--- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > The Underbelly of FFL > Recently I was in the Big City, I wanted to see again the place where my > family came into the United States; so I took a trip to see Ellis > Island, which unfortunately was closed due to Hurricane Sandy damage, > though I could see it from afar. It was made into a park in 1954. > FFL to me is kind of like seeing New York from a distance at first, big > imposing, beautiful. Ah! FFL is about spirituality! > [New York Skyline] > But as one approaches closer, one begins to grasp that there is a hustle > and bustle that belies that deceptively serene appearance that one might > have on distant approach. > [Fifth Avenue, New York City] > Finally one gets close enough, there seems to be a dark current of decay > and corruption as one looks under the surface. > [Underbelly of New York City] > > The Big Apple seems more chewed up down below than I can remember, and > now with posting limits off on FFL, it is more difficult to find the > beauty among the lines here at FFL now that the dark undercurrents have > been given full reign, the untrammeled desire of mere human intrigue and > he said/she said dialogues take to the fore, the mental equivalent of > flapping jaw muscles, the nourishing equivalent of junk food. > > Still, there are some gems in here. Before it was like tunneling for > gold. Now it is like strip mining, and sifting through tons of material > to get to some pure shining metal. > > In some ways though, this also dilutes the inner corruption. With the > reduced posting, the dark side becomes in some ways more visible, gets > more concentrated, the vile tendencies of human psyches to project their > inner value to the surface for all to see. >
Wonderfully written and a brilliant insight Xeno. The gold is there but stopping by to just pan a bit, as I do, is certainly a more arduous task. Do you ever wonder if some of those who project their vile inner values while at the same time vociferously arguing against post limits, are completely unaware of what they reveal of themselves?
