forced equity distribution is stealing ya should know better

Post #240,036 by boxley 1/1/06 8:18:37 PM Reply	forced equity distribution is stealing ya should know better either revolution or taxation does that. In the taxation model the money doesnt get into your pocket. The government model just puts off the day of the revolution. If you want more money you have to be in a position to demand it. If you are not in that position, then you are attempting to rely on charity and the goodness of your fellow man's heart. Good luck with that one thanx, Bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #240,070 by inthane-chan 1/2/06 12:22:10 AM Reply	And if we are to escape the bonds of our past... ...we must find a way to escape the patterns of our past. Box, I respect you for being true to who you are. You are very honest about the way our species has been from the beginning of time, and you don't see the hope for our species to ever change - and so you continue to act as if we never will. I think that if we are to change as a species, to move beyond petty struggles towards true cooperation, that some of us have to take a stand. I do believe that if enough people were willing to make a stand, to say that this is not the way things are going to be any more, that we could change the way the entire world works. I used to believe that it wouldn't happen in my lifetime because it would take too long for us to change; now I believe that if it doesn't happen in my lifetime it will be because my lifetime will be cut short by some stupid mistake made by the missing link between apes and civilized beings. We are too close to creating the Children of Humanity; they will learn the lessons that we teach them in our own actions. How we will be treated by them depends on how we treat each other. When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
Post #240,073 by boxley 1/2/06 1:02:22 AM Reply	I know you have some training and spent some time in Nippon (think so anyway if Im confused sorry) the next time you are at work look clearly at your co-workers as beings, what are they thinking doing acting then consult your chi. Do people change? I too was once a believer in people then I realized they are part of the problem, not the solution. All one can do is be true to your own nature, given the recent hardship you have experienced it is hard, all you can acheive is to be yourself, and let the rest of humanity deal with you as opposed with you attempting to react to humanity. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #240,076 by inthane-chan 1/2/06 1:17:23 AM Reply	Bwah? My training and my time in Nippon had nothing to do with each other. ^_^ I do look at other people, and I do see that mostly we are still 99% animal and 1% aware. I realize that I am probably not a whole lot better than the average. You ride the waves, I stand against them. That IS who I am; and yes, it is hard. For me, without the challenge I would have no reason to live. David Gerrold has this great part in one of his books about how to really screw up a fish: you grab the fish by the tail, haul it out of the water, and hold it just above the surface until it realizes it's been swimming in water all along. Whatever you do, though, don't put that fish back in a tank with fish that haven't had the same experience - all the other fish will ostracize it. "Oh, poor Frank, he's never been the same since that day - always babbling on about this 'water' thing he says we're all in." So we have a choice, pretend nothing changed, or act with our new understanding. I choose to act. When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
Post #240,160 by Ashton 1/2/06 7:28:45 PM Reply	{chortle} Welcome aboard, Grasshopper - I've always thought that, the ontological proof of Cosmic Humor.. has to be: (If ever you manage to uncover a tiny bit of the Good Stuff ...) you can't even give it away! Something them Evangels n'such can never quite grok, at even kiddiegarten level. Perhaps fortunately for all, in every Age. Coming to your nearest Theatre of War: The Dance of Siva Title role performed this evening, by _____ Please.. No Tips!

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