Heh, maybe I need to tidy my English a bit re #1. I quite specifically did not want to say "treat others the same as you would like to be treated by them". Cos that would suck. :-)
And yes, I think of love as an "extra bonus" thing. It can be a motivating force... and it can certainly have its own special problems and solutions. Nothing's simple!
Too right about elitism from individuals in various subcultures - there's that whole "we are The Saved" thing going on at times. It irks me, although I do the same thing myself at times - you know, thank god I'm not normal. (Who is?) It all tends to lead into the One Twoo Way syndrome as well, I find.
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Date: 2007-08-19 11:01 am (UTC)And yes, I think of love as an "extra bonus" thing. It can be a motivating force... and it can certainly have its own special problems and solutions. Nothing's simple!
Too right about elitism from individuals in various subcultures - there's that whole "we are The Saved" thing going on at times. It irks me, although I do the same thing myself at times - you know, thank god I'm not normal. (Who is?) It all tends to lead into the One Twoo Way syndrome as well, I find.