> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:38 AM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
>
>> If someone goes around claiming he is selfless, that would be
>> strange. But the idea of [partial] selflessness (or altruism) is not
>> problematic at all, IMHO.
> Oh, sure, I agree. I mean, I don't think there's any element of the
> self that keeps one from running away from live gunfire (at least not
> a very rational one!). That's something higher and greater. But does
> the self have anything to do with getting one into the situation in
> the first damn place? Doubtlessly.
Seeing as you're the only lob-ster that I've actually seen on video *not* running from live gunfire at a Gaza checkpoint, I don't expect anyone will argue with you, Joe.