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Monday, October 27, 2008

There really is a fixed amount of happiness in the world. And fear. And pain. And every other feeling. If you step on a nail, someone else feels momentary relief from their chronic illness; but if you fall in love today, another person will feel the sharp stab of loss as a memory of their partner's untimely death resurfaces unbidden. What is an ethical being to do...?

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