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April 26th, 2008, 09:49 AM
[quote=Praxius;946958]Damn Mike, get a hug
Life is a balance of good things and bad things. Certain people tend to focus on positives and some more on the negatives.
Without the negatives we can't have positives and vice versa.
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You're absolutely right Prax. However when the "bad" is disguised as "good" how realiable can your choices be? We believed that we could mine all the ore catch all the fish, level all the trees and pave over the world. All "good" things right? We believed that prosperity came from "good credit" and "success" was measured by the model make and year of the car you drive. We embraced the myth that technology would save us all from our mistakes and our poor choices, what we find is that this technology we so enthusiastically embraced leaches the soul out of human beings and requires we unleash billions of tons of carbon locked far underground for millenia.
We bought the line that "happiness" lay in 'owning' a lovely little home with a white picket fence with a color TV to fill in those moments between chores and making a living when actually the TV was and is tantamount to sitting down to breakfast with every greedy grasping ad-man and corrupt millionaire who ever lived. We believed that the "convenience" of disposable containers and readily accessible "fast-food" was a measure of our technological social and spiritual prosperity. We believed that the axiom of "go to school get an education = carreer opportunities and "success" but we limited the numbers who could get that education by pricing it out of the range of all but the most well to-do and now we have kids with McJobs and a future of cleaning up all the excesses of generations that willingly ignored the consequences of their behavior.
We live in those consequences today as they unravel around us. We feel alone and frustrated, helpless and impotent. We laughed as we put all our eggs into special baskets from which the wealthy and the influential took as they felt while the remainder of the worlds people starved and killed each other over a bag of rice or a few pounds of flour.
We "chose" to put all our "energy eggs" into one basket and now there's a clamor for wind tubines and tidal generators, solar collectors and geothermal energy becasue we weren't told that the thin veneer of "prosperity" we lived on was predicated on ignorance and a willing disinformation promulgated by the wealthy few.
Sure there are "postitives" to point at, we've created a medical and pharmaceutical expertise second to none...unfortunately millions in the lands of great wealth and prosperity can't afford to avail themselves of this marvellous happenstance. We've journeyed into space and visited the moon, while drugs and prostitution, pornography and unrelenting greed undermined and devastated huge enclaves of "prosperity" and "growth".
Half a world away millions starve to death as routine and wars of greedy dicatators vying for the resources the Mr. and Mrs. American and Mr. and Mrs. Canada so ernestly covet now and in the future.
Sure lot's of good and lots of bad.
[quote=Praxius;946958]Damn Mike, get a hug
Life is a balance of good things and bad things. Certain people tend to focus on positives and some more on the negatives.
Without the negatives we can't have positives and vice versa.
quote]
You're absolutely right Prax. However when the "bad" is disguised as "good" how realiable can your choices be? We believed that we could mine all the ore catch all the fish, level all the trees and pave over the world. All "good" things right? We believed that prosperity came from "good credit" and "success" was measured by the model make and year of the car you drive. We embraced the myth that technology would save us all from our mistakes and our poor choices, what we find is that this technology we so enthusiastically embraced leaches the soul out of human beings and requires we unleash billions of tons of carbon locked far underground for millenia.
We bought the line that "happiness" lay in 'owning' a lovely little home with a white picket fence with a color TV to fill in those moments between chores and making a living when actually the TV was and is tantamount to sitting down to breakfast with every greedy grasping ad-man and corrupt millionaire who ever lived. We believed that the "convenience" of disposable containers and readily accessible "fast-food" was a measure of our technological social and spiritual prosperity. We believed that the axiom of "go to school get an education = carreer opportunities and "success" but we limited the numbers who could get that education by pricing it out of the range of all but the most well to-do and now we have kids with McJobs and a future of cleaning up all the excesses of generations that willingly ignored the consequences of their behavior.
We live in those consequences today as they unravel around us. We feel alone and frustrated, helpless and impotent. We laughed as we put all our eggs into special baskets from which the wealthy and the influential took as they felt while the remainder of the worlds people starved and killed each other over a bag of rice or a few pounds of flour.
We "chose" to put all our "energy eggs" into one basket and now there's a clamor for wind tubines and tidal generators, solar collectors and geothermal energy becasue we weren't told that the thin veneer of "prosperity" we lived on was predicated on ignorance and a willing disinformation promulgated by the wealthy few.
Sure there are "postitives" to point at, we've created a medical and pharmaceutical expertise second to none...unfortunately millions in the lands of great wealth and prosperity can't afford to avail themselves of this marvellous happenstance. We've journeyed into space and visited the moon, while drugs and prostitution, pornography and unrelenting greed undermined and devastated huge enclaves of "prosperity" and "growth".
Half a world away millions starve to death as routine and wars of greedy dicatators vying for the resources the Mr. and Mrs. American and Mr. and Mrs. Canada so ernestly covet now and in the future.
Sure lot's of good and lots of bad.
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April 26th, 2008, 12:40 PM
Quoting Praxius
I'm bad at being good, and good at being bad. Is that good or bad?
Damn Mike, get a hug
One thing that crossed my memory reading this would be a song I was listening to this morning by The Trews:
"Without The Dark, The Stars Can't Shine."
Life is a balance of good things and bad things. Certain people tend to focus on positives and some more on the negatives.
Without the negatives we can't have positives and vice versa.
That's why Gannon and Link keep coming back in each Zelda game.... the struggle never ends between good and bad. That's how we learn and evolve.
And if it wasn't us doing all these things, then it'd be those evil Dolphins. *shakes fist*
One thing that crossed my memory reading this would be a song I was listening to this morning by The Trews:
"Without The Dark, The Stars Can't Shine."
Life is a balance of good things and bad things. Certain people tend to focus on positives and some more on the negatives.
Without the negatives we can't have positives and vice versa.
That's why Gannon and Link keep coming back in each Zelda game.... the struggle never ends between good and bad. That's how we learn and evolve.
And if it wasn't us doing all these things, then it'd be those evil Dolphins. *shakes fist*
Steven Hawking's Tutor
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April 26th, 2008, 12:49 PM
It's all relative Beve....
If you're a Contra you're a freedom fighter a "revolutionary" if you're an Iraqi you're a terrorist. If you're a tree hugger and and enviro-Nazi you're bad if you're a petroleum junkie you're good.
Spin the wheel and take yer chances....
It's all relative Beve....
If you're a Contra you're a freedom fighter a "revolutionary" if you're an Iraqi you're a terrorist. If you're a tree hugger and and enviro-Nazi you're bad if you're a petroleum junkie you're good.
Spin the wheel and take yer chances....
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April 26th, 2008, 01:39 PM
Spinning wheels, that sounds familiar.
Spinning wheels, that sounds familiar.
