| cesoir |
| (Stranger) |
| 12/05/04 10:58 PM |
 Re: The Politics of Pain.....Very Important
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Western societies (in particular US of A) have a quasi-religious belief in the value of pain. Pleasure is to be avoided at any cost and pain is to be endured as part of life, as something natural -- that's the Puritan/Calvinist belief that is all-powerful in the collective psyche of this country.
Could not agree with you more!
I've always wondered why euphoria as a side-effect is often described as a false sense of well-being. Isn't a sense always real? Or is the well-being undeserved?
We all live under the thumb of Christian rule here, the laws are built upon that idea. We can't escape Christian influence in our day-to-day lives, whether we're Jewish, Hindu, Muslem, Tribal, Buddhist or anything else. The bible tells us what to teach our kids, whom to hate appropriately, and who to kill and spare. And so many other good things of course.
