kallend 2,150 #26 May 27, 2004 Maybe you don't have the misfortune to work in King Richard II's city. The guy is a jerk.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #27 May 27, 2004 Really who gives a shit?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #28 May 27, 2004 You labeled all Democrats finger pointers. When asked how you came to that conclusion, you pointed to one incident involving one Democrat. That's like me saying I know a guy named Ron who's a flaming queen, therefore all guys named Ron are flaming queens. That would be pretty ridiculous of me don't you think?Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #29 May 27, 2004 I really do. Orwell figured out brillliantly in 1984 that every society needs an enemy to keep it focused. Gosh, I wish I could remember the cartoon character's name, but he said "I have met the enemy, and he is us" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #30 May 27, 2004 QuoteOrwell figured out brillliantly in 1984 that every society needs an enemy to keep it focused. A while back, there was a science fiction movie like that. A group of scientists created an "alien" from a volunteer and armed him. Then he threatened the world with destruction to unite it. QuoteGosh, I wish I could remember the cartoon character's name, but he said "I have met the enemy, and he is us" Pogo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #31 May 27, 2004 QuotePogo Yup But I think we need to move this conversation into one of the ecology-is-bunk threads now, because it was a line referring to conservation, and was a pretty popular Earth Day poster in the early 70's. Those damn hippies Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #32 May 27, 2004 >Orwell figured out brillliantly in 1984 that every society needs an enemy to keep it focused. Yep. When I read that book in 1983 I thought it was a masterful work, but he had missed the mark on predicting what future society would be like. But now I'm not so sure; maybe he just got the date wrong. BTW if you want to read a truly eerie vision of the future, check out "the machine stops." It very accurately describes the kind of mental masturbation that happens on-line, where conversations get so divorced from reality that you end up making endless commentaries on what someone else wrote, commentaries that are so removed from direct experience that they have no relevance any more. It talks about how the world becomes smaller not because we can get anywhere very quickly, but because we can use the net to do business in Singapore from an office in NY. People get fat and immobile because they never move from their couch; they can be in touch with every part of the world, they can have every entertainment imaginable brought to them via TV and the Net. And the eeriest part about it? It was written in 1909. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #33 May 28, 2004 Quotethey can be in touch with every part of the world, they can have every entertainment imaginable brought to them via TV and the Net. And the eeriest part about it? It was written in 1909. Wow. They predicted the net back in 1909? I guess they must have predicted computer too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #34 May 28, 2004 QuoteQuotethey can be in touch with every part of the world, they can have every entertainment imaginable brought to them via TV and the Net. And the eeriest part about it? It was written in 1909. Wow. They predicted the net back in 1909? I guess they must have predicted computer too. Babbage, 1837 www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/ Pascal had some ideas too, but Babbage was the first to conceive of a computer as we might understand it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #35 May 28, 2004 Quoteif you want to read a truly eerie vision of the future, check out "the machine stops." That's pretty freaky. I'm reading it right now... Here's an online version of it: http://plexus.org/forster/index.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #36 May 28, 2004 QuoteI agree. It was just a joke. Now, if W's leg had been cut off or something, and Kerry called him "stubby", that would be inappropriate. Kelly LOL! "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #37 May 28, 2004 QuoteYou labeled all Democrats finger pointers. When asked how you came to that conclusion, you pointed to one incident involving one Democrat. That's like me saying I know a guy named Ron who's a flaming queen, therefore all guys named Ron are flaming queens. That would be pretty ridiculous of me don't you think? Well that would be your right now wouldn't it? I think many democrats ARE finger pointers...And the TOP Dem right now sure as hell did whatever he could to blame someone else for something he did didn't he? If I told you that a good number of guys named "Bubba" are rednecks....Well I'd be correct right? Call a spade a spade."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
