tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post3162975124742953661..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Falling in LoveStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-28867987569043928362008-05-28T07:45:00.000-05:002008-05-28T07:45:00.000-05:00How about this: Falling in love unwisely accounts ...How about this: Falling in love unwisely accounts for a great deal of the misery that human beings inflict upon themselves?Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-71156886260251831862008-05-27T22:02:00.000-05:002008-05-27T22:02:00.000-05:00OK, that was a bit of hyperbole, and I grant your ...OK, that was a bit of hyperbole, and I grant your point. <BR/><BR/>Still, while falling in love unwisely doesn't have the massive impact of any of the atrocities that you mention, even so it affects a far higher percentage of the population, year in and year out.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-91794422466865860162008-05-27T22:00:00.000-05:002008-05-27T22:00:00.000-05:00From Blackadder: I'll grant you that falling in lo...From Blackadder: <BR/><BR/>I'll grant you that falling in love in the cause of a lot of human misery. But half? Was falling in love responsible for the Holocaust? The Gulag? The Reign of Terror? Seems doubtful. Hatred, greed, the will to power, and perhaps even do-gooderism all seem to me to have a claim on a greater share of human misery than does falling in love.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.com