User:JoeSmack

About me: Hi there. My name is Justin. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master's Social Work degree. I am a rational moral objectivist. Since I don't believe that intellectual property rights exist, every word I write is (by default) in the public domain. I've found the best way to learn about the things you want is by writing or editing an article for them. This all sounds rather pithy. Oh well.

Articles I should expand:
 * Paul Eckman and his theory of universal emotions
 * 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire

"In the great journey of life, some how, some way, I always seem to end up taking the stairs..."

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"Even the longest journey starts with a first step." - precious (film)

"Ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders." - jewish proverb

"The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them." -found on exrx

"A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him." - Nicholas Boileau-Despreaux

"People are no disturbed by things but by their view of things." -Epictetus

"The universe is indifferent." -House

"Always think one step ahead...like a carpenter...that makes stairs..." -Melissa Perryman, instead of studying for finals (The Office).

Save 5% of each paycheck for retirement! - NPR

"You wouldn't force someone who is blind to drive a car, why would you force someone who is Deaf to hear?" - quote from class reading

"Our weapon is youth, and we're armed to the teeth." - picket sign right after obama's election night

"I'm gonna keep on travelin' until I find me some place to go." - Sam Lightin' Hopkins

"Family moto: if you have to ask, it's too late." - Joe Biden

"I read somewhere how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once." - Christopher McCandless

"She condenses meaning from the mere vapors of nuance - instinct and intuition are her right and left hands. Never, ever, forget just how perspicacious a woman can be." -personal insight

"Peace is not synonymous with the absence of conflict, rather with conflict resolved between the parties to an outcome allowing for the rights of all those involved."

"Never let schooling interfere with your education." -Mark Twain

"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." - Eric S. Raymond

"There is no wealth like knowledge and no poverty like ignorance." - Ali bin Abu-Talib.

"You invent better traps, we'll invent better mice." - Modified slashdot comment

"The quest for definition is what defines us as human beings; there will never be an ultimate answer because ultimately our ability to question is just too good." -Me

"Laws are valid only insofar as they are grounded in justice, and that a commitment to justice carries with it an obligation to disobey unjust laws." - King/Kohlberg

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Behold the turtle! He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." - Boondoxx

"You tell me what it is, and I'll tell you if I can help." - Soprano's (actually)

"A wise man knows everything; a shrewd man knows everybody." - old Chinese proverb

"Sometimes you need to stop worrying about where you're going, and start enjoying where you're at." -scrubs

"Value education not for what it gets but for what it gives." -Me

The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work (-Unknown)

"Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is doing it, and right is right, even if nobody is doing it." - St. Augustine of Hippo

How does a 7-person democracy cut a pie? Into 4 pieces. - Slashdot sig, user Fhqwhgadss Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. -Slashdot sig, user phayes

Epiphany is the journey and the destination. --Quiddity 07:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Wow... consensus on an AIDS-reappraisal article. Next I'll start believing in Santa Claus again. MastCell 23:55, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Case in point: I'm Jewish, and I don't believe in Santa Claus. That doesn't mean I can't contribute to the Santa Clause article. This in a nutshell is what NPOV is all about. JoeSmack Talk 04:39, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

"Must one have a reason to help those in need?" -Seven Years in Tibet "If the problem can be solved, there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good." -Tibetian Saying

"It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious." - K Hubbord

"I trust you, and you trust me and we'll both live through this." -- Joanie

"When even one is oppressed, no one is free." "Nevermore forget thy in such an ever glore"--this guy

"Does the distance one travels from center make one more free to move?

'''No. Freedom has two parts: potential and resolution; as metaphor has two parts: form and interpretation. Of course, the two are intertwined. Metaphor lines the road to freedom, as symbols and words are the bricks and mortar of meaning. Freedom is being the bricoleur, the mason."'''


 * Durandal

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