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- From: fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J. Fippen)
- Subject: Re: C J Petit reply
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 22:48:18 GMT
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- Earlier this morning C J Petit replied to my post:
-
- >My wife asks me every year "What shall I get you for Christmas?" and
- >this is a difficult question because I already have drawers full of socks, shir
- ts,
- >ties (which I never wear!), thermal underwear, pj's, etc. So you can see that
- >I really don't NEED any of these THINGS, and so I don't want any THING for
- >Christmas. In this world full of hate, killings, rapes, muggings, robbery,
- >movies with a killing a minute,four letter words at every turn, well, what I
- >really want is for my wife and daughters to tell me they love me, hug me, and
- >be happy in this house. Love isn't just something, it's EVERYTHING. If we will
- >all love one another the world will be a better place. Love, try it.
-
- Wow! I thought I was romantic, but this guy blows me away. Such a lovely
- sentiment. Problem is that, as you said, the world is about as FAR from loving
- as it can get without degenerating into endless civil wars.
-
- A quote to think about:
-
- "Romance is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
-
- Mark rest of current group as read?
- To this I reply:
- This morning I received your post and answered then, but my comm
- program bombed and I lost my response.
- Thank you for your kind reply.I'm glad there are other people in
- this world who recognize the power of love and that all these other things
- are mere junk. Thanks John Fippen
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