Strange somehow I flit from idea to idea. Idealy I woud like to see globalisation succeed, and yet sometimes I feel that tribalisation is bound to succeed instead.
On 2 Sep, 13:29, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be preferable Lee. I've just been watching Alex Salmond > ('oor Scottish 'Great Leader') slagging off double dealing politics > and claiming Nelson Mandela as supporting the release of the 'Libyan > Terrorist/Innocent Patsy' (to taste) - I don't even get a vote living > under the current boundaries. In truth, we don't get to vote for much > that might matter to us.. > The notion of us being able to do something on the basis of collective > mindsets leads me to the one I've found everywhere I've managed to > get. We want to be free of any of these great gawps and their wars > and inequalities. > I've been looking back to a critical incident in my life years ago. > The truth of this involves Northern Ireland, but I have to disguise > the story - so if I get published it will appear to have taken place > on the Argentinian mainland during the Falklands (it was about > contemporary with that farce). We were an odd group of men doing our > bit for 'Queen and Country', all coming to the end of our invincible > hard as iron 'adolescence' at around 30. None of us could bring > ourselves to shoot the 'enemy', individually reaching the same > collective decision after weeks of stalking - the decision being that > 'Queen and Country' was worth the smell of a foetid toilet. To shoot > would have been to give up every value any of us had, despite having > spent much of the last ten years in uniform in one sense or another, > that we were, in essence being asked to shoot our own. There were six > of us and we haven't amounted to a hill of beans between us since, > though have all drunk ourselves through the disillusion to some tune. > The collective story is really about being alienated from anything > approaching moral purpose, yet strangely being traumatised by acting > as the moral agents we really were, even if our 'hardness' dictated a > face of denial of this. The simple political stories of nationhood > and the dirty world we are taught are just not enough - but somehow we > need to learn peace is not 'grandiose' and needs to be routine and > banal. I have found this everywhere and it is all about some form of > collectivity that knows 'foreign policy' needs to be opposed to gain > its megalomaniac strength - my only guess is it needs to wither under > ridicule against a practical collectivity in which it is treated like > a child's tantrums. I guess we are all armed with a pin against a > giant bubble-wrap! The key is some kind of giant raspberry breaking > out against globalism. > > On 2 Sep, 11:22, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Yes BB, we actualy agree on something. > > > I too think that it is inevitable that we shall either have a world > > goverment of some sort or 'tribalise' into many diverse tribes set not > > along the lines of nationality but mindsets. > > > On 2 Sep, 03:03, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think it is inevitable that we all separate into our little pockets > > > and defect from each country or state, and everyone should be allowed > > > to do so. I will be alone in my little private Idaho but seriously, > > > defect if you are not happy and are not treated well. Don't let > > > others suck off whatever you have in your back yard. You have > > > political differences? You should be able to draw your lines in your > > > yard. England has no right to you. Group together with whoever you > > > feel connected to and make a country out of it. In Iraq? Let them > > > divide it up, they are obviously never going to get along. > > > > On Aug 31, 9:29 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There is a convenient line drawn across mainland Great Britain - the > > > > M62. Not as high as Hadrian's Wall but a useful line to demarcate > > > > Scotland from England. Those of us lucky enough to live north of it > > > > should lay claim to be Scots and to what is left of the oil and gas > > > > other than the hot air of Westminster politicians. These oil and gas > > > > reserves are about as big as Kuwait's and our country would be about > > > > 15 million strong, ready-made with its own parliament in Edinburgh. > > > > We could leave the bwanking debts to the English and join the Euro, > > > > committing ourselves to use the oil and gas to create sustainable > > > > industries, agriculture and energy -possibly after an emigration to > > > > New Zealand.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
