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I don't know why its becoming harder and harder to relate to people in US especially where women ...

wordywalt comments on Jun 9, 2018:

What behaviors in others are giving you the most concerns? How do you respond to them?

wordywalt replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@hemingwaykitten Sorry.

I don't know why its becoming harder and harder to relate to people in US especially where women ...

wordywalt comments on Jun 9, 2018:

What behaviors in others are giving you the most concerns? How do you respond to them?

wordywalt replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@hemingwaykitten I am an 81year old man who grew up in rural south Georgia and north Florida. I have also lived in Illinois and Kansas, and have travelled to 51 of our 50 states. I have not been a part of a college or university community for over 40 years.

I don't know why its becoming harder and harder to relate to people in US especially where women ...

wordywalt comments on Jun 9, 2018:

What behaviors in others are giving you the most concerns? How do you respond to them?

wordywalt replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@0752532706 O am sorry that the people you are trying to work with stigmatize your pronunciation differences, causing them to become barriers. Let me suggest that you ask those people what might help your communications, emphasizing that you have much to learn from them and that you would like for your relationship to be mutually beneficial.

Well I"m finally finish planting, and I got a nice rain today, which is just what the garden needed.

wordywalt comments on Jun 9, 2018:

In Florida, my tomato plants have played out already, and I'm getting ready to plant a summer crop of white acre peas. Had 11 weeks of awesome black heirloom tomatoes.

wordywalt replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@kenriley You can have some great gardens in all zones. Years ago, I enjoyed gardening in Illinois and Kansas.

Why is the topic of over-population never discussed when considering climate change, sustainability,...

wordywalt comments on Jun 9, 2018:

You are absolutely right. I can remember in the 1960s when we were talking about the "population bomb" and the absolute need for ZPG (zero population growth). Then suddenly all of the attention went away, but the problem did not. Humans.all too often, have a stupidly short attention span. Our ...

wordywalt replies on Jun 9, 2018:

@Honey4Oshun Human overpopulation and related biodegradation are problems throughout the world, not just in the West.

Does living in a community with limited diversity affect our viewpoints?

wordywalt comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I grew up in a small town in the religious, racist, and politically extremely conservative bible belt of north Florida. Had I stayed there, I would definitely be a different person from the one I am today. My sister and her children who stayed there have very different beliefs from me.

wordywalt replies on Jun 7, 2018:

@Stacey48 I left permanently at the age of 22. In many ways the journey away started at the age of 18, when I started college. Almost all of my adult life has been spent outside of that culture.

An old friend of 50 years has become a person of extreme religiosity in his old age.

Rustee comments on Jun 7, 2018:

That is a wonderful response! (And then do you simply delete the emails he sends to you?)

wordywalt replies on Jun 7, 2018:

So far, he hasn't send any more religious stuff.

An old friend of 50 years has become a person of extreme religiosity in his old age.

zeuser comments on Jun 6, 2018:

If he's really your friend, respecting your wishes should be a natural thing for him to do and I doubt he'll take offense. However, he may feel a spiritually-based urge to "help" you or "save" you, and think he's doing you a favor with his pseudoscience information and religious overtures. That can ...

wordywalt replies on Jun 6, 2018:

I rhink your perception is correct.

An old friend of 50 years has become a person of extreme religiosity in his old age.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Did that work?

wordywalt replies on Jun 6, 2018:

Just sent him that response yesterday. Have not heard from him yet.

An old friend of 50 years has become a person of extreme religiosity in his old age.

Storybook comments on Jun 6, 2018:

That’s great! Mind if I use your words....for emergencies only of course?

wordywalt replies on Jun 6, 2018:

You certainly may use my words.

You don’t have a right to believe whatever you want to | Aeon Ideas

wordywalt comments on Jun 5, 2018:

It is your right to believe anything you want to ONLY IF you also believe that it is your right to be an ignorant, unintelligent, bigoted, destructive. and immoral person and no one has the right to judge such vile behavior..

wordywalt replies on Jun 5, 2018:

@ArturoS The first opens the door to the second. That, in itself, is dangerous.

