It's practically signature Neal to deconstruct without engaging. On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > Neil, as is the case quite often, your post appears to be from a place > of disillusionment. Not that I wish a Pollyannaish point of view, but > with as much insight as you have, I have great hopes for future offers > presenting more practice in wiping the excrement from those not so > rose colored glasses. > > The throw-away lines you like to close with, while containing a tad of > a pedagogical Bill Porter (O. Henry), are so lightly presented as to > become more ethereal than instructive. > > > On Apr 26, 1:28 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> We have two toilets, but also water rates. What is given with one >> hand is taken away with the other. Poverty easily becomes the Monty >> Python joke, until one sees real people living in a 'shoe-box' in a >> central reservation in Sao Paulo. In serious vein, we are >> overpopulating and producing spurious notions of meritocracy and >> democracy as merely superior forms of human resource management. >> One might see it this way: We are merely vessels for the survival of >> our genetic material. Thus one dominates the world with CIA-assisted >> marketing of banal but standardised software, steals eggs from one's >> partner, transplants one's DNA into such eggs and speeds the result >> off into the vastness, ensuring the survival of one's DNA. There is >> now no need for the human world at all. Victory is assured as soon as >> one gets a gullible politico to push a red button. Quite what the >> purpose of the triumph of one's DNA is in such circumstances might get >> more debate than it does. >> >> On 26 Apr, 05:30, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Dang! I left out the toilet, my home has two full baths, I'm living >> > like royalty!! >> >> > I'm going to borrow that Ghandi quote for the collective mentality >> > thread, thanks! >> >> > On Apr 25, 11:14 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > A poster on the wall at work: >> >> > > If your home has something other than a dirt floor you are in the top >> > > half of the world’s population. >> >> > > If your home has a roof, a door, windows and more than one room, you >> > > are in the top 20%. >> >> > > If you have refrigeration, you are in the top 5%. >> >> > > If you have a car, a microwave, a video, a computer and this toilet >> > > has a cubicle door, then you are in the top 1%. >> >> > > “We must be the change we want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi >> >> > > On Apr 25, 5:58 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > In further retrospect I have to say that there were many times I >> > > > realized the poverty in which my youth had developed but now I realize >> > > > when witnessing the abject poverty of third world countries that I am >> > > > living the life of luxury just by the mere fact that I can walk over >> > > > to a sink and get water, take hot showers, have a refrigerator and a >> > > > microwave oven. We can take life for granted which is why the wealthy >> > > > and privileged keep hording. It is basically the concept of relative >> > > > deprivation. >> >> > > > On Apr 25, 7:16 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > Maybe 'read' was a typo for 'ride' Slip. I get confused easily these >> > > > > days - good job you are about to fix my intentionality. Boys' Town >> > > > > was obviously a privileged place - our first car was a borrowed >> > > > > Vandenplas Princess with bald tires, followed by a Morris Oxford my >> > > > > brother fixed. England was always a poor place with memories of >> > > > > walking, waiting for buses that came sometimes, though we often spent >> > > > > our fare money on a shared bag of chips, eating them whilst clinging >> > > > > to the rear door rail of the bus sparking our clogs. Credit was >> > > > > something for the few who bed and breakfasted or shorted shares, >> > > > > travelling in chauffeur-driven cars -plus ca change ... >> >> > > > > On 26 Apr, 00:37, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > Something along that line...and I see Gruff right at home on that >> > > > > > seat. ;) >> >> > > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> >> > > > > > wrote: >> >> > > > > > > NIce! My old man had one of those and sold it off when I was too >> > > > > > > young to realize the value of it. >> >> > > > > > > You made the off the wall connection though, Chris, it must be >> > > > > > > the >> > > > > > > Floridian Hooch eh? >> >> > > > > > > On Apr 25, 3:33 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> >> > > > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> Like so? >> >> > > > > > >>http://www.american-v.co.uk/custom_bikes/001_indian/01c_indian_12.jpg >> >> > > > > > >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> >> > > > > > >> wrote: >> >> > > > > > >> > Gruff's auto? Is there some kind of car trouble? >> >> > > > > > >> > Really Arch! New thread without a "Link"? >> >> > > > > > >> > Imagine what some Indian might be thinking! >> >> > > > > > >> > On Apr 24, 11:01 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > > >> >> An easy read Gruff - in the sense it went down well. Found >> > > > > > >> >> myself >> > > > > > >> >> wondering whether the themes repeat often through later >> > > > > > >> >> years and >> > > > > > >> >> wanting to know more. >> > > > > > >> >> Neil- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > >
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