Gautama

so? i don't see how staying in the victim's position will help out here? i have a great article about this, it's from a tibetan guy, i'll try find it and post the link. btw, wouldn't have african and asian people have done the very same if they had been in the position of colonialising europe? do the people of indonesia care about the people of africa? do the palestinians care about the tibetan people? do african people care about palestinian people? etc.pp. aren't we just all total losers in one way or another?

but do you really think southern/eastern governments would be- ahem, sorry ARE- better than that, if they had more to say?

i just reread this thread, and reilly i agree on the overpopulation problem, no way/ idea how to solve that, uhm well, without being nastily sarcastic that is. :wacky:

oh yeah, explaining stuff in english is absurdly difficult sometimes, non? i'm literally frustrated with almost each of me posts.:freak: we all are, don't you think? for what we do and don't do. just because this isn't a popular fact, it's still a fact, imo. and if more people saw that we all just forgot some fundamental facts, that would make the whole difference. (i didn't mean that they are responsible for fukushima, if you thought i was referring to that?? :thinking: ) yep. but most people always wait for something big to happen/ someone other to start. and start with what? well, i guess starting to live up to the factual responsibility ( which will be a great great pleasure for all of us, and can be realised with a lot of humour. i think there would be less depressed people for example, because there'll be more actual SENSE in this world. more soul, respect, love even ( love being the same as sense and responsibility- again - i really mean that.) i do have a great example of an idea how to actually do sth. a friend of my mother roams the streets of her rather gloomy little german suburb with a hord of kids. they clean up the place, put color on the electricity boxes, plant fruits and vegetables in public places and take care of them. they are taking baths in the village fountain/ main square when it's ultra hot. plus loads of other great ideas, she's very creative. she teaches those kids active participation/ responsibility for their immediate surrounding. some of them are from extremely neglected backgrounds (both rich and poor), where they never get such input. those kids LOVE these gatherings, and I'm sure it changes their view on life and what you are able to achieve and change (for the better/ funnier/more colourful) tremendously. there's so much to do just in everybodies environment.

will what happens to the people of japan/ fukushima daiichi change anything worldwide? what's really important/ what's just not? don't you think this age will once be regarded as extraordinarily stupid? what can you do to make a difference? discuss kids, this is your world. you ARE all responsible for it, you should be loving it, take great care of it, because it's the most beautiful precious and rather small/delicate thing we got. (again: please refrain from idiotic sarcasm, because this simply isn't a funny topic.)

Twisted, melodramatic nonsense. As far as I get it ( am one of the happy 'nothings', who are happily looking forward to experiencing what 'hell' will be like, if that should be the price- which of course it isn't- for freedom) Jesus actually fought against twisted minds like you. He was one of many people who tried/try/will try to spread a bit of ethics and freedom of thought among people, according to what he felt was good. He is just one of many others. Frodo, you are as far away from a sane spirituality as possible. Lighten up a bit, relax man. Spirituality is not that complicated and one-dimensional and melodramatic and humourless, you know. Or you are a troll, but it's getting boring. No development whatsoever. Booh.

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“Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn’t care to, or he doesn’t exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely. The only sense to make of tragedies like this is that terrible things can happen to perfectly innocent people. This understanding inspires compassion. Religious faith, on the other hand, erodes compassion. Thoughts like, “this might be all part of God’s plan,” or “there are no accidents in life,” or “everyone on some level gets what he or she deserves” – these ideas are not only stupid, they are extraordinarily callous. They are nothing more than a childish refusal to connect with the suffering of other human beings. It is time to grow up and let our hearts break at moments like this.” (Sam Harris, on Japan Tsunami and god)

norwegian wood- haruki murakami

No, it's not just you. Separator does the same for me, first time I felt that this actually is a very happy Radiohead song.

Violet, please don't take all that personally. We are just shit people who are shittily bored, you know! :P edited: bored shitless, i meant.

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I'm not sure how to react to this touching confession! Thinking of it though, having had a huge crush on Sting is actually disqualifying me from really judging other peoples' "mistakes". :blush:

hi rielly (sic!) how long did it take you to come up with this? it's so amazing.

Hell yes!!! Sorry Violet, I do suck at being nice and diplomatic lately. :/ Oh, did you get to listen to "The Fool On The Hill" by the Beatles yet? The song that I had posted in Clint's thread, after he had put you out of the title- and you couldn't watch it? You should! THAT is a lovely little song, you know. ;P

° europe :mad: i don't know why "the final countdown" triggers such passionate supreme contempt inside my nervous-system. the fucking fanfares make me wanna kill the bandmembers. which is ridiculous, since i don't care about loads of other shit bands with shit hair-dos. °phil collins °sting (on whom i had a massive crush when i was a kid/ police era. utterly delusional :freak: ) °james blunt °chris de burgh ... seems i don't dig male british solo artists of the all too cheesy variety.

I like her a lot. She seems to be a really interesting person! Ha, nobody knows i guess, but my rumpelstiltskin got banned, because i freaked out when Wherrfherrr got ignored by this board's admin. Ooh, i feel like voicing up over things again, i better log out now. :sneaky:

ugh god, they don't show for some shady reason... hm....weird... oh well, how very odd this is. adding a couple of quotes then “I mean, I’m in a band, we’re reasonably successful, I’ve got a very nice suit – I’m not even a bad person- so why can’t I get a shag?” “What I really hated about Britpop was all that tiresome irony. As if bands shouldn’t be serious things.” “I know! I know one! How did Darth Vader know what Luke Skywalker was getting for Christmas?.. He felt his presents! There, that was funny.. You didn’t just laugh to be polite, did you?” “Thom had got into dance music at college and kept on playing these awful house records. God only knows what they were. I was working at Our Price and in the evenings all I wanted to do was sit round and listen to the Pale Saints. But Thom would stick on this horrendous techno music. He got pretty short shift from the rest of us.” "Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot." "The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything." "We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things."

the beatles versus fela kuti

the beatles versus pink floyd

no wuthering heights- kate bush

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carrot

the beatles versus animal collective