What or Who created the universe?

wordywalt comments on Jun 4, 2018:

The universe has no beginning or end, only cycles of expansion and contraction.

wordywalt replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@kensmile4u It is hard for all of us humans to think in that way, but why does the universe have to have a beginning?

I'm in a quandary. When is enough enough?

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

If I were in your shoes, I would very carefully craft my remarks to tell them that you find their attitudes toward your daughter hateful, cruel, and immoral, and that you expect better from them. Tell them that you would like to give them the opportunity to build a solid relationship with your ...

wordywalt replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@pixiedust Thank you.

The dangers of promoting humans over humanity.

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Race does not exist. It is an artificial human construct. There is no human race, but a human species. To some degree, we do have different gene pools in which inbreeding has produced some characteristics which tend to be associated with specific gene pools. But, those differences are more visual...

wordywalt replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay Ethnicity is an accurate and useful term. Race is not. Use of the term condones a term which has its origins and common usage in bigotry.

The dangers of promoting humans over humanity.

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Race does not exist. It is an artificial human construct. There is no human race, but a human species. To some degree, we do have different gene pools in which inbreeding has produced some characteristics which tend to be associated with specific gene pools. But, those differences are more visual...

wordywalt replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@WilliamFleming Most educated and thinking people do not use the word race. Try using the word "culture" , as in Asian culture, Black culture, German culture. It is more accurate and descriptive and less onerous

The dangers of promoting humans over humanity.

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Race does not exist. It is an artificial human construct. There is no human race, but a human species. To some degree, we do have different gene pools in which inbreeding has produced some characteristics which tend to be associated with specific gene pools. But, those differences are more visual...

wordywalt replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay Like I said. It is the human species. There is no such thing as the human race. Ask any expert in biology or anthropology. You continue to do a disservice.

The dangers of promoting humans over humanity.

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Race does not exist. It is an artificial human construct. There is no human race, but a human species. To some degree, we do have different gene pools in which inbreeding has produced some characteristics which tend to be associated with specific gene pools. But, those differences are more visual...

wordywalt replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay Because human beings often create false constructs to serve their purposes -- often nefarious. Is that too hard to understand?

The dangers of promoting humans over humanity.

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Race does not exist. It is an artificial human construct. There is no human race, but a human species. To some degree, we do have different gene pools in which inbreeding has produced some characteristics which tend to be associated with specific gene pools. But, those differences are more visual...

wordywalt replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay Yes, racism exists. It is the false application of the concept of race in a deliberately bigoted sense. The "black experience" and the "white" experience" are perceptions of life experiences as a result of enculturation and of racism.

Do you feel that the current trend in universities being/having a "safe space" is detrimental or ...

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Yes. That is why universities have general education requirements in the first two years -- to expose students to thoughts and subjects in a variety of areas which they might not seek on their own. Does not "safe space" mean space where one is safe from attack and undue pressure?

wordywalt replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay The only reason that a university would avoid such topics would be a university culture which varies greatly from the proclaimed ideal of "liberal arts."

The dangers of promoting humans over humanity.

wordywalt comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Race does not exist. It is an artificial human construct. There is no human race, but a human species. To some degree, we do have different gene pools in which inbreeding has produced some characteristics which tend to be associated with specific gene pools. But, those differences are more visual...

wordywalt replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay And I repeat: Race does not exist. There are different black experiences and white experiences totally because of the cultures of those two groups. The differences are social and attitudinal, not racial. Do not perpetuate the myth. If you do, you are contributing to misunderstanding.

Here's a good example of how religion screws everything up.

wordywalt comments on Jun 1, 2018:

He is simply showing what a corrupt, morally bankrupt and hypocritical demagogue he is. He is simply a despicable excuse for a human being.

wordywalt replies on Jun 2, 2018:

@Aristopus It is hard to believe that anyone can be so gullible.

