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How do people feel about people who are childless?

wordywalt comments on May 20, 2018:

Some people don't want children, and that is their choice -- and mp one else's. It is not for others to judge.

How have your priorities changed over time?

wordywalt comments on May 20, 2018:

As a young man I focused on defining myself and on providing for my family. In my productive years I focused on accomplishing something worthwhile, on synthesizing learning, experience, and thought to build and implement useful programs of action. Today, I focus on a few close relationships, on maintaining my mental and physical strength, and on the simple pleasures of living in the moment.

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 mental acuity is as good as it has ever been, and my lifetime of experience enriches my understanding to a point that I could not have attained as a young man. Similarly, I work HARD to maintain my physical strength and am much stronger than the usual octogenarian.My point is that if you fear losing your physical and mental capacity, your only answer is to work hard to prevent the loss. Otherwise ], your own behavior leads to the things you fear.

We need sensible gun laws.

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

If we want better gun laws, we will need to keep the evangeliccals out of politics and the Republicans out of office.

Do you think the United States would ever have an atheist president?

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

Any answer would be a wild stab in the dark.

A conservative I know asked why is it that liberals hated the rich.

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

I hate the undue influence that they have, and the fact that many of them really want to lord it over over andxd take advantage of us at their whim. But Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are two fine, moral rich men -- unlike the Koch's, Trumps, and too damned many others.

When it has to do with love, relationship or marriage, you must sacrifice something or compromise ...

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

I hope that you do not mean to take your statement as far as if appear that you might. Any relationship necessarily involves give and take. But a relationship which requires one to give up things that are central to one's definition of oneself is a relationship which should not occur. Similarly, any relationship which requires one to compromise central and deeply held beliefs, and values is a relationship which should not occur.

Merely reading a profile.

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

Your first response is probably correct: This is not a person you would want to have anything to do with. He or she is also not the kind of person you want to see on this site. Nothing wrong with that.

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

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

The evil greed of the NRA and the greed and moral cowardice of the Republican party have out entire political system immobilized. We MUST rid ourselves of both corrupting influences.

I hope this doesn't happen... Worth the read. [washingtonpost.com]

wordywalt comments on May 19, 2018:

We must rise up and show more sense and morality than the Italians have.

This is not something I just realized but felt this post fits perfectly into how I am and always ...

wordywalt comments on May 18, 2018:

I love it. It could have been written by Hermann Hesse. At age 81, I understand it.

Science can answer moral questions

wordywalt comments on May 18, 2018:

If one defines clearly what one considers his or her basis for a moral coce, then science can clearly help to define if specific actions match that code. But, th act of setting the assumptions on which the moral code is based, and on stating the basic premises of that code, science does not play a part. Reasoning does.

Does anyone else find small talk or talking exhausting.

wordywalt comments on May 18, 2018:

If you don't mind my asking, where does your thinking tend to go, and why?

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 fatigues syndrome or the purported fibromyalgia, or birth defeds of any kind. The statement is so outrageously false that I find it infuriating. The statement itself is phobic with no grounds.

In another post I had written, a comment came up in regards to Mueller not indicting a sitting ...

wordywalt comments on May 18, 2018:

Your understanding is correct. Mueller will issue a report to Congress in which he will spell out the provable offenses by Trump and provide the supporting evidence. It is then up to Congress to impeach, built on the report. That is why is absolutely essential that the 2018 election turn the House Democrat -- so that they will act on the Mueller report in a legal, moral, and patriotic manner.

Just when I thought living alone was better than living with someone who made me feel alone.

wordywalt comments on May 17, 2018:

One can live alone without being lonely. Many people who live alone are not lonely.

When in your life have you been humbled?

wordywalt comments on May 17, 2018:

A number of times. It is actually good to be brought back to earth occasionally so that our egos do not get out of control.We really do not want to become Trumps.

Help! I've just started a new job and found out that all my colleagues are devout followers of some ...

wordywalt comments on May 17, 2018:

Do not get involved in any conversations about religion and do not wear your atheism on your sleeve. Just live it.

Is there any point in debating to believers about their religion?

wordywalt comments on May 17, 2018:

One does not debate to, but instead debates with a person. The answer is a simple NO.

One less state

wordywalt comments on May 17, 2018:

South Carolina (even though my ancestors settled there in the 1700s). It has always been the hotbed of racism, other forms of ethnocentrism, secessionistic thought, and rabidly reactionary thought. It has long been a painful boil on the butt of the USA.

What is your opinion on GMO foods and Monsanto?