A poll

[james_davis_nicoll]

[Poll #1814452]

Comments

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

What about people who are passionate about their detachment?

[doc-lemming.livejournal.com]

Or detached about their passion?

And what about apathy: is that really the same as detachment, or is it on another axis? (What was the saying, the opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy?)

[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

I had a student last semester who got really enthusiastic about being existentially detached. Oh, to be nineteen and self-contradictory again.

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Detachment is easier. And safer.

Passion is better.

[kithrup.livejournal.com]

Detachment is messy. And you always end up with spare parts when you re-attach.

[celestialweasel.livejournal.com]

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

[kithrup.livejournal.com]

A line I did not understand until some recent (past few years) US politics!

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Planned to use that, but you got in first.

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

The cats are Rough Beasts, right?

[celestialweasel.livejournal.com]

"What Rough Beast?" should be a consumer magazine.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Cats.

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

(Especially as they're total pros at both.)

[seawasp]

You must nurture the passion that has been passed down through your family line for GENERATIONS!!!

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Balancing the two is best.

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Actually, detachment is not better than passion, despite my vote. Detachment with some passion is, however, far rarer than passion alone. And passion alone is rather dangerous for all around.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

About what?

[chomiji]

It depends!

[wldrose.livejournal.com]

more cats

[kithrup.livejournal.com]

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Auburn-cats-138175929.html

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

That is very sad.

[pperiwinkle.livejournal.com]

This is an and, not an either.

[kaffy_r]

Despite having voted for passion, I heartily second this. "And" is always better than "either/or".

[jamesenge.livejournal.com]

Depasstachionment.

[caper-est.livejournal.com]

Passion about such a question as one and one's sweetie making love, detachment about such a question as two and two's making four.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

IT'S SEVEN!!!!

[caper-est.livejournal.com]

Quite so, O moon of ten million delights.

[nathan helfinstine (from livejournal.com)]

Complaint: Need ticky boxes, so I can mark both "Detachment" and "I have no particular feelings about this poll".

But I'm not really that worked up about my complaint.

[(Anonymous)]

They should team up and fight crime! Or possibly star in a hilarious odd-couple type sitcom.

Bruce

[kaffy_r]

Passion! Passion, passion, passion, passion, PASSION!

Moderation is for monks.


(Actually, I'd be tempted to add, 'Why yes, I do have to sweep up a lot of broken glass left in my wake, metaphorically speaking. Why do you ask?' except that, upon reflection, I realize with a certain amount of disappointment that I'm rather more circumspect in real life than my avowed philosophy might suggest.)

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

ICON love.

[kaffy_r]

It's cool, isn't it? Gank, should you desire, with credit to iconomicon

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Passion for some things, detachment for others. And miniature Ruritanian flags for everybody!

[khavrinen.livejournal.com]

Roughly what I was going to say. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven." Therefore, my take on it is that "better" consists of matching passion or detachment with the appropriate circumstances.

[redbird]

Finer granularity. I suppose someone is passionate about pumpernickel bread, but I can eat it for breakfast without that.

[asyouknow-bob.livejournal.com]

This poll is admirably well-constructed.

Jedi vs Sith

[nordhus.livejournal.com]

So this poll is about

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.

vs.


Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

[martinl-00.livejournal.com]

Detatching passionate cats. Using lunar He3 mined by libertarian engineers with serious D-K problems.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

I am completely detached from this poll, and want to complain passionately about that.

[dbdatvic.livejournal.com]

I would like to complain about this poll. Surely the first two entries should have been "Passion!!1!" and "Detachment...", respectively?

--Dave, we forged punctuation out of the primal memetic rocks for a REASON, kids