Pope laments 'hemorrhaging' of priests and nuns in Europe - Religion News ServiceReligion News ...

wordywalt comments on Jun 1, 2018:

As a whole, Europe is more advanced than the US in recognizing that they do not need religion. Jean Jacques Revel predicted that in his 1972 book, WITHOUT MARX OR JESUS.

wordywalt replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@atheist There are always pockets of religiosity in the most sectarian of societies.

Do our lives depend on facts or values the most?

wordywalt comments on May 31, 2018:

The course of our lives depends on our knowledge of facts and on our choices. Our choices depend on both our knowledge of facts and on our values. There is no way to that one is more critical than the other.

wordywalt replies on May 31, 2018:

@x0lineage0x First, tell me what verifiable information sources you use to ground your questionable opinion.

Do our lives depend on facts or values the most?

wordywalt comments on May 31, 2018:

The course of our lives depends on our knowledge of facts and on our choices. Our choices depend on both our knowledge of facts and on our values. There is no way to that one is more critical than the other.

wordywalt replies on May 31, 2018:

I already told you. You are simply rejecting the facts. @x0lineage0x

Do our lives depend on facts or values the most?

wordywalt comments on May 31, 2018:

The course of our lives depends on our knowledge of facts and on our choices. Our choices depend on both our knowledge of facts and on our values. There is no way to that one is more critical than the other.

wordywalt replies on May 31, 2018:

@x0lineage0x I do not know where you get your misinformation. My information comes from a number of graduate level courses in psychology, including excellent courses in perceptual psychology and cognitive psychology. I also did a detailed review of research on "Values and the Self System." In short, you unequivocally dead wrong.

Do our lives depend on facts or values the most?

wordywalt comments on May 31, 2018:

The course of our lives depends on our knowledge of facts and on our choices. Our choices depend on both our knowledge of facts and on our values. There is no way to that one is more critical than the other.

wordywalt replies on May 31, 2018:

@x0lineage0x I have never in my entire life heard your definition of belief and perception as values. People do attach values to their beliefs, but the belief is not the value. Your are way off base.

BREAKING: "We have to believe that at some point, common sense will prevail.

wordywalt comments on May 31, 2018:

Trump is a modern day Nero, in the process of destroying his realm. He is a destructive sociopath.

wordywalt replies on May 31, 2018:

@mtnhome I agree with everything you say except your misuse of the word "reactionary". Its real meaning is irrational, extreme right in speech and behavior.

Do our lives depend on facts or values the most?

wordywalt comments on May 31, 2018:

The course of our lives depends on our knowledge of facts and on our choices. Our choices depend on both our knowledge of facts and on our values. There is no way to that one is more critical than the other.

wordywalt replies on May 31, 2018:

@x0lineage0x Yes, we can have a fact without feeling any particular value for that fact. No, we cannot have a value for a fact without having the fact. We can have a value for a belief or for a perception without supporting facts.

Italy is in the midst of a constitutional crises.

wordywalt comments on May 29, 2018:

The EU has always shown more intelligence, rationality, fiscal sanity, and moral authority than has Italian politics and political figures. .

wordywalt replies on May 29, 2018:

@cava I probably did take the analogy too far. I apologize.

Italy is in the midst of a constitutional crises.

wordywalt comments on May 29, 2018:

The EU has always shown more intelligence, rationality, fiscal sanity, and moral authority than has Italian politics and political figures. .

wordywalt replies on May 29, 2018:

@cava Italy voluntarily agreed to join the EU and to abide by its joint decisions. No one outside of Italy forced Italy to make that decision.. And, yes, because of its corruption and irrational populism, Italy is having difficulty doing in living up to its commitments. It me, Italy withdrawing now is the equivalent of the American south Seceding from the United States to bring on the Civil War.

