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Posted by Nina on 3/14/2008, 9:52 am, in reply to "Hello From the Space Station"
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Hey Butch-
If I let you be responsible for my sense of well-being, then I'd be stupider than both Rat and Lian Dao.
There...... The burden has been lifted. Now you can float out into the ionosphere and dance!
Have fun-
Nina
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: Nina you get the Least Consistent
: Inconsistent
: Award. Well done! Oh what's this? You also
: recieve the
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: i-don't-blame-you-not-posting-here-as-two-year-olds-throw-less-tantrums-than-these-playground-Daoists
: award. Congratulations!
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: Friends,
:
: Guess what, they got cyberspace out here in
: space. I can still communicate with you via
: the Internet when there isn't too much solar
: activity. Lucky you.
:
: Quite a view from here. Very holistic
: perspective of Earth. From here all is
: indeed a unitive one. I don't see any lines
: drawn between one area and another. All I
: see are areas of confluence between one
: aspect of Earth and another. Mountain
: ranges, beaches, and such. Very metaphysical
: from up here.
:
: If I were an Alien that had never been on
: Earth before I would think I had just found
: Heaven. But we know better. There is
: something wrong with our world today, you
: can see it in our eyes. We're livin' on the
: edge and there are those among us doing
: everything they can to get us to go over it.
:
: People that have given up on their own lives
: and want everyone else to join them. Misery
: loves company. And yet, this isn't the worst
: of it. There are those that simply want to
: get other people to go over the edge so they
: can have more. Instigators. It does no good
: to placate such types. They are
: incorrigable. Such types constantly belittle
: and criticize every little imperfection they
: see in others. And when this is brought to
: their attention they feign sincerity by
: pointing out that they are imperfect as
: well. That they don't mean anything by being
: mean spirited.
:
: These types of people have always been
: around, or so it seems to me. What is
: amazing is that there are so many willing to
: encourage such negativity. All in the name
: of freedom of speech... What about the
: responsibility that goes along with freedom
: of speech. Can we really say we believe in
: freedom of speech if we don't link it to
: responsibility?
:
: All I know is about such matters is when we
: allow people to yell fire in a crowded
: theater we encourage them to do it again,
: and again, and again. All the while hoping
: they will get tired of being irresponsible.
: But some people never weary of being
: selfish. They just become more and more
: selfish, unless checked by others.
:
: What was that? Sorry gotta go, the Space
: Station has regular maintenance that has to
: be done and I must take my turn. No free
: rides on the Space Station. Everyone pulls
: their weight. Or they are sent packing.
: Unlike places in cyberspace that threaten
: the responsible as well as the irresponsible
: with banishment, here it is only the
: irresponsible that are singled out for
: deportation. Funny how things are so much
: different up here than down there.
:
: If the shoe fits, wear it.
:
: Butch
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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