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Old 06-09-2007, 10:14 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Shamou View Post
PAIN and PLEASURE! Everything you and I do, we do either out of our need to avoid pain or our desire to gain pleasure."[/I].
Making an obvious statement like that is neither profound nor a revelation. The real questions are:

1. Will short term pain give me long term pleasure?
2. Will short term pleasure give me long term pain?

and ultimately how do gauge my actions accordingly?
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