Why do we pay twice for the same services, police and military with our tax money?

wordywalt comments on May 29, 2018:

Your question does not make sense to me.

wordywalt replies on May 29, 2018:

@IpraiseMYSELF I did propose a solution, but you ignored it-- perhaps because it was not what you wanted to hear.

ABC just cancelled Rasanne's show after her disgusting behavior.

BucketlistBob comments on May 29, 2018:

Barr apologized before ABC’s statement on Tuesday, saying that her statement suggesting that former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes” was a “joke” that was “in bad taste. “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to ...

wordywalt replies on May 29, 2018:

If it hadn't hit her in the pocketbook, she would never have apo9logized. She did not mean it. She is just a crude, loud, female lout.

Why do we pay twice for the same services, police and military with our tax money?

wordywalt comments on May 29, 2018:

Your question does not make sense to me.

wordywalt replies on May 29, 2018:

@IpraiseMYSELF You ignore he truth of the adage that "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Your idealism ignores human nature and the results would inevitably be catastrophic.

Why do we pay twice for the same services, police and military with our tax money?

wordywalt comments on May 29, 2018:

Your question does not make sense to me.

wordywalt replies on May 29, 2018:

@IpraiseMYSELF The only societies in which the military takes on the added role of policing are completely authoritarian regimes. The roles MUST be kept separate in ANY democratic society, or we will all lose our civil rights and freedoms. We must deep the roles separate and improve the selection, training, and control of the police.

What type of tomatoes does everyone like to plant?

wordywalt comments on May 27, 2018:

Over the years, I have grown many varieties, including the Cherokee Purple.. After receiving a gift of black heirloom tomato seeds from my daughter, I was so impressed with the taste (sweet and tangy), texture and juiciness, That they are the only tomatoes I grow any more. They are head and ...

wordywalt replies on May 27, 2018:

@DotLewis I'm not sure./ The package simply said black herloom. They are not the krim vaireity. They are good slicers.

Boy I miss having a Garden so much.?

CraeftSmith comments on May 27, 2018:

I need to find some food plants that grow in partial to full shade. I have a lot of trees.

wordywalt replies on May 27, 2018:

That will severely limit your choices. Try green beans and lettuce -- maybe potatoes. Not good for most others.

It was suggested to me by someone on this site to read Nietzsche.

wordywalt comments on May 25, 2018:

There no intelligent and moral Ayn Rand fans I have read all of her major works. Her twisted ideology is laid bare in her books: (1)greed is good, (2) all governments are evil, (3) I should have the freedom to what I want, regardless of the consequences.

wordywalt replies on May 25, 2018:

@jellyfish You are wrong. Your do not know Rand's personal history. She was an angry, bitter women from a family of privilege and extreme wealth in czarist Russia. When the Bolsheviks took over in Russia, they took away all of her family's wealth and privilege. As a result, she moved to condemn all forms of government, not just the communists. In fact, she became an anarchist -- denouncing all forms of government. All she espoused was the right to amass power, privilege, and wealth by any means -- and to lounge in the lap of luxury from such wealth and privilege. Wise up, young man.

Centrists Are the Most Hostile to Democracy, Not Extremists

Ellatynemouth comments on May 24, 2018:

It's the New York Times. They are part of the establishment.

wordywalt replies on May 24, 2018:

So what? What is your point?

Centrists Are the Most Hostile to Democracy, Not Extremists

Trajan61 comments on May 24, 2018:

The New York Times is a left wing piece of crap and therefore very unreliable.

wordywalt replies on May 24, 2018:

In saying that you show little intelligence and bad judgment.

Why do we hate?

wordywalt comments on May 23, 2018:

There is no one answer. Sometimes, it is ecause the persons DNA hard-wired the person to be a vicious sociopath. In other caswes it is due to a twisted personality development. Some cultures harbor much hatred. Sometimes is is a mixture.

wordywalt replies on May 24, 2018:

@RonWilliam53 True, some people, like Trump, Hitler, and Stalin are so evil and destructive that they earn hatred. I do not extend such hatred to an entire culture or nation. The culture in the American south is full of racism, bigotry and destructive reactionary ideology. I hate that and will fight against it with everything I have, but I do not hate sourtherners as people. I detest those destructive behaviors and aspects of of southern culture.

