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Posted by obsidian on February 12, 2010, at 22:43:42
enough said,
thanks for reading
Posted by floatingbridge on February 13, 2010, at 10:41:16
In reply to FTW, posted by obsidian on February 12, 2010, at 22:43:42
Yesterday I told my young son that something he heard at school was true. People strap bombs to themselves.
May I add to the thread, what a world?
Posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 17:06:05
In reply to Re: FTW » obsidian, posted by floatingbridge on February 13, 2010, at 10:41:16
'I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons.'
Posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 17:12:53
In reply to Re: FTW, posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 17:06:05
This is a world where two (expensive) things are decided very quickly....wars and bailouts.
Posted by floatingbridge on February 13, 2010, at 20:04:57
In reply to Re: FTW, posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 17:06:05
> 'I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons.'
Sigi, who said this?
Posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 22:23:45
In reply to Re: FTW » Sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on February 13, 2010, at 20:04:57
Leonard Cohen
Posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 22:24:57
In reply to Re: FTW » floatingbridge, posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 22:23:45
A really good one is....
'Rip up the last tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole in your culture'
Posted by 64bowtie on February 15, 2010, at 4:10:29
In reply to FTW, posted by obsidian on February 12, 2010, at 22:43:42
The World "Suck-O-Meter" hasn't changed much in centuries, but currently our community, our American Society, "bites a big one"!!!!! My daily mantra includes succeeding more while spending less; in these times "less is more"...
I must keep one eye on the time/value of every penny I get, contrasting every penny I spend... Its my strategy for ensuring that money I spend gets replaced just as fast, or faster, than I spend it...
Money is a tool and shouldn't require this much work on my part to keep it functioning... Ergo, our Society SUCKS...
Rod
(wearing his gripy-grumbly-complainy underware)
Posted by Gabbette on February 16, 2010, at 22:10:52
In reply to Re: FTW, posted by Sigismund on February 13, 2010, at 22:24:57
You could speak for me it seems on just about anything. That's a favourite quote of mine too.
For the Olympic Celebrations (where I am in Vancouver)
Celine Dione is singing the songs of Leonard Cohen
I don't want to be petty and I'm not offended because of some snobbish principal.Some things however, are just ****wrong****
and on every conceivable level
Well, I've never been impressed by the Olympics anyway..
Posted by floatingbridge on February 16, 2010, at 23:42:59
In reply to Re: FTW » Sigismund, posted by Gabbette on February 16, 2010, at 22:10:52
Posted by Gabbette on February 17, 2010, at 20:29:43
In reply to Cohen covers by Celine Dion? OMG.... (nm) » Gabbette, posted by floatingbridge on February 16, 2010, at 23:42:59
Yeah, what else is there to say?
The singer of overwrought power ballads
who does not know the power of subtlety
either in her singing, or as she proudly feeds from the teat of materialism and excess and panders to the status quoYea
maybe it's not such a bad fitThey are both Candian and all..
Posted by floatingbridge on February 17, 2010, at 21:58:55
In reply to Re: Cohen covers by Celine Dion? OMG.... » floatingbridge, posted by Gabbette on February 17, 2010, at 20:29:43
Maybe she could work some of his songs into her repertoire as well.
Ummm. Maybe not. Now Rick James is another with more promise....
;-)
Posted by Gabbette on February 18, 2010, at 12:21:01
In reply to Neil Young is from Canada... » Gabbette, posted by floatingbridge on February 17, 2010, at 21:58:55
STOP! You're making me laugh and my face isn't used to it.
I realize Bob Dylan isn't from Canada but
I'm sure she could do a fine job just the same..
Posted by floatingbridge on February 18, 2010, at 14:56:17
In reply to Re: Neil Young is from Canada... » floatingbridge, posted by Gabbette on February 18, 2010, at 12:21:01
> STOP! You're making me laugh and my face isn't used to it.
Posted by Sigismund on February 20, 2010, at 6:51:27
In reply to :-) » Gabbette, posted by floatingbridge on February 18, 2010, at 14:56:17
I do like....
