Comments | punknroller: what is love? baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me...no more.

punknroller

what is love? baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me...no more.

Dec 12, 2006 19:20

Aside from being a terrible song, the above title is an excellent question, and one that Rachael posed to me the other night. Like any spur of the moment question requiring a well thought out and articulated answer, it was one that was difficult for me to answer. Her instantaneous answer was that is was having already had an interest in, and ( Read more... )

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hrm panamama December 13 2006, 00:41:04 UTC

very philisophical, rufio. i'd like to pitch in my two cents, but frankly, i have no time for this thing that you speak of, this love. i have been temporarily transformed into a robot with amazing engineering capibilities, but i should be re-transformed into janice in, oh, 3-4 years. i'll let you know then.
oh. p.s. i will however, be on robot hiatus starting friday for winter break. let's hang.

piratearrgh22 December 13 2006, 04:20:20 UTC

I LOVE THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!!! and ps - I am pretty sure we were in the same class when we had to watch it... Mrs. Peebles haha. Oh golly.

anonymous December 13 2006, 19:03:10 UTC

You can't break up with me because I'm not your girlfriend. Remember, Sucka? The idea of sacrifice is weird. Maybe because I am too selfish. I want my life to be how I want it. How do I know the sacrifice being requested is right and not for someone else's gain? Do I sacrifice something so you remain comfortable? That doesn't seem right. On the other hand is knowledge. A better word might be attention. To me knowledge is visceral; it's not merely intellectual. I want to cut open skin to see the insides. That's a compulsion not a cold thing. Sacrifice I can choose or not choose. That is intellectual. The things we love we want to pay attention to and attention leads to knowing. Roland couldn't write that love letter unless he paid attention. What sacrifice does that entail? Maybe the sacrifice of not paying attention to something else. Maybe focus is a kind of sacrifice? Is entwined life (as illustrated in Fiddler on the Roof) love or is it a byproduct of love? You have to ask these questions so your answer is complete ( ... )

The only correct answer (because I say so). rodion_kjd December 18 2006, 06:59:29 UTC

I'll tell you what love is. You had the right idea when you were talking about self-sacrifice but you're not exactly where you need to be. I hate to admit it but even as an English major my powers of discourse fail me from time to time so I'll make due with a series of examples ( ... )