Why do we hate?

wordywalt comments on May 23, 2018:

There is no one answer. Sometimes, it is ecause the persons DNA hard-wired the person to be a vicious sociopath. In other caswes it is due to a twisted personality development. Some cultures harbor much hatred. Sometimes is is a mixture.

wordywalt replies on May 24, 2018:

@WillP2020 Your response seems simply uncivil, and seems to indicate an inability to deal with complexity and no desire to do so.

Do you want to "evangelize" chistian family and friends?

wordywalt comments on May 22, 2018:

They have to find their own way to truth. Many of them never will. The best way to promote change is to immerse a person in a different culture which gets them to challenge their beliefs, but treats them with dignity.

wordywalt replies on May 22, 2018:

@WilliamFleming No, ultimate truth has not been discovered. As for Einstein, even geniuses have feet of clay.

How do you define a quality of life that makes life worth living?

wordywalt comments on May 20, 2018:

I am 81 years old. Over time aging and its effects have caused me to give up things that I really enjoyed -- that I often thought I could not do without. The hardest has been giving up reading due to vision problems. But, there are still things that I still enjoy and I focus on them. Still, my...

wordywalt replies on May 21, 2018:

@blueskies Many thanks! I will be looking into that. It would be great if I can re-open reading as a major part of my life.

How do you define a quality of life that makes life worth living?

wordywalt comments on May 20, 2018:

I am 81 years old. Over time aging and its effects have caused me to give up things that I really enjoyed -- that I often thought I could not do without. The hardest has been giving up reading due to vision problems. But, there are still things that I still enjoy and I focus on them. Still, my...

wordywalt replies on May 21, 2018:

@blueskies I have macular degeneration, too -- blind spots in the center of the field of vision, and considerable distortion in the remaining field of vision. Makes reading hard, even with a magnifying glass. I used to read 60 - 70 pages an hour, now cannot do 10 in an hour. I used to average at least a book a week. Yes, giving up reading was a real loss.

What is your opinion on boycotts?

wordywalt comments on May 21, 2018:

Publix and Putnam have common roots. It is as simple as that. I don't agree with hum, but Putnam is neither the rapid reactionary nor the corrupt moral idiot that many Republicans are. As Republicans go, he is not the worst of the lot and a much more honest man than Rick Scott.

wordywalt replies on May 21, 2018:

@poetdi56 I am not sure that it is a sellout. Given the beliefs of the rural Florida culture in which Putnam grew up, beliefs in gun ownership are almost a given. I knew and grew up in the same kind of a culture in rural north Florida. I outgrew those beliefs, but then, again, I did not stay imbedded in the culture that I grew up in.

How do you define a quality of life that makes life worth living?

wordywalt comments on May 20, 2018:

I am 81 years old. Over time aging and its effects have caused me to give up things that I really enjoyed -- that I often thought I could not do without. The hardest has been giving up reading due to vision problems. But, there are still things that I still enjoy and I focus on them. Still, my...

wordywalt replies on May 20, 2018:

Thank you.@bigpawbullets

I have a friend in Illinois who's daughter came home from school yesterday and said the following.

Emme comments on May 19, 2018:

That sad and true. Home school may become common.

wordywalt replies on May 19, 2018:

Let's hope not. I would hate to see all of our essential public institutions destroyed by greed, aberrant and reactionary ideology, and sheer stupidity.

Science can answer moral questions

jjhagen comments on May 18, 2018:

Morality is also completely subjective.

wordywalt replies on May 18, 2018:

That is a drastic overstatement -- so much so that it is a misrepresentation.

