I haven't had anything alcoholic for several years now (not by choice or compulsion, it just worked out that way) so ordinary tea would be best.
I'm not sure what you mean by "a decay property," especially when what we are talking about is people, but I disagree with your disagreement. :) The logic at work here is not simply that of fear--I rather overstressed that angle. It is the logic of depression and anxiety, the logic that has one (to cite yet another analogy) eating off dirty plates because what's the point of washing them when they'll only get dirty again. We have been eating off political dirty plates for decades, they are long overdue for washing, and we simply pile more food on there to be corrupted by the germs from the last lot. If we wash them, then assuredly they will get dirty again, but for now they will be clean. And washing them will be easier next time.
I think it boils down to "Choose to do something (preferably well-intentioned and well-planned) or choose to do nothing, but be aware what you are choosing in each case, and who will reap the harvest of your choice."
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RE: Cut the fourth monkey some slack.
Date: 2016-08-17 09:21 pm (UTC)I'm not sure what you mean by "a decay property," especially when what we are talking about is people, but I disagree with your disagreement. :) The logic at work here is not simply that of fear--I rather overstressed that angle. It is the logic of depression and anxiety, the logic that has one (to cite yet another analogy) eating off dirty plates because what's the point of washing them when they'll only get dirty again. We have been eating off political dirty plates for decades, they are long overdue for washing, and we simply pile more food on there to be corrupted by the germs from the last lot. If we wash them, then assuredly they will get dirty again, but for now they will be clean. And washing them will be easier next time.
I think it boils down to "Choose to do something (preferably well-intentioned and well-planned) or choose to do nothing, but be aware what you are choosing in each case, and who will reap the harvest of your choice."