May you love as long as you live…
June 23rd, 2008 by timelady
…and live as long as you wish.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
I have never had to conn a ship. I believe I could set a bone or butcher a hog, but I wouldn’t enjoy it. Not the point though. The rest I have participated in to some degree, or done thoroughly. So, is this point of view valid? I happen to think so.
Oh, while we are on Heinlein :
“The loss of manners is the first sign of the decay of a society. People lose their manners and then they start voting for cake and circuses (modern welfare and other social programs that put a band aid on a problem instead of fixing it). One of the early sign of the loss of manners is how clean public rest rooms are.”
Discuss.
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