Aspartame Side Effects

wordywalt comments on May 18, 2018:

That is a bunch of garbage. I have been using aspastame for decades. I have never had a migraine or epilectic seizure. My mental health is good and I do not suffer from depression. I have no phobias. No proof exists that use of aspatame have ANY relationship to hyperactivity, MS or chronic ...

wordywalt replies on May 18, 2018:

@sassygirl3869 I have had a rare form of non-Hodgekins ymphoma for 60 years. It appeared 30 years before aspartame went on the market and has not increased due to my 30 years use of aspartame. The disease is largely genetic, shown by the fact that it has several genetic markers. Your daughter's reaction is unintelligent superstition.

How supportive were your parents when they learned you were not religious?

wordywalt comments on May 16, 2018:

Both of my parents were religious. When I made it clear that religion was no longer a part of my life, we simply never broached to topic again. Other than that, our relationship did not change.

wordywalt replies on May 16, 2018:

For their time and place, I agree.@robdowney

The whole thing with ZTE is such brazen corruption. All it took was a $500,000,000.00 bribe.

wordywalt comments on May 16, 2018:

The deal,by itself, should be grounds for impeachment.

wordywalt replies on May 16, 2018:

@shockwaverider Let's hope that the tide turns in November!

A scenario. You can host dinner for people who are dead. Who would you invite?

wordywalt comments on May 16, 2018:

Hermann Hesse, Mark Twain, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Barbara Jordan, Reinhold Niebuhr.

wordywalt replies on May 16, 2018:

@Palindromeman Hermann Hesse did no such thing. He was anti-war and won the Nobel Prize for literature. Get your facts straight before you embarrass yourself.

Bye Bye 4th amendment.

wordywalt comments on May 15, 2018:

Both Thomas and Gorsuch are died-in-the-wool ideologues with real judicial temperament. Both should never been placed on the bench.

wordywalt replies on May 15, 2018:

@Lukian One morer rreson we need to get Trump out of office ASAP.

To Bother Or Not To Bother: Finding Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type – HealthyWay

wordywalt comments on May 7, 2018:

I took the Briggs-Myers yars ago, and did not find it informative or useful. I found Anthony Gregorc's Style Delineator much more accurate.

wordywalt replies on May 14, 2018:

@AstralSmoke Experience, my friend, experience. At age 81 I have done a lot.

Too Many Atheists Are Veering Dangerously Toward the Alt-Right - VICE

wordywalt comments on May 6, 2018:

In the first months of this site, there were a number of these aggressively far-rights on the site. But, as time went on, they got little reinforcement from the vast majority of site members and most have gone away.When they appear, we must hake it clear that they do not represent the most of us.

wordywalt replies on May 12, 2018:

@memorylikeasieve Don't worry. People like Countrycuz666 do not have the intelligence, civility, or courage to stay on a site like this for long. They simply lack to ability to engage in genuine dialogue and eventually get the message that they are out of place.

Americans - How corrupt is your government? If at all!

wordywalt comments on May 12, 2018:

With the Trump cabal in power and with today's morally bankrupt Republicans in power, our government is becoming more and more corrupt by the day. As an 81 year old man, I am voicing my opinion in every medium that I can, contributing money to anti-corruption causes, and making sure that I do not ...

wordywalt replies on May 12, 2018:

@AstralSmoke I beg to disagree -- strongly!

The Butterly Effect, the straw that breaks the camel's back, both overlook key forces.

wordywalt comments on May 8, 2018:

Your interpretation of the butterfly effect is not which i have heard. The version which I endorse tyakes the position that in huge, multifaceted systems, such a the earth's weather, the beating of a butterfly's wings, at the right time and place, in conjunction with the confluence of other events...

wordywalt replies on May 8, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck Yes, it is unlikely, but it can happen. You are discounting the whole concept of the uncertainty principle in the reality of bounded chaos. You haven't dispelled anything, but have merely stated a premise without proof. I would rather believe Lorenz.

