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	What Is Kindness?

skwirlinator

8-20-2008 10:17 PM

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kindness, knowledge, virtues, human, charity, justice

skwirlinator says:

All persons should

* protect personal life and liberty and prevent torture and extinction;
* practice virtue and resist vice; and
* choose and pursue their values.

Humans should value love, family, fellowship, and industry.

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8-21-2008 1:46 AM

tanyamm

Your family and friends are lucky to know you skwirl and to have you in their lives.

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