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Re: RIP
by Schizo (Aranea@Spidersdance.com)
on Apr 08, 2006 - 03:17 AM
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Feral, I will vote for you.
You would be less of a man if you felt less pain. But being the man I know you are, I know you will take this pain and reform and make something new with it.
I do not know if you can change the direction of a nation - although I see why you must try. But don't forget that you can change things - even the small things that you can change are significant. I think you know what I mean - not to limit yourself to the small but to value the small.
When the old dies, the new is born, if we allow it. Mourn fully for the old Feral, the old New Orleans...
Then turn and give birth to the new.
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- Re: RIP by feralucce on Apr 08, 2006 - 10:47 AM
Re: RIP
by Monolycus on Apr 08, 2006 - 01:24 PM
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"It may be my current state of mind... but these two replys... seem to exude a superiority that falls just over the line of condescention... it also feels that you are minimilizing what I am going through..."
Depends entirely on you. If this is keeping us posted with where you're at, then it's consolation with some advice thrown in. If this is a feel-sorry-for-me-because-I've-got-some anguish-going-on, then, yeah, you could say I'm trivialising. But if you're picking up condescendence then I'm going to have to say it's your state of mind talking.
"let me ask you this... how do you propose we change it? plain and simple... HOW? shy of terrorism itself... I can think of no other way... save for the plan I have for my future... i am not bullshitting...I am running in 2012"
I've already said many times that in order to change it, we have to effect change on a cultural level. Quite frankly, the culture embraces murderous values that increase death and suffering. That needs to be changed. Reactionary "quick fixes" to the problems we are faced with have given rise to the so-called Global War on Terror and channelled funds that could have been spent productively into meaningless "defense". The culture needs to be healed, not given a shot in the ass which will cause different problems to arise. This will take time and constant devotion.
Run in 2012 all you want. Diebold and Blackwell control the voting apparati... Nobody is getting elected that isn't approved by the sons of bitches who do these terrible things. Look, I believe you are a truly well-meaning person. But I think that everyone believes they are a force for goodness and light. Ineffectual or reactionary strategies are, to my mind, worse than no strategy at all as they have a nasty habit of invoking the Law of Unintended Consequences.
And at the end of the day, you are going to have to accept some degree of suffering and learn to cope with it. The only world without sin is a necropolis. Or a highly regimented fascist state. When you're suffering, it is not a good time to try to decide between the two.
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- Re: RIP by feralucce on Apr 08, 2006 - 04:07 PM
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