Would You??

[mono]

Hmmm, to 'lose' an argument - I often lose, in fact, without even trying.
In terms of debating, I really enjoy the occasional debate, but there does not necessarily have to exist a 'winner' or 'loser,' though some debates can get quite heated (especially on subjects on which I tend to feel very passionate, such as literature, poetry, philosophy, natural sciences, medicine, politics, and, how random, chess).

To the person below me: in a debate or argument that you very obviously lost, would you admit your wrongness and apologize, or continue debating or arguing (as in Sophism)?

[Pendragon]

If I'm proven wrong, I'm wrong. I don't claim to be unfailable, or to have all the answers. If it's a matter of opinion, I will agree to disagree, and remain friends, because there is too much fighting over stuff that really doesn't amount to much now.

Would you stand up for the rights of the "forgotten people", elderly, disabled, homeless, etc.?

[Chava]

I do, in fact, i once went as a representative for "Center for Conflict resolution" (I was 16) to a press conference about the UN, with top politicians and representatives from in the form of the swedish PM's press conference leader, and secretary of state. After a while i got tired of all their vague talk about improvements, and i raised ym hand, again i was 16 in a room full of proffesional journalists, i have no idea where i got the courage, and asked them how UN agreements etc could be valid when large nations chose to ignore some of the regulations, and somehow managed to include the lack of assitance given to the people in Aceh, Indonesia, whom have been supressed for many years by the government. what followed was a long silence, and a few meagre responses.
After at the champagne reception, i was approached by the leader of Unicef for children, as well as the swedish leader of the international department who gave me her card and asked me to do a broadcast about the Aceh minorities. A very cool incident.

In any case, i do things like that upon occasion, and i don't hesitate to stand up for the weaker.

Do you ever feel a strange surge of courage which allows you to do things you wouldn't normally do?

[adilyoussef]

Yep, then I think I'm crazy.

Would you ever do something illeagal?

[Pendragon]

Not knowingly. If I broke a law, if would have to be because I did not know said law existed. A good example is that here in the USA, what is legal may vary from state to state. As I live near the borders of three other states, I cross into them often. A policeman in that state might stop me and find that the pocketknife I carry is illegal in that state, while it isn’t in mine. I would still be charged with breaking the law. That happened to a bounty hunter coming through here. He was caught with an illegal gun, legal in his home state. He was charged; the gun confiscated. So it's easy to do.

Would you run ten miles for charity?

[Chava]

I would if i could,

would you?

[AimusSage]

I run 10 miles for the fun of it, so I'd do it for charitiy too.

Would you swallow chewing gum if there is no place to put it and you are about to go into an important interview?

[Jean-Baptiste]

Sure. I quit chewing gum, as I would too often find myself faced with that dilemma.

Same Q

[Shalot]

I would definately swallow the gum. Supposedly it takes seven years to digest, but I've swallowed a lot of gum in my life and I'm still alive so I don't think it's that big of a deal.

Would you just up and quit a job if all the people you worked with did not like you and made your life miserable on the job (this means that you don't give the customary two-weeks notice -- you're just out of a job that very day. This means that you just walk out of the office or whatever facility it is and just go home...would you?)

[Pendragon]

In hindsight, I wish I had. Then maybe I wouldn't have cracked up quite as quickly. Don't get me wrong, my illness is genetic, and would have happened anyway (my brother is showing bad symptoms now 12 years later.) But I wouldn't leave because I have a wife and three kids, the pay was good and the health plan unbeatable. But I cracked like an egg at age 34. My brother made it to 40.

If you walk off said job, would you go quietly, or have to say a final word to your tormenters?

[mono]

I would go quietly; I do not need some dramatic exit to feel 'remembered,' nor to toss threats, retain a grudge, etc.

To the person below me: would you consider yourself quick to forgive, quick to forget, or do you feel to dwell on problems?

[Hyacinth Girl]

I tend to forgive and forget rather quickly. . . why bother holding on to something negative?

Next poster: same question

[AimusSage]

I dwell on problems, but I'm also quick to forgive and forget, just not myself, although it also depends on what I am dwelling on, there are things I'm very quick to forgive and forget off myself, while still learning from it, but there are certain things that I have a hard time forgiving or forgetting.
I can't actually think of something that I haven't forgiven someone for, or haven't forgotten, so that means I either both forgave and forgot, or I simply forgot. But I can think of things I did 10 years ago that I haven't forgiven myself for, or forgot. But I try not to dwell on things too much, and instead live in the present and look to the future.

Same Q.

[Madhuri]

I would go quietly; I do not need some dramatic exit to feel 'remembered,' nor to toss threats, retain a grudge, etc.

To the person below me: would you consider yourself quick to forgive, quick to forget, or do you feel to dwell on problems?

I take time in forgiving and forgetting (but this usually happens when the intensity of the emotion has reduced, or that now it doesnt make any difference), which means it is not quick and which also means I have a tendency to dwell on problems (I must say it is not a good habit).

Same question.

[Chava]

hmm, allright a confession. I usually connsider myself a fairly reasonable person, and i can't be bothered into harbouring a grudge... BUT - and this is really silly, there is one girl that i do not only intensely dislike, but really hate! and for some reason i cannot stop getting irritated by her very prescence, and infact, i sometimes feel a claustrophobic need to remove myself from a room if we are alone in it together. I know it's really strange, and highly immature, but i really can't help it... i feel a physical discomfort about her. (blah, long story) in short, i can't just "forget" abut her....

Would you tell such a person about your issues in an attempt to resolve the matter?