Blood

Never date a person with the same blood type as you. Not because of all the type A type B mambo jumbo but let's say one of you has a liver failure. Would the other be romantically obliged to give up part of his/her liver for the sick partner?

Let's say the relationship's heading no-where, you quarrel every other day and you know it's only a matter of time before you call it quits and flee. Then your partner's liver fails. Would you give up part of your liver, a procedure that I'm told can lead to your death, to save your partner whom you're going to dump? Or what happens when after giving your liver, your partner dumps you?

Anyway all these crap is from watching episode 18 of the second season of House. Where, incidentally, Cameron, the only female in the team is portrayed as having the highest level of ethical and moral values along with an almost unshakable faith in the inherent goodness of the human soul.

I'm reading Praise of Folly by Erasmus, and though it's not as easy a read as Oscar Wilde, it does present some interesting view points. Essentially, the book has Folly has the heroine and giving a speech of unabashed self-praise to an audience, and so far, she has been arguing that she, Folly, is the mother of life, and a necessity in its continuation.