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What is love? (part IV)

So, after all that rambling, what do I think Love is? It’s oddly, unexpectedly simple — almost startlingly so. I could puff it up with…

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What is love? (part III)

Helping Love “Because where there is no courage, there is no love: Love demands honesty, which is frightening, or it is only pretense. It demands…

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What is love? (part II)

“Traditional” marriage is supposed to express love also, from what I’ve read. However, I suspect those who believe this haven’t actually read the religious texts…

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What is love? (part I)

Originally posted February 2004 Credits: Thanks to the myriad folks I’ve known through my life, and (for varying reasons) to Barry, Guthrum, Carl, George, Ian,…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part V)

Conclusions Gathering together all the ramblings and data we’ve gone through so far, we can now hopefully reach some useful insights on dealing with issues…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part IV)

The previous post related just a few examples I’ve personally experienced, of course. I’m sure there are many more psychological avoidance techniques which can be…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part III)

What’s been written before is all fine and good, but these examples are also pretty clear-cut. Let’s try a slightly more ambiguous real-life situation. What…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part II)

Parameters of the Experiment What are the real-life situations I’ve been involved in, where the reality of falsehood impacts violently with the potential for honesty?…

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How Do We Keep Honesty? (part I)

Originally posted January 2004 Thanks to Bob, Lou, George, Eric, & Ian, who helped make this a better article. I also extend an (admittedly somewhat…

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