'There's a piece that was torn from the morning
And it hangs in the gallery of frost.'
(or something like that.)It's been going through my mind for a week.
Posted by Sigismund on February 22, 2010, at 2:16:14
In reply to Our Society Does Suck a Big One, posted by 64bowtie on February 15, 2010, at 4:10:29
Maybe we should all move to the third world or something and say 'Nice country, sorry about the company, we're off.'.
There are times I feel I won't survive, and there are times I don't even care.
Disgusted, Da Lat
Posted by 64Bowtie on February 22, 2010, at 2:42:35
In reply to Our Society Does Suck a Big One, posted by 64bowtie on February 15, 2010, at 4:10:29
When I'm not wearing my gripy-grumbly-complainy underware, I practice acceptance and willingness; I live acceptance and willingness........ I study my options before making decisions, and darn if this strategy just seems to work, works well for me....
Rod
Posted by Dinah on February 22, 2010, at 10:09:25
In reply to Re: It hasn't always been like this?!?!?!?!, posted by 64Bowtie on February 22, 2010, at 2:42:35
It's good to make a conscious effort to change your gripy-grumbly-complainy underwear after a nice satisfying grump. :)
Society doesn't s*ck anymore than it ever has. I've been reading about medieval England and blessing the society we live in. I haven't been to a public hanging... ever. I've never yet seen a head hanging on the city walls. I can complain about my government any time I like and espouse my rather heretical religious beliefs without being afraid of being burned alive. And don't even get me started on medical care and sewer systems. Most of us don't have fleas! If you throw in refrigeration, air conditioning, and the internet, I could get on my knees and cry in gratitude.
People have been grumbling forever that society is circling the drain. (Well, not before there was plumbing. I don't think I want to think what they thought society was doing before then.) But the simple fact is that by objective measures, society ain't doin' half bad. We gripe now about things it wouldn't have even occurred to us to gripe about not all that long ago. We go out of our way to help the less fortunate in ways that only monastics used to do. Groups of people, young and old, came from all over to camp out in churches in New Orleans and help rebuild houses. Can you see that happening in medieval times? Neighbors certainly. But strangers?
Society has improved and is getting better every day. Which is certainly no reason for complacence, but every reason for continuing to strive.
Posted by sigismund on February 22, 2010, at 22:17:12
In reply to Good for you, Rod! » 64Bowtie, posted by Dinah on February 22, 2010, at 10:09:25
Well, yeah, Dinah, but medieval Europe is scraping the bottom of the barrel, don't you think?
What you need is a relatively peaceful time in a hunter gatherer society before colonialism.
>We go out of our way to help the less fortunate in ways that only monastics used to do. Groups of people, young and old, came from all over to camp out in churches in New Orleans and help rebuild houses. Can you see that happening in medieval times? Neighbors certainly. But strangers?
I don't know about this either. Not that I know anything of course, but I did read that the current cathedral at Chartres is the 5th, the first 4 having burned down. Maybe the peasants were all pressed into service, but I got the impression it was voluntary.
Posted by Dinah on February 22, 2010, at 22:43:27
In reply to Re: Good for you, Rod! » Dinah, posted by sigismund on February 22, 2010, at 22:17:12
The myth of the noble savage, Sigi? Uncorrupted by civilization? I think I'd be rather offended as the "savage" in question.
People are people wherever they happen to be.
I'm sure people were people in hunter gatherer society as well. Certainly neither ancient Greece nor ancient Rome seemed to be a paradise of human virtue. Perhaps the glorification of the primitive, a la Avatar, is only possible toward societies lacking in written material, and therefore also lacking in proof of all the sins of humanity.
Posted by sigismund on February 23, 2010, at 19:35:45
In reply to Society » sigismund, posted by Dinah on February 22, 2010, at 22:43:27
They're further away from us which is some comfort, but then we took their land (in Australia) in the last few generations and are therefore in receipt of recently stolen property, which is not, unless it can be minimised by the mantra to move on.
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