PS - I agree that aggressive seemed too harsh. Assertive maybe. Sadly, too many people seem to survive without kindness. How happy they are is another matter. peter Peter D. Varley Personal email: http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/~pvarley AIM: SoberPoz Website: members.tripod.com/~SoberPoz -----Original Message----- From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> To: Peter D. Varley <http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/~pvarley> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Redelurk and the importance of place (longish) >I was especially disturbed by the quote "You couldn't survive in this >world without being aggressive." It seems to me it's just the opposite -- >one could not survive in this world without kindness.