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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> "Jane" and "Joe" are in a relationship that is no longer working out.
> Staying together is causing a fair degree of pain and stress for them;
> seperating will also couse a fair degree of pain and stress. Neither action
> has the option of 'harming none'.
Well, I think you are stressing the word "harm" a bit here. Everyone knows
it takes two to tango, but only one to stop the dance. Them's the breaks...
I'll take this opportunity to quote Mr. Crowley:
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Love is the law, love under will."
While it's probably best not to discuss the meaning of this passage
overmuch, I take it to mean simply that there is always a push and pull to
things, there is always opposition to any action -- the trick is to weigh
the relative harm produced by an action against the relative need to perform
the action.
Personal will and desire comes first, guided and tempered by love. This is
pretty much what everyone does in real life anyway. Well, unless one
happens to be possessed of an anti-social personality...
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) Hmm, I don't think so. My understanding is that most of the "harm" modern Wiccan philosophy means to address is emotional and spiritual in nature, rather than physical, although I'll admit that I haven't made an in-depth study of it. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Stunningly easy: "Jane" and "Joe" are in a relationship that is no longer working out. Staying together is causing a fair degree of pain and stress for them; seperating will also couse a fair degree of pain and stress. Neither action has the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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