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Old 09-28-2005, 08:06 PM   #15
Highwayman
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Thanks for all the replies. i've always heard the phrase "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", but I've never heard it as 'the golden rule'.

Originally posted by Don Quixote
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"The more we learn the worse we get" seem to say that as we as individuals and as a society "advance", the more we get away from our innocence, trusting and compassion for each other and the more we twist our knowledge to our own selfish ends. That's my read on it, but I didn't write the song--you'd have to ask the source.
I think you hit the nail on the head with that one.
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