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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-15-07 03:18 PM
Response to Reply #9
10. I don't think so.
Perhaps it would make you feel a little better, but it's the absolute minimum you could possibly get out of doing anything. If there's a word for altruism at all, it has to apply to something.
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  -is there ever a purely altruistic motive? datasuspect  Jun-15-07 02:07 PM   #0 
  - if it's stated as such  idgiehkt   Jun-15-07 02:15 PM   #1 
  - Oh, HELL no.  asthmaticeog   Jun-15-07 02:16 PM   #2 
  - yes, but rarely...  Joe Fields   Jun-15-07 02:17 PM   #3 
  - if you knew my parents you would say "yes"  MissMillie   Jun-15-07 02:21 PM   #4 
  - at first glance, i could say that about my mom  datasuspect   Jun-15-07 02:36 PM   #7 
  - Only if done anonymously. (nt)  Vash the Stampede   Jun-15-07 02:22 PM   #5 
     - are you talking about "chest beaters" who broadcast  datasuspect   Jun-15-07 02:35 PM   #6 
        - Preee-cisely.  Vash the Stampede   Jun-15-07 02:53 PM   #8 
           - Doesn't that still make  montanto   Jun-15-07 03:15 PM   #9 
              - I don't think so.  Vash the Stampede   Jun-15-07 03:18 PM   #10 
                 - Right, its just always puzzled me.  montanto   Jun-15-07 03:30 PM   #11 
 

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