a wonderfully apt thread for you to surface in, na?Aye, if he be a drinkin' man himself [returned from an avant verrais?]
We are always appreciated more in our absence, Mav.
Trust me, I know.
One thing I've noticed in your absence, Mav. The only sure way to get noticed around here is to be insulting.
Or to tell the truth.
Some confuse the one with the other.
I say, if anyone takes insult from the truth, they are taking succour from deceit. [Oft-times, self-deceit.]
Those who seek a broader, deeper, more truthful "understanding of reality" -- the guiding impulse of all intelligence if, as themilum would say, intelligence has any true meaning or purpose -- cannot give comfort to those are discomforted by that impulse, without becoming worse than they are: a hypocrite.
All knowledge, including self-knowledge, can never move in any direction, with integrity, except forward. It can stand still, but it can never go back.
Those who argue "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise", have an incontrovertible argument. But if they seek the shelter of ignorance, they must shelter themselves alone.
Even AWADtalk is no safe harbor from reality.
