--- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" > > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > > > Unless you're part of the in-crowd, it's a waste > > > of time to post. Particularly if you intend to > > > write something substantive or original or both. > > > FFL thrives on insults and "me-too" idiocy. > > > > > > I scan FFL every day, mainly to see the 0.1% of > > > posts the headlines of which indicate some > > > major news. I've been doing that for years. > > > > > > On the rare occasion that I post something, > > > it is usually ignored, apparently because > > > there's nothing in it that fuels a personal > > > attack. > > > > > > This as an example of the > > > normative forces of the world that seek > > > equilibrium between the mundane and the > > > sublime. It's why utopia or "islands of heaven > > > on earth" are impossible to sustain even if > > > they can be created. They cannot avoid > > > intermixture with the dystopias that surround > > > them, no matter how high their barriers to > > > entry are built. > > > > A genuine utopia would uplift people as they entered. > > I agree. However, it would not have > perfectly distinct boundaries. It would > intermix with whatever existed outside > of it, the two realities seeking equilibrium > with each other. > > > > > > > > > FFL was a good idea, and like all good ideas it > > > attracted much to itself, most of it at a lower level. > > > > As defined by whom? > > > > By the person who made the assertion. >
Er, wasn't that you?
