> > You might have problems with the part where you bury
> yourself....
> Good point. I doubt there would be a shortage of volunteers
> to help me with the problem, however. "We will bury you".
Isn't cremation is better for the environment; "ashes to ashes"?
> > Sarcasm is the lingua franca of the internet, John.
> It is the signature of your
> > suppressed hostility, and allows you to be critical
> without actually exposing or
> > defending your own reactionary opinions (or actually
> refuting your opponents).
> Who is this Mr. Franca? And why are you suppressing
> hostility to him? That
> cannot be good for your blood pressure. And you should not
> feel bad about
> your reactionary tendencies, we all have them. No need to
> refute opponents,
> they have a right to their opinions.
absolutely, even when they are wrong!~)
> > It provides deniability for insults and subtle
> personal attacks by giving the
> > appearance of depersonalizing the topic. Your
> favorite tactic is to distort
> > what others are saying, by deliberately
> misrepresenting the context.
> I'm sorry that I cannot understand your subtle personal
> attacks on me, or that
> I find it hard to understand your positions. Perhaps if you
> tried explaining them
> to me in simple terms? Or actually answering questions
> instead of insulting me?
I'm not in insulting you, John, I'm emulating you!~) Don't you know,
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"? I will be delighted to answer
your questions when you are able to state them in context...
> > We are all consumers, caught up in the marketplace,
> but some of us are unaware,
> > and others don't care. Some of us bury our heads,
> and others are completely
> > buried under the sands of denial.
> But you have helped to break my connection to the
> marketplace! I gave up all
> my evil ways. Now if I only had 40 acres of land to live
> on, I could go bury
> myself in it and stop consuming altogether!
Now, now, let's not go overboard, John. Last I heard it is still a free
country and you can consume all you want...
I only paid $10,000 for my 40 acres (w/o the mule!~) and I refuse to sell it to
speculators, or to various timber interests.
> > I purchased my first brand new laptop over four years
> ago, my car was new in
> > 1979, and I've owned the same television for over
> eight years.
> My god! The evil plutocrats have forced you to own a
> gas-guzzling 1979 car and
> a 4-year old laptop without the latest energy saving
> features! What unspeakable
> evil. Down with plutocrats!
Actually, I inherited it, but since I rarely drive, I haven't replaced it.
> > my next automobile will be energy efficient.
> No!!! But efficiency is BAD. Down with efficiency!
> > It is not a crime to have money, John, what matters is
> how you earn it and how you spend it...
> Right, now I understand. It is not a crime to have more
> than Jon, just if you want
> to live differently than Jon. I will endeavor to change my
> ways to be more like the great Jon.
Like I said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"!~)
Jonathan the Great Guru, Maru...
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