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It's like life in that I know it really is all useless and
meaningless but we >have to live as if it isn't, and pretend that we can
actually
>accomplice something as humans, considering that sitting around and
>waiting to die would be terribly boring. ; )
What a great spoonerism!!!! What exactly do we accomplice to
accomplish? That is the crux of the group.
>We both consider ourselves to be 'apolitical'. (*please don't tell
me it is >impossible to by apolitical; ppl are always telling me I Cannot be
what I >am.*)
a·po·lit·i·cal adj. 1. Having no interest in or association with politics.
2. Having no political importance.
It is possible to be apolitical ... as long as you have a buddha
like acceptance of the way things world. Note however that to say you are
apolitical is a political act. If you truly are apolitical then let me
offer a different strategy: When the subject of politics comes up simply
change the subject. If other participants in the conversation won't let go
of the political bone modulo the group with the question: "Does anyone else
find this as boring as I do?" And discuss art, literature, food, or
whatever with whoever the remainder is.
....
Kristee quotes a hacker friend ...
>Any group <that wishes to survive -nfg> will become assimilating
<by definition of group - nfg>
>elitist,
<I disagree ... unless elitist is to make the distinction "on the
bus or off the bus - those who are in the group as opposed to those who
aren't>
>corrupt
<I REALLY disagree .... but would ask your friend to define his term
before I argued the point>
>and fill itself with its own hype.
<Again by definition ... isn't hype simply the defining of purpose?
Without hyperbole I would have to concede the corrupt ... but its only a
danger when you confuse rhetoric with reality .... the people who do this
are generally defined as "fringe">
...
You have to destroy everything you're not entirely comfortable with.
Great ... that makes sense .... once I destroy everything I'm not
comfortable with I end up with a cordless phone, a Laz-Z-Boy, and satellite
TV.
...
Thoughts change. As soon as a philosophy is established by an
individual in a way that someone else accepts it, it is destroyed.
Including your friend's thoughts. One day he'll realize how
dependent he is on other people ... and he'll acknowledge the lip service
he's been giving caeser all along.