Off-Topic Elections

[John Adams]

This is the problem!
Conrad I respect your intellect and wish you well in life but I think you are living a life that is unbalanced. Placing too much emphasis on one part of your life over all other aspects is not healthy. If I may use a little eastern philosophy here, your chi is out of alignment. Try to find some ways to have fun and socialize more broadly and above all, learn to laugh. It's all a cosmic joke after all. People enjoy each other's company for a reason, none of us is complete on our own.

Licencious behavior is not needed.

I must admit, my view is bias, as I whole-hearted side with Conrad on this issue.

Licencious behavior detracts from ones' life, the pursuit of knowledge is best undertaken without such frivolities.

To echo the sentiments of Conrad:

People are far too often concerned not about the inner person, but only the exterial. Beauty is held to be a precious commodity by the masses (higher sales for those stores with "beautiful" sales reprentitives supports this)... And it is in rare exceptions that a person is judged only on their mental abilities, or their inner-self.

Also, to go into eastern philosophy, I believe it was one of the earliest religions that stressed a view of life centered on academic pursuits. And as for Chi, as I understand it, I would say that licencious acts, would, in all propability, disrupt the Chi, not cultivate it.

~John