BARREL OF MONKEYS: "GENESIS" in Reverse
I consider myself a Democrat. Been called a Socialist. Definitely a bleeding heart liberal.
As a child from a traditional southern family, playing Barrel of Monkeys on the floor, church every Sunday, doing well in public school, learning a trade; in every sense privileged .........
Comfortable in middle age, an avid news reader, on learning the tragic story of a full grown chimpanzee destroying the face of a woman who offered a toy, only trying to help it's owner coax her surrogate child back into his cage......
Today being confrontational, ribald, offensive, restless, rebellious.......
How did I get here from there?
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Bleeding Heart of an Humanist: GERMANS IN THE WOODS
World English Dictionary
humanism (ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm)
— n
1. the denial of any power or moral value superior to that of humanity; the rejection of religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts
2. a philosophical position that stresses the autonomy of human reason in contradistinction to the authority of the Church
3. ( often capital ) a cultural movement of the Renaissance, based on classical studies
4. interest in the welfare of people
'humanist
— n
human'istic
— adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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