>>> Aramis
Odd that in a string apparently about today's word, no notice was taken of the quote that further shows Dostoyevsky to have been a raving lunatic. <<<


He was a raving epileptic tragic lucide writer, but no lunatic.

For children are healing and wonderful to be with when they have not been spoiled or neglected or both. When you protect them as long as you can from child predators such as the game-toy-and hollow agressive child cartoon world.
Not that they should be excluded from all those things , but at least be guided by mesured exposure.

Children are wonderful philosophers when you take time to listen.
And surprising and adventurous and funny and well, just nice. And I hope we are still allowed to love and cherish children without being called a pedophile.
Sorry, it does not belong in this thread but I could not let a man who loved children be called a lunatic without reacting.