate "Mind-Brain" with intellectuals. I associate intellectuals with having class. And since I'm not an intellectual, I don't have class.

Is this appropriate for discussion? My other poll doesn't seem to be.

hello Velleity,

everyone can be perceived as class-less here. There are only thoughts and thought processes.

hello Velleity,

I apologize for changing the name of this thread, but something strange happened earlier today, and three threads got deleted (two of them were yours and the other was Steve Lance's), though I was able to replace them, though I wasn't sure about the titles of two of your threads (the other one I called The Ideal Goal of Life). Please let me know if you want me to change the name of your threads. I realize, too, that your two threads were polls, which unfortunately, I wasn't able to recover. If you want, please start new polls and I will do my best to ensure that this doesn't happen again.

In response to your post above, I would say that everything should be understood within the right context and that everyone should be sympathized and/or empathized with. In the case of someone presenting something belligerently vs delicately, the situation must be understood... there are reasons why people present things belligerently vs. delicately. From certain perspectives, people appear neither belligerent nor delicate,... they simply appear. In other words, it is what it is, and they are what they are. Such circularity may be annoying or frustrating, but it points to the fact that divisions such as class vs. class-less, or belligerent vs. delicate, are just our perception, and that such perceptions can easily be changed so that we don't rely on such divisions, or alternatively, so that we see through them or understand things within a wider context and with sympathy. What are notions such as class vs. class-less, or belligerent vs. delicate, but relativistic judgments and subjective interpretation?

Hello again Velleity,

Your posts are like a breathe of fresh air; you are so clearly able to convey your thoughts and open in your discussion.

But first, on intellectuality. I just looked it up and got:-
"A person who uses the mind creatively".
In other words, classless, dollarless, raceless etc.

I would call you an intellectual, if only for your posted Polls!

I think the web, whilst being an ideal medium for people to communicate, suffers differently from talking and writing with paper and pencil, simply because it is far harder to get a feel for the other persons intentions and where they are 'coming from'. This is possibly due to the need to type, which for the vast majority of people demands more thinking, thereby distracting from the meat of what they what to say, or at least, the way they may say it. This certainly applies to me.

Shawns' descriptions of attitudes to other peoples posts say it all really.

I do believe that anyone who posts here wants either to declare something they believe worth saying and/or to seek evidence of Truths which may be useful in comprehending this marvellous World in which we live. Understanding is I think my 'Goal' as you ask in your Poll. So much conflict in the world is caused by misunderstanding. But then, when understanding is comprehensive, we still need individuals to act for the benefit of all rather than themselves, so I would have to add 'proper Social objectives' to my list [without defining proper here].

Keep up your good work, and be patient; people need time to gather thoughts on some topics, so quick responses may not be abundant. Advancement is a slow process, but nonetheless worthwhile. As I have pointed out elsewhere, construction
takes a disproportionate amount of time compared with destruction! This does not mean we should stop building skyscrapers, it means we should learn how to make em bend!

All the best, Bill.