i bet nobody will respond to this.

[walking_man]

Violence, even terror, always exists on the periphery of empire. They are the means by which empire is consolidated, defended, extended. Similarly, empire must respond to attack, or its basis is forfeit. All that is new about September 11, is that it didn't occur on a distant horizon. It was as if Rome had been attacked 2000 years ago, at the

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[rhapsodisiac]

I had to respond to this. You've said something. Usually, you don't say much. Not that I do, I'm just saying... not much to respond to.

You're right. It's deeply, deeply depressing, and it's why I don't watch television. It's also a huge reason for why I love to write, to escape. To create things in people that I'm sure must exist but have never seen.

It's like the world's turning into this gaping black hole, like everyone's dissolving from the inside out. Empty shells, all over the place, so many people so desperate to express with no means to do so, nothing to talk about, suffocated by norms.

The world plainly fucking sucks right now.

*wanders off to lose self in literature*

Saying more than usual.

[twisterfairy]

The world is becoming a void of consumerism. The only way to fight it is on a personal level. When everything looks the same, then it's for us to create something different

[tombski]

Firstly:

Who was the person so excited about his new IMac just days ago?

Secondly:

Fight Club is the movie for you, my friend.