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To: From many - one.; xzins; blue-duncan
Do you love your neighbor as yourself? Really?

I have a lot of trouble with that command, especially when my neighbor is throwing a party on a Sunday night and I have a trial in the morning or when he lets his dog bark all night or when the weeds in his backyard start spreading seeds into my lawn, or when he starts up his gas blower at 7 am on a Saturday.

It takes a lot of self sacrifice to love your neighbor as yourself.

601 posted on 11/11/2005 8:01:29 AM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: P-Marlowe

Three of your complaints have to do with noise at inconvenient times.

Have you tried politely explaining that you need to sleep late on Saturday mornings?

Are you friendly otherwise with this neighbor?

Are there city ordinances involved?

Are you on bloodpressure meds?

Amazingly, I get along pretty well with my neighbors. I sorta figure that we each are entitled to an approximately equal amount of doing things that bother the neighbor but are important to us. Seems to work. Smiling and asking"How're yd doing" seems to help, too.


604 posted on 11/11/2005 8:31:04 AM PST by From many - one.
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To: P-Marlowe
It takes a lot of self sacrifice to love your neighbor as yourself.

This wasn't addressed to me, but I feel compelled to respond. I don't understand this at all. I have never understood it. What is more rewarding in life than promoting the common good? It doesn't mean giving up what you have. It means making the world a good place for everyone. If you have children you understand this instinctively. You can't look after the welfare of your descendents without promoting justice for everyone.

649 posted on 11/11/2005 10:10:06 AM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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