Colin:
In light of the recent video production of Douglas Adams' brilliant series of books, beginning with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; I pose everyone to find the question to the freighting simple, yet massively complex answer to life the universe and everything: 42.

I believe however that this answer, or well question, will not come so easily. First one must discover what it is they live for. This varies interpersonally and intrapersonally depending on how people are feeling and who they are with. That is the funny thing about the human mind isn't it? That people will voluntarily change their minds to try and have others view them in a better (or worse) light.

This brings me to another point. It seems that the main driving force behind people is the will to please others. If you think about it, the real reason you do the majority of what you do is to please others. Whether it is your girl/boyfriend, parent, teacher, god, or peer; there is always going to be some person that influences you to say or do certain things. So why do people feel they need to always make the,selves look good? Because they want to have something that the other person has.

This is the next step. Everyone has something another person wants. Material or emotional, there is always something. So, to get it, people tend to become friends with this new person in hopes that they will give them what they want or they can just take it. So far, it looks to me that there are a lot of greedy people out there.

So, "How might one become selfless?" one might say. By excluding yourself from everyone else. Plain and simple, if you are by yourself, and have no reason to stay or leave, you have succeeded in not wanting anything. Unfortunately, this also typically entails not having any reason to live...or die. That really doesn't end well. For those of you who don't prefer self-inflicted death, try joining the Marine Corps. The successfully break down all sense of your self and rebuild it in the form of we. Remember the book "Anthem"? Remember how annoying it was to read all of those "we"s and "our"s. *shudder* That is how you become selfless.

But for us lazy Americans who refuse to acknowledge the worth of other cultures and the fact that we aren't the only people on the Earth. Think of the children! .....Yeah

So In hopes that this will expand into a full flexed discussion, please email me with any additions you have. Please don't repeat anything that has already been said. And please stay on topic. Note: Items may or may not be posted due to content or....Other reasons that I refuse to state because they don't exist... I mean...

So until next time....


So long and thanks for all the fish.