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   Message 169,988 of 170,335   
   Richmond to oldernow   
   Re: Heroism amidst evil   
   29 Mar 25 23:12:59   
   
   From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   oldernow  writes:   
      
   > On 2025-03-29, Richmond  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> Why 'risen above' and not 'fallen below'?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Because it's what the writer wanted to type at the time.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I wonder if the writer will ever feel moved to consider   
   >>>> why, and then write it, and having written, move on,   
   >>>> in a fingery writing sort of way.   
   >>>   
   >>> Reader wonders if the poster will ever feel moved to post   
   >>> and let post.   
   >>   
   >> Reader wonders why the writer wonders why the reader   
   >> doesn't let the writer post. The reader doesn't stop the   
   >> writer posting.   
   >   
   > Reader wonders how the writer doesn't understand that the   
   > phrase "live and let live" (from which the phrase "post   
   > and let post" was inspired) is probably more often used   
   > as a short form for "live and let another/others live as   
   > the latter wishes/wish without restriction or judgement   
   > or persecution from the former" than in an absolute   
   > living versus not living sense.   
      
   Reader wonders at loaded words 'restriction, judgement, persecution'.   
      
   Reader wonders if writer feels restricted, judged, or persecuted.   
      
   Reader remembers subjective pronounds with fondness.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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