Re: virus: Which is it?

Bill Roh (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Wed, 03 Mar 1999 22:25:10 -0500 

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For the most part, yes. I am not sure about where the notion came from, but I do know that I was raised with it, and I intend to pass it on. It does sound feasable as you describe it though. I hope that it has evolved into being rational also - in that, as someone who wishes the betterment of human kind sees helping others as beneficial to the whole of mankind.

I really do like the last thing you say though: I agree that the saying is not a prompt to give, it is recognition that some people feel better giving than receiving. It is just a phrase now I think.

Bill Roh

Jared Warren wrote: 

>> >From: Bill Roh
>>
>> >>>"It is better to give than to receive."
>> [deletia]
>> >Tonight, I made a meal for my wife.
>> [deletia]
>> >Tis truly better to
>> >give, for that moment I was filled with the thought of her happiness, her
>> >pleasure. It was good.
>> [deletia]
>>
>> So what you're saying is that the desire to give evolved to facilitate
>> personal relationships within communities, especially when you give to
>> people you like who are likely to share some of your genes; and the phrase
>> about giving is simply like any catch phrase: it makes the user appear more
>>
>> intelligent/creative/etc.?
>>
>> Jared Warren
>> jawarren@trentu.ca
>


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Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For the most part, yes. I am not sure about where the notion came from, but I do know that I was raised with it, and I intend to pass it on. It does sound feasable as you describe it though. I hope that it has evolved into being rational also - in that, as someone who wishes the betterment of human kind sees helping others as beneficial to the whole of mankind.

I really do like the last thing you say though: I agree that the saying is not a prompt to give, it is recognition that some people feel better giving than receiving. It is just a phrase now I think.

Bill Roh
 

>From: Bill Roh

>>>"It is better to give than to receive."
[deletia]
>Tonight, I made a meal for my wife.
[deletia]
>Tis truly better to
>give, for that moment I was filled with the thought of her happiness, her
>pleasure. It was good.
[deletia]

So what you're saying is that the desire to give evolved to facilitate
personal relationships within communities, especially when you give to
people you like who are likely to share some of your genes; and the phrase
about giving is simply like any catch phrase: it makes the user appear more
intelligent/creative/etc.?

Jared Warren
jawarren@trentu.ca

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