[at-l] Primal vs Reason...
Marsha Lee
atrailhiker at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 15 10:31:05 CDT 2007
DAMN what a post.
Marsha
>From: Richard Mann <yugrekih at yahoo.com>
>To: at-l at mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [at-l] Primal vs Reason...
>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:54:22 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Primal vs Reason, a.k.a. 'the light bulb is off' vs "the light bulb is on"
>
>When adolescents are transitioning into adulthood, there is a moment in
>time (MOT) when the brain of the adolescent becomes the brain of an adult.
>It is at this MOT (the light bulb turns on) when the adolescent begins the
>process of understanding that the world does not revolve around them.
>
>This MOT is supposed to happen early in societal adulthood. For some, this
>MOT is delayed, or never happens (the light bulb is off). These are the
>folks that allow primal forces to rule their lives ("I could not control
>myself"). In men, these are the people that want their women barefoot and
>pregnant, and often feel that force is justified to keep their women in
>line. These are also the people that think that infidelity is dictated by
>forces beyond their control, a primal force that cannot be controlled.
>
>How are these people supposed to react when a women flirts a bit, or shows
>some cleavage, or shows some midriff, or has legs that never quit, or has a
>nice rack, or struts her booty, or or or? Hell, how are these people
>supposed to react when a women strips down and slips into her sleeping bag
>next to them in a shelter?
>
>The whore!!!
>
>For some people the light bulb never comes on. These are the people that
>pick aliases like 'Dust' or 'Bedrock', which are very primal. 'Dust'
>indicates no foundation, no responsibility. 'Bedrock' indicates
>base-layer, pre-historic.
>
>So, what does your alias indicate?
>
>My alias screams of roots - Pittsburgh
>
>
>
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