Posted by fayeroe on August 2, 2008, at 21:29:22
In reply to General Spiel, posted by Sigismund on August 2, 2008, at 20:43:25
> Most of the problems people have are problems they have with each other.
> If we could just be in a position to have the right kind of contact, things would be so much better.My sister and I spoke today and we agreed that living alone is really hard on a person. One thing that happens is we think too much and don't have the contact that comes from talking about things with someone.
> But sometimes it is the contact you need that is the contact you cannot have.That is certainly the truth and a very wise observation, Sigismund.
> Or that the need makes impossible the contact to satisfy the need.Right. So right.
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> I remember from years ago a street demo, and we sat down on the road and linked arms, waiting for the police to cart us off.
> I found the expression of that brotherly need quite intoxicating, perhaps because I had spent a decade growing up in a social desert where no one (not members of the same sex, certainly) ever touched each other.I grew up in a family that didn't touch.
Do you remember reading about the "arms across America" that took place in the early 80s (i think)? My daughter and I drove to a town in Texas and joined in and as I stood there holding hands with a man and a woman who were strangers, I started crying. It was a wonderful moment when I realized that I was part of a bigger part of the world than I thought I was at that time in my life.
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> Thst is one part of our world that is much better than it used to be.
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