Re: 69 isn't too old to stop, Jon

On Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 11:45:54 AM UTC+1, Derek wrote:
> 1. 69 isn't too old to stop doing things that *revolt* you. 
> 2. 69 isn't too old to stop *feeling* revolted at what you do. 
> 3. 69 isn't too old to stop having to *ready* yourself before #1 and #2. 
> 
> "Every now and then, when I think about what's involved 
> in eating meat, the thought *revolts* me. The *feeling* never 
> lasts, and at my next meal I'm always *ready* to tuck into 
> a chunk of meat." 
> Jonathan Ball 01 May 2007 http://bit.ly/2dgi2ds 
> 
> I've been reading Dostoevsky for a couple of years now, and I believe he 
> would say to you, 
> 
> "A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to 
> recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing 
> respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he 
> can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, 
> he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and 
> behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to 
> others and to yourself." 
> 
> Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov pg. 44 
> 
> Happy birthday, old man.

It's nice to see you're well enough to make a birthday post for Jon, Derek. Haven't seen him around here for a while.

I've been meaning to give "The Brothers Karamazov" a try.

I'm also working on a moral philosophy paper related to the topics that have sometimes been discussed here in this newsgroup, among other things.