tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post2021449285460020272..comments2024-03-29T00:41:29.726-07:00Comments on Jon's Jail Journal (by Shaun Attwood): Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894626355758041112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-56795893373278173942007-06-20T06:25:00.000-07:002007-06-20T06:25:00.000-07:00It seems to me that the French philosophers all ha...It seems to me that the French philosophers all had the same idea - Camus, Simone and Sartre may have pretended to be different but essentially they all said that: When one comes to the conclusion that life is meaningless, which he will inevitably do, he must embrace life or commit suicide. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me, as a naive 16 year old, that the revolt, the rebellion, the embracing of life is the natural occurance. It seems that some turn to religion, they delude themselves, they try and convince themselves that their personal philosophical revelation was false. Yet occasionly somebody decides to kill themselves. It is a sad state of affairs when such a person is labled as "mentally ill", unfit, unstable, depressed. It's so negative compared to the person who deludes himself of the "Essential concept and the first truth" and is considered healthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-3729512204380359832007-06-19T03:21:00.000-07:002007-06-19T03:21:00.000-07:00Great post-this begs tons of comment and questions...Great post-this begs tons of comment and questions, but I would focus on thing-being a Christian and female, it's always been my belief that Jesus Christ was the consummate feminist in the truest sense. His treatment of women was revolutionary for it's time, never condescending or enslaving. Many followers were women with equal status. It was the Apostle Paul who wrote to the Galatians that believers in Christ are either slave nor free, Jew nor Greek, male nor female, but all the same in Him.<BR/><BR/>As far as marriage goes, partners are to be mutually submitted to each other. Human being interpret, or misinterpret meanings as the case may be. Equal status begs equal responsibility in any relationship. As many women hide behind their husbands and blame as do husbands lord it over their wives.Sue O. (aka Joannie, SS)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02495926658531459181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-17237946135280423062007-06-18T19:52:00.000-07:002007-06-18T19:52:00.000-07:00Another question for thought related to the previo...Another question for thought related to the previous comment and one for Jon to mull over and perhaps ask Two Tonys more about.<BR/><BR/>Which do you think is more tragic, the person unwillingly forced into a condition of "slavery" like prisoners, or the person unwittingly living a life of "slavery"?<BR/><BR/>For as clever as Two Tonys seems to be, I just can't believe that he holds the belief that he's better off than the average joe on the outside. I suppose he comes off as a temporal person, but I guess thats just a normal and healthy reaction, getting used to and content with your environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578792.post-59283539219181626672007-06-18T07:12:00.000-07:002007-06-18T07:12:00.000-07:00The obvious point that Two Tonys fails to mention ...The obvious point that Two Tonys fails to mention is that the Intel worker in the cubicle has the choice to quit if he so chooses. If and when the ennui and banality of his life hits him, he has the freedom(and likely the bankroll) to make a change for the better, unlike the prisoner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com