It's really only since the fall of Rome that the idea of hard work was seen as a good thing. The goal was always to work less and think more. To expand the creative and philosophical mind through the arts, music, theatre, debate, discussion and discovery. I've always thought it was a shame that we moved away from the idea that life isn't about work.
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So you believe that a job should be the most important thing in someone's > life. > And anyone not working 9 or 10 hour days cannot be contributing to Society, > and is a leech and a drain on society. > > You believe that Achievement equates wholly and solely to gains made > in the workplace, whether as an employee or as a business owner. > > Is that it? > > On 15 August 2010 10:26, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Nope. My point is many people are happy having challenging careers. > > This guy will do as little as possible to help his community and be > > happy to get away with it. Not saying he's a bad guy, just that it's a > > bad example of what represents happiness. > > > > Because we work longer and harder than everyone else and we achieve a > > lot more. That makes most of us happy but not all. But you have a > > point, civil servants taking home 300k pensions after doing nothing > > for 20 years are frowned upon. I know you will now claim I frown upon > > all civil servants but how can I stop you. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
