Leprechauns

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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    El_Kabong wrote:
    how individual a child is, not just a 'blank slate'...in a way they can be, they can be warped and 'molded' and 'trained'...but they also have an inate characteristic of individuality...it's up to those raising them which path they lead...personally, i think beautiful flowers should be cared for and nurtured and helped to grow, not mold and construct

    but, that's just my 2 cents

    And mine! :D
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    even flow? wrote:
    A blank slate with a predetermined future. Imagine that!
    nice
    make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Well I see this thread is still a whole lotta fun :)

    who's up for donning a green coat and red wig and dancing a little bit far away from the cliffs of moher tonight? :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    It's not stifling their imagination. It's simply aligning their perspective of reality, with reality. They are still going to have imagination from looking through a telescope up at the stars. The most fascinating things, the greatest influences on "spirituality" or imagination are natural phenomena like the night sky.


    I agree that looking in a telescope is great fun, but if you have kids, do not push your ideas of imagination on them. Otherwise you are stifling their creativity & it is bound to back-fire. When I was a teenager, I listened to music that my parents despised. Luckily, they allowed me to have my own tastes and did not ban my music. My dad was a republican, yet he encouraged me to research topics & develop my own beliefs (we did have great debates, which I miss). He would have been disappointed if was like a robot that just followed his views blindly like a sheep. He taught me critical thinking skills and allowed me to grow into the person I am today. When you have kids, don't think of them as a blank slate for the molding, nurture them and show them how to develop their own ideas and views.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    I knew you were drastically misinterpreting me to the point of absurdity. Maybe, instead of trying to find fault in what I'm saying, try to understand it first.

    A human being begins as a blank slate and begins to learn in the prenatal environment. They develop a personality through behavior modelling and so on. I'm not denying that they do develop personalities and it happes quickly. All of this stuff happens really fast.

    I realize that it's beyond my control to make decisions or perceive for my child. That's not what I'm talking about, nor do I recall using the word control. But it is within my control to modify the environment my children grow up in. For example, I don't watch television, so they probably won't have any idea what Blues Clues is until they get into school. They will have toys for bolstering coordination and thought patterns. I'll constantly switch up their toys so they have new more challenging things to work with. I'm not talking about taking a blank child and uploading my software, that is totally ridiculous. Hence why I used the word influence.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • PJammin'
    PJammin' Posts: 1,913
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Do leprechauns exist? If not, how can anyone see them?

    yeah, they exist, on a Lucky Charms box. if ANYONE tells me they've seen a leprechaun, i'll be the first one to offer to drive them to the pot of gold that's at the mental institution.
    I died. I died and you just stood there. I died and you watched. I died and you walked by and said no. I'm dead.
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
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    make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    PJammin' wrote:
    yeah, they exist, on a Lucky Charms box. if ANYONE tells me they've seen a leprechaun, i'll be the first one to offer to drive them to the pot of gold that's at the mental institution.

    When I was a little kid, I spent hours searching for a 4 leaf clover. Least my parents could do is tell me just how rare they are. I wasted many hours of life looking for a damn 4 leaf clover.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    When I was a little kid, I spent hours searching for a 4 leaf clover. Least my parents could do is tell me just how rare they are. I wasted many hours of life looking for a damn 4 leaf clover.

    Man, four leaf clovers seemed to jump right in my lap as a kid ;)
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    baraka wrote:
    Man, four leaf clovers seemed to jump right in my lap as a kid ;)

    Maybe you are Irish? Short? Have a certain affinity to green?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    baraka wrote:
    Man, four leaf clovers seemed to jump right in my lap as a kid ;)

    :D Me too! I can remember once running around the yard racing with my brother and as I was going over a patch of clover I noticed a four leaf one, it just jumped right out at me. So I stopped and went back to the spot and immediately found it there! Kinda weird, I always had the oddest talents. :)
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Maybe you are Irish? Short? Have a certain affinity to green?

    I am short (5'2), but I'm not really Irish (only a little on my dad's side). I'm Greek, just 'lucky', I guess.

    You know, 4 leaf clovers are cool because they are rare, that's why they are considered 'lucky'. Common sense should have told you that as a kid. What prompted you to search for them to begin with?
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    :D Me too! I can remember once running around the yard racing with my brother and as I was going over a patch of clover I noticed a four leaf one, it just jumped right out at me. So I stopped and went back to the spot and immediately found it there! Kinda weird, I always had the oddest talents. :)

    You are a good luck charm, abook!!!
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    baraka wrote:
    I am short (5'2), but I'm not really Irish (only a little on my dad's side). I'm Greek, just 'lucky', I guess.

    You know, 4 leaf clovers are cool because they are rare, that's why they are considered 'lucky'. Common sense should have told you that as a kid. What prompted you to search for them to begin with?

    The leprechauns told me to.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    baraka wrote:
    I am short (5'2), but I'm not really Irish (only a little on my dad's side). I'm Greek, just 'lucky', I guess.

    Hair colour? Measurements?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    The leprechauns told me to.

    They only told you that to distract you, so they could sneak away with their pot of gold. Too bad you fell for their trickery.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    baraka wrote:
    You are a good luck charm, abook!!!

    Well, I've never thought of it that way. Cool beans! :)
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Hair colour? Measurements?

    dark brown, petite...........I'm not a leprechaun or maybe I am............
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    baraka wrote:
    dark brown, petite...........I'm not a leprechaun or maybe I am............

    I don't care if you are. If you are, you sound like a hot one. ;)
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ahnimus wrote:
    I don't care if you are. If you are, you sound like a hot one. ;)

    Ha ha.........I'll take that as a compliment. I do look great in green!
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein

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