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Open carry WI in 20 years?

Interceptor_Knight

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Shotgun wrote:
Well, any particular person can be happy about anything. However to suggest, that as a rule, one is more happy when one is satisfied with what one already has-- than the happiness one gets from contemplating some eventual satisfaction-- is certainly debatable. Is it certain that the happiness you feel in prison is greater than the happiness of focusing on your release? Is a happy masturbator happier with what they literally have in their hands or with the thought of an upcoming hot date?

I would debate that the rule has a solid basis. The prisoner must make the best of his current situation while using the prospect of an eventual release as the motivation for doing so. If he does not, he may end up doing something foolish which would extend his sentence.

The happy masturbator should get satisfaction from fulfilling one's self and not be dependent on the sexual pleasure derived from others or he will be more often dissappointed than not. Not all "hot dates" will result in sexual orgasm whereeach and every masturbation session is more likely to...:cool:

None of this dismisses the pleasure of getting new "things" or the pleasure of intercourse with others but merely states that one's sense of happiness should not be dependent upon it.
 

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Shotgun wrote:
In any event, your premises are different than Doug's original premise which spoke only of things one wants and one has. He said nothing about things one does not have but wants.
If you go back to his verbage, it is relevant...... "have what you want" can infer to having after wanting.
 

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Shotgun wrote:
You can also strongly question whether happiness is the ultimate consideration. Kant, who is not too shabby of a philosopher, would say that when it comes to doing one's duty, one's happiness is irrelevant.
Kant also puts more stock into good intentions than good deeds. If a horrible act was motivated by a sense of moralduty, then the act is not intrinsically "bad". This could be construed to support the bombing of abortion clininics. ;)
 
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