Termyn8or
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The fact of the matter is that no plan concieved by Man will ever be perfect. And my sister makes a pretty damn good case for atheism. So what is left ?
Sadly, our only option is a plan by which some innocents are killed. I don't like it, and I'm sure most of you aren't too happy about it either, but look at the current state of affairs.
Reading even my own words saddens me, that I can think that way, but I do think that way. Even if the plan isn't perfect, the plan results in the betterment of humanity, and excises those detrimental elements.
The current plan rewards failure, and punishes success. Think of the human race as one body. Even though I am a racist I can think that way. Sven as well as Uumfufu are parts of it. Each has a life, and is entitled to that life, that is if they choose to be human.
If you kill for money or personal gain, if you rape, if you hurt those who have not hurt you you are not human. You have chosen to be an animal. I think we should 'put you to sleep'.
There is such a thing as human garbage, and if you never take out the trash, what happens to your house ?
We have lost the sense of personal responsibility for our well being. Big brother will take care of us. People extoll the virtues of insurance, without realizing what it really is. When you give another fiduciary responsibility for your well being you thereby give them authority over your actions. And why shouldn't it be so ?
If I have to pay for your mistakes I'll do everything in my power to keep you from making those mistakes. If you take personal responsibility for your mistakes, then that's your job to avoid making them. I would prefer the rugged individualism of the past, the exploration and conquest of say, this country. Many wrongs were committed, but at least people were really alive.
I have achieved a few things in life, mentally, technicalogically, emotionally. I have felt a sense of accomplishment. But all this is nothing compared to what was done in the past.
The human race is in a state of decline, despite advances in science. We survive using all kinds of fancy tools, cars, factories, all kinds of things. We can't survive without them. Some people can't live without a cellphone, and others, like me, have figured out to drop the damthing in a bucket of water.
They say "What if your car breaks down ? ". To that I say "I've had cars break down before cellphones were even invented".
Now think of living about 150 years in the past. Could you survive ? I fully admit that I couldn't. Those people were smarter and more resourceful than we are today, otherwise we would not be here. To me, that is irrefutable proof, and needs no cites or quotes. Argue against it...
I wouldn't mind trying it out. Learn the ways of survival, and become again fit to survive. Today I am not, I am a fat lazy drunk. But I am not all that fat, that is i am not obese. I am not all that lazy, but I do qualify. And I do not get really drunk. But I am not as fit as I used to be (go figure).
You see I am not talking about some stupid game, I mean take me back 150 years and I am forced to live that existence every day. No phone no lights no motor cars, not a single luxury. In that environment I might just do it. They did.
THAT is what we've lost. We've come from being a species that would find a way to defeat lions, tigers, dinosaurs and who the fuck knows what else, to one that has people who would commit suicide because they don't have enough friends. What happened here ?
My Dad says it's cities. Cities are people living off of each other. Of course it is true, but did I ever think of it that way ? His Dad walked from one end of this country to the other. Was he lonely ? Of course not, there was something he wanted to do and only he could do it for himself so he did it. Alone on the road I could imagine some of the things he thought about. He was a very intelligent Man, as I found out when we got close later in his life. He taught me more that my Father did.
What he had is INDIVIDUALISM. Now to extoll the virtues of individualism in an online forum might seem oxymoronic, but it isn't. To strike out on your own and go your own way doesn't mean you do not communicate with others.
I am not saying that I ever had any great degree of individualism, but I do understand it. See it is not that you can't get any help to survive, people helped each other for millenia, what it is is that you do not want to ask. You do not want to pay, and you do not want favors. You want to do it on your own and there are some necessities that you must get from others. But it is always tit for tat.
These things are dead in us. But you can't get strong unless you have something to struggle against. That's why people buy weights and exercise machines. Let's face it, it just isn't that much work to grab a pack of boneless chicken breasts, take them to the register and with great difficulty, take eight dollars out of your wallet. Then carry that heavy change back to your pants pocket.
And it's a damn shame that people who contemplate suicide are probably the exact people who should live, while some with the strongest in survival instinct are the ones who should be killed. People do not commit suicide because of a hangnail.
I don't want the job of playing God, but somebody better do it, and soon. I don't even know the exact criteria for who should live and die. We all pretty much agree I think, kill the murderers and rapists, but only if we are absolutely sure of their guilt. But there are others.
And yes, we should start from the top down. But it ain't happening.
People in the past worked hard to give their kids a better life and future than themselves, a noble cause. But perhaps they shouldn't have. Obstacles teach. Consequences teach. Society seems to be hell bent on removing these forces. Or is this just how things are supposed to go naturally ?
If my last statement is true, I think the end of the human race is near, perhaps 100 years. And if it doesn't, life will not be worth living, but you get your pills every day, like in 1984 (Orwell). In fact we are getting close to that point right now.
Let me ask a question at this point, the simple answer will be 'NO'.
Q: Do you take any pills ?
I mean medication of any kind, aspirin, prescription drugs etc. I do not mean drugs of abuse. I mean drugs made by those companies. If so do not answer. If you can truly say no, you are lucky. I take no medication of any sort, and it is going to stay that way.
I mean is there one other person in CM who has no prescriptions for drugs ? I mean just one person. I don't care about recreational drugs, I mean medication. Something you take periodically for some condition. Is there even one person who can answer no to that ? The member list is up into five figures, how many people you think can answer no ? Ten, twelve ? Less ? More ?
How can I say this ? If you take medication you are dependant. Because I will not accept that form of life I will not take medication, almost ever. Not that I never have.I have taken antibiotics twice, in my younger day for ear infections. Other than that, nothing. Never long term. An antibiotic does it's job then you are done. That is treatment, not management. That is the difference to me. I would also go to a doctor if I had a broken bone, but I have never managed to break a bone, though I tried. I'm sure I've had some fractures in my fingers, but never broke one completely.
And I absolutely will never ever do a painkiller. I will die first if I have to stick a gun in my mouth. I know pain too, but I stood firm, even with a bullet in me, I got up off the gurney and walked into the hospital and said "I walked in here, and I am walking out". And the first thing I told them was no painkillers.
Pain gives your body and mind instructions on how to heal itself. Painkillers hurt you. No, not cause pain, they REALLY hurt you by thwarting this process. That is my firm belief, and I live by it, and it works for me.
I made that decision for me, you make your own. This was a simple .38 through the face, down into the neck. Tearing of tissue and so forth. This was not like a migraine or an inflamed internal organ. But then it wasn't pleasant either. But I walked out of there.
And somebody please help fix this country and the People. Somebody please think about that instead of getting the latest CD or DVD. We are better than that, we are better then this.
I have practically no fucking formal education and you can read me. The normal channels do not work. Some of the most intelligent people I know are also dropouts. It can be done.
Stop the entertainment, start thinking, like Men who walk across the country. Enjoy silence, I do. Give your own thoughts some time to breed. I have a stereo, it is turned off at the moment. My mind is running fast, but not too fast. I can pick off a thought or two.
But I still need a vacation.
T
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