[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by acousticrock87

That's like saying you should just ignore the problems you have with your boyfriend/girlfriend because it's 'selfish' to address your own intrests. Sounds great when you say it, but just see if you don't both end up miserable. It's a dangerously faulty idea.

no, this is a completely different issue, and yes, it is by the nature of the word, selfish to address any of your own interests.

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Originally Posted by Hip Priest

There are too many people whose aim is to prevent you forming and maintaining your own opinion; there was a brief incident involving myself and a couple of Greenpeace representatives recently, although the security present were pretty decent, and happy for different opinions to meet. The Greenpeace people just felt that disagreeing with or questioning any part of their dogma was an affront to humanity though.

Anyway, fuck these people; society's going to shit and it's largely because hateful bigots get their own way too often.

Somehow I can't see you getting into an argument with ANYONE. You are one of the most diplomatic and level-headed people I have ever encountered. Even when you're discussing an issue you feel strongly about, you are calm and articulate. Extremely admirable quality.

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

society has been going to shit ever since it began....

what kind of haircut are you going to get?

I'm going to go bald, to resemble a fetus.

[porkmarras]

Get a clipper machine.It saves you from getting into trouble.

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

dude, you are being as self important an asshole as anybody for having dragged out this ridiculous thread for so long. I tried to make a complete mockery of it to kill it, in a grand ol west shoot out, but alas, it is back! Self Importance is equally destructive on both sides of an opinion. THe Less Important you see yourself as being, the more important you actually become to the harmony and benefit of the Universe in general....

Since I'm on this kick anyhow -

I can't identify with Rastas, either. Grow some dreads, smoke some dope, pray to Jah every night you'll wake up less white, and you think you and your magic bong are going to unite the world's people in spiritual harmony.

I'm happy for you.

I have no objection to self-importance. When it comes to opinion, self-importance is integral. MY opinion affects MY behavior. I'm the most important fucking person in the world, in that respect. When such divisive issues like abortion and religion exist in society, there is no universal harmony, Scooter.

However, on the other hand, I personally think my credo is more conducive to harmony than most. While I choose to uphold and abide by my own personal standards of morality and behavior, I make a point of not imposing those upon other people. Despite being a misanthrope (or perhaps because of?), I can live in perfect harmony with others, as long as they mind their own goddamned business as well.

The construction of a prinicipled utopia begins at the core. If you don't have a solid personal foundation, if you have nothing you personally stand for, then your efforts in any other direction will be wasted. What you see as tolerance, promotion of harmony, and open-mindedness, I see as spinelessness, ignorance, and/or indifference. If you can't take a stance, you will forever tread on infirm ground.

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[porkmarras]

And you should shave it while driving.Imagine the innnovative styles you'd come up with.

[Cantankerous]

don't be a pussy.

 

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I've got one of those already for my 'tache.

[Alex's Trip]

Originally Posted by truncated

What DOES vex me, however, is the underlying idea of people who IMPOSE upon you. No matter how personally objectionable I may find an idea, I ordinarily do not take issue with other who may hold it - whether you're a Christian fundamentalist, extreme leftist, hell, if you're into bestiality - as long as you KEEP IT CONFINED TO YOURSELF. Once you enter my sphere, that's an unforgivable violation of boundaries.

I simply cannot understand people who do not respect individual opinion. You have NO RIGHT to hold my behaviors to YOUR moral standards. You have NO RIGHT to APPROACH me, attempting to sell your ideology. You have NO RIGHT to DISRUPT MY DAY in an attempt to further YOUR personal agenda.

If they had left you alone the moment you asked them to would you still think that they were really trying to impose their opinions on you,or that they had "NO RIGHT to APPROACH me, attempting to sell your ideology.". Personally I have no problem with people who are out there trying to do whatever it is they are trying to do as long as they respect my opinions and wishes.

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If they'd left me alone when asked, everything would have been just ducky.

[!@#$%!]

congrats & welcome to a life of crime.

you might want to add an obstacle course to your daily running routine--i n the past, i have found it convenient to escape police pursuit by cutting across busy avenues without regard for the speed or amount of oncoming traffic.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

And how many times have you got away? What is the ratio?

[!@#$%!]

i don't know but in my case i was fearing deportation-- when you have a good reason you can bolt like a fucking racehorse. the cops were not armed though-- undercover busting "ilegal immigrants-- i even asked one of them if he had a job, ha ha. oh the joy.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Oh. Where do you hail from?

I had no idea...

[!@#$%!]

that happened in israel actually-- i was working without a permit and went to a "meat market" where construction workers go. it's like being a whore-- they check out your muscles, ha ha, and pick you up-- anyway these cops were duping people into believing they were hiring and i asked one if he had a job; he asked for my pasport (unusual) & i jumped back he lunged to grab me i ran like a motherfucker. ha ha. priceless moment.

the next day on the news there were like 250 people deported. phew!!!

--

here im applying for a green card & have a work permit-- no more construction jobs, but the paperwork is a bitch.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Sounds like a horrific experience.

[!@#$%!]

well yes it was scary after the fact; because an old man (not the cops) chased me down the beach screaming "passport! passport" & i was running on the sand-- i finally hid among some backpackers (the kind that sleep on the beach), changed my clothes (i had clean clothes on my pack for after the work) and lost myself in the crowd. when i got home i was fucking paranoid! but i swear, the story has paid off in multiple laughs-- outrunning the cops is a fucking great feeling.

agh, i gotta go now, so i can't continue this funny exchange, but yes man, adventure is not always what's cracked up to be-- fucking scary shit. but then, the laughs, etc.

so i have to leave but this poem summarizes it pretty much all, ha ha--

http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~dzaharo2/curiosity.html

[krastian]

Originally Posted by truncated

 

Now we're getting somewhere.

[Toilet & Bowels]

like this?

 

[Daddylikes]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

suck it, hippie.

I want to suck it too, please.