It's been a while since I posted here. No reason really, just no inspiration. Something happened to me the other day, though, that made me see thing clearer, if a little bleaker
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Bram!!! I say, you McConnell's, you all amaze me, simply put. I really can't say anything more because nothing can encompass the great respect I have come to find for your family.
YEE-HAW this is one great bar mitzvah!grayswanApril 7 2005, 03:11:16 UTC
You know it's not so simple. Morality is a mental construct. No action you can take is gauranteed to have positive repercussions, nor is any self deemed negative action entirely hurtful. You can do what you think is in the best interest of yourself, others or a place or thing, but all choices are influenced by your environment and need to progress your situation in some form. You lament cheap gas and a comfortable budget so you seek cause in others where, no doubt, it does exist... but don't completely seperate yourself from that cause, nor deem it's roots immoral. "Good" people do "bad" things in the name of convenience but it doesn't make them immoral. Progress has always been a bumpy road. I buy my shit at walmart cause it's cheap, though the old creed of 'you get what you pay for' still holds. I seek my good shit elsewhere. One could easily argue that walmart is driving the artists community. Where else can you learn to so readily identify crap. The more uniform and convient you make things the more people will struggle to find
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Re: YEE-HAW this is one great bar mitzvah!evoldickApril 7 2005, 05:58:22 UTC
I admit that my own self-imposed morale code is biased. I agree that any action can have a positive or negative effect, depending on infinate varriables. But I believe that it is the intent behind the actions that decides if it is good or bad, which is totally subjective and in no way quantifiable. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I also agree that all capitolists aren't fat cats. As I said before, any system can be successful with the right people in place. A Monarchy can be as sucessful as a Democracy, or both can fail. It all depends on who's in charge. If theres one thing that I learned as a superviser, it is that the person at top sets the tone for those below them, be it a shift supervisor, Program Director, or President, and that the higher up you go, the more influence you have. "Well, duh, Captain Obvious". All I can say is that it is different to think it than it is to actually experience it and see how you impact other people first hand.
Re: YEE-HAW this is one great bar mitzvah!ruinsofaiurApril 11 2005, 02:55:43 UTC
people are in charge of every system, my brother. and it is people who put value into money, economic growth, and convenence, and who focus on 'creating more jobs!' in place of making things more efficient. hell, if i had things my way, everyone would work 20 hours a week, and we would focus on innovation and space travel rather than economics, religion, and fucking politics. and without insurance, lawyers, bloated politics, and bankers, there would be plenty of people to do the jobs that matter so everyone could just do their share for a couple days a week and actually do what they want the rest of the time.
this post was worth the wait. the other day i went to the ol' petrol fillin' station and didn't notice the price til i was half way through. i saw the $2.24 and almost set the place ablaze. even having worked at a texaco in ireland where that would be considered a discount, i was shocked. can we please start using alaska for what we bought it for in the first place?!?!?!?!?!
p.s. It takes effort to overcome these inherent tendencies and be a good person, to recognize your soul, for lack of a better term. was highly insightful. you becoming a socialist christian like your good friend timmy? haha ;)
"dirty friggin pagan"evoldickApril 7 2005, 07:03:58 UTC
I don't think that I am ready for bible study classes quite yet. While I do have a strong morale code, it isn't based on a higher power or any sort of afterlife. Having said that, you can replace "good person" with "good christian" and have pretty much the same meaning.
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I'd love to move to Canada with you, but you need to move back to Maine first. Living in Florida, paah!! Go hang a chad, will ya?
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I also agree that all capitolists aren't fat cats. As I said before, any system can be successful with the right people in place. A Monarchy can be as sucessful as a Democracy, or both can fail. It all depends on who's in charge. If theres one thing that I learned as a superviser, it is that the person at top sets the tone for those below them, be it a shift supervisor, Program Director, or President, and that the higher up you go, the more influence you have. "Well, duh, Captain Obvious". All I can say is that it is different to think it than it is to actually experience it and see how you impact other people first hand.
Anyway, SIN CITY IS FUCKING AWESOME.
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p.s. It takes effort to overcome these inherent tendencies and be a good person, to recognize your soul, for lack of a better term. was highly insightful. you becoming a socialist christian like your good friend timmy? haha ;)
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jedi mind tricks
friday, april eighth.
at the asylum.
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that aside
some notes.
1. I enjoyed your post
2. the Mcdonalds in porter Sq has been closed and replaced with a "healthy Mexican food" place.
3. gas is always more expensive near the highway.. grrr
4. you owned a K-Car?!?!? Ha ha ha!... ;)
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