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RuffledPuppy	Bookends	Lead	[-]
Posts: 490 (09/07/02 19:59:12) Playfully perceptive Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : None "Preserve your memories; they're all that's left you." - Paul Simon I've never been sure whether that meant that the only thing you've lost is your memories, or the only thing you have left is your memories. Or both at once. How important are personal memories to the quality of one's life? Are memories a good thing or a bad thing?
i am beachcomber	Re: Bookends	#1	[-]
Posts: 118 (09/08/02 18:56:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I think memories are a large part of how we form our concept of our "selves". They form our lasting understanding of our relationships. They "root" us in the present and give us an idea, based on our past memories, of where our future is likely to take us. I think that our memories are integral to who we are.
Dagan Rhys	"Old Friends..."	#2	[-]
Posts: 34 (09/09/02 03:35:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Are memories a good thing or a bad thing? " both- depending on what you choose to remember baring alzheimer's they're the only currency you'll have when you face death
Valiowk	Re: "Old Friends..."	#3	[-]
Posts: 592 (09/09/02 05:59:19) Respect Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I think that personal memories are probably the most important thing in life that keeps us going. It is these memories, more than anything else, that tell us which is the path that we wish to take, what is correct and what is wrong. It is these memories, whether happy or sad, that guide us when the road seems dark, because we have something to look back on. Morals are one thing, but it is the memory of how you felt at that time that really tells you how "correct" something is. Memories may be bitter, but if we remember them in the correct context, they can only guide, never harm.
Mara	Re: "Old Friends..."	#4	[-]
Posts: 292 (09/09/02 13:12:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	It's really freaky and terrifying and sad watching how someone who's losing their memory just latches onto one thing and just can't let go of it and if it's a good thing they look like they're sort of happy or maybe as happy as you can be if you're losing your memory but usually it'll be a bad thing, something that's gone against tehm, and it's like they hang on to that one thing until it's become their whole world so everything's seen against that and that means that the world's never never going to be fair to them again.
Tenebris	Re: "Old Friends..."	#5	[-]
Posts: 950 (01/11/06 14:22:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yet memory is fragile; and even in the absence of disease or accident we re-write our own all the time. Is the person who we are inextricably enmeshed with or a product of our memory? If our memory is altered, or lost: do we literally become a different person?
Valiowk	Re: "Old Friends..."	#6	[-]
Posts: 592 (01/21/06 10:52:21) Respect Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I feel that to properly answer such a question, we first need to define the phrase "a different person". After all, each of our actions contributes to our memory, making us slightly different from the "I" of a moment ago. Thus, just how "different" do we have to be to justify the usage of such a term? Having said that, without properly having defined this phrase, I would venture to say that many parts of the person will remain the same. This is because memory loss doesn't entail the loss of instinct, and my opinion is that based on instinct alone, a person suffering from amnesia would act in the same way as he would if he weren't suffering from amnesia. What would most conspicuously be different would probably be actions that are carried out with intent - without this motivating factor, whatever would usually be done is probably not going to get done. (Please excuse the sketchy reply. I feel a bit rusty when it comes to discussing such issues.)

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