Where are the liberal blind spots?

wordywalt comments on May 2, 2018:

What facts are you purporting that we are blind to? Be very specific, or it is immediately obvious that you are just belching into the wind. When you attempt to get specific, we will be able to show that your "facts" to be simply more horse manure and misrepresentations. Either way, you have set...

wordywalt replies on May 8, 2018:

@skeptic99 You conservatives have a bad habit of turning truth on its head. That is one thing you just can't seem to stop doing.

How do you want to be buried?

Anniemae comments on May 3, 2018:

I’m donating my body to science.

wordywalt replies on May 6, 2018:

You had better check carefully. I wanted to donate my body to sci9ence, but when I contacted the responsible agency, I was told that my estate would have to pay to have my body embalmed. They wanted something for nothing. That is when I decided on cremation.

Who or what would I be when I disassociate from my mind, intellect, brain, and body?

wordywalt comments on May 6, 2018:

The pictured statement is utter nonsense.

wordywalt replies on May 6, 2018:

@TuyTran888 And, if he says that he has disassociated himself from those facets of himself, he is lying.

Who or what would I be when I disassociate from my mind, intellect, brain, and body?

wordywalt comments on May 6, 2018:

The pictured statement is utter nonsense.

wordywalt replies on May 6, 2018:

@TuyTran888 If one disassociates himself from those things, he simply does not exist. No more analkysis needed.

My picture is in my tomato patch.

FrayedBear comments on May 6, 2018:

From the height of the plants it looks like you have got the soil into peak condition. It looks fabulous.

wordywalt replies on May 6, 2018:

Thank you. The plants are now producing prolifically.

When did confront become offense?

wordywalt comments on May 5, 2018:

Dialogue is possible only when both sides agree to remain in the rational and empirical realm and when both sides to remain civil and to allow their ideas to be tested. Those are conditions that the right winG seldom allows or meets. Your statement about the left is a load of crap.

wordywalt replies on May 6, 2018:

@powder And you generalize from one poor case -- not very smart. In your episode, both your comments were unintelligent.

My picture is in my tomato patch.

DotLewis comments on May 5, 2018:

Wow! I have a niece in Florida, I live in Kansas, the northwest part. I was benching my niece's garden recently but you have weeks on her. I haven't even put in tomatoes yet. Mothers day is the magic moment here.

wordywalt replies on May 5, 2018:

I lived in Salina for 12 years, and in Great Bend for 6 years. In my role as an staff developer for teachers and administrators, as a consultant, and as an educational service center director, I travelled though the entire state.cove

I'm so glad there was no internet or social media when I was growing up. I mean, REALLY glad.

Clauddvon comments on May 4, 2018:

Same. Kids today don't know what it's like to play in the woods, ride bikes, or just do any of the fun things we did as kids. I have a lot of kids, but I have to "barter" them to go outside to play. "If you play outside for an hour, you'll get 1 more hour of "electronics time." It's really ...

wordywalt replies on May 5, 2018:

One of the delightful memories I have was in my early teens. Every July or August a small group of us boys in our rural village would get some older guy to buy some Cuban Crook rum-soaked cigars for us and we would go down to the woods around Norton Creek and find a wild grape vine and shake the grapes down. Then we would spend the afternoon lazing around, smoking cigars, and eating wild grapes. Those were the good times.

Sense of Purpose

Spongebob comments on May 4, 2018:

Without a sense of purpose there is no sense of belonging. Most of us want to feel belonged somewhere. So, I think without a sense of purpose we feel unhappy.

wordywalt replies on May 4, 2018:

Simply belonging is a motivator for some people, but certainly not all. I have never felt a great urge to be accepted or to belong to most groups. In that sense, I have never been a "joiner." I am who I am, and try to treat others with respect.

Wow! They have legal wiretaps on Cohen.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 3, 2018:

Yes...I'm feeling better about this, myself. Won't we have the most JUBILANT party...the day that SOB is gone?