On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Luke Benjamin Weiger wrote:
> All other things being anywhere close to equal, just about everyone (in
> every sociohistorial context) prefers a life free from physical
> discomforts like, say, starvation.
>
> -- Luke
I'll admit, I was fishing for this (naive?) response. Religious fasts? Rites of passage? Your idea that physical discomfort is bad is an idea you've learned in a particular society.
Miles