http://inflosion.wordpress.com Have you ