Dear Hasbeen,

You have chosen the name, Hasbeen, but you still are. You are a skilled observer.

As far as money goes one can think of the last two verses of Miniver Cheevy:

Miniver scorned the gold he sought,
But sore annoyed was he without it;
Miniver thought, and thought, and thought,
And thought about it.

Miniver Cheevy, born too late,
Scratched his head and kept on thinking;
Miniver coughed, and called it fate,
And kept on drinking.

My father bemoaned the fact that he was a poor man. I asked him how much money would be enough and never got an answer.

I appreciate the sharing of all your experiences.
Money meant a great deal to my parents for what it
could buy. Education for their children was on top of the
list. My father stressed the importance of education. He
saw that material things could disappear overnight but what
was in your head nobody could take away. So the emphasis in
our home was on reading and learning and dad worked hard to
be able to give us that. Through education we managed to
achieve other things.

Dear David,

Your life story is incredible. Thank you for sharing
a part of it with me.

It looks like this discussion has now run its course.
I'd like to thank all who were willing to share their
stories. I look forward to our next discussion.

Enjoy your week-end.

Posted by david f, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 10:26:41 PM

Good arguments are ad rem - to the thing. Bad arguments are ad hominem - to the man or person.

Answer- Hebrew Communist Saul Alinsky in the book "Rules For Radicals" encouraged the ridiculing of the enemy- because it's effective- until we can create an "ad rem" orthodox society. Aristotle and others believe in society ordered for virtue. It appears David F also sees it's value- kudos.