Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 13:46:19 -0400 From: Stirling Newberry <allegro-AT-thecia.net> Subject: Re: PLC: TUNA -- Trendy Usage of Nonsensical Additions At 1:27 PM -0500 12/1/97, Eric Yost wrote: >Stirling has written that "People are lazy because it makes them unhappy to >not be lazy. Or at least >they think they would be unhappy if they were not lazy." > >Unfortunate humanity! On the other hand, perhaps power, rather than >happiness, drives the lazy? >("Sitting quietly and doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by >itself." -Lao Tse) There is probably a largely unexamined power grab in >doing nothing. > >Or maybe Adler's got it all wrong and it is sex that motivates laziness? >You know, conserve energy while others are busy expending it? > >Regards to all, >Eric Yost > No that doesn't work - lazy people spend a great deal of energy on it. Just look at the internet. Stirling Newberry business: openmarket.com personal: allegro-AT-thecia.net War and Romance: http://www.thecia.net/users/allegro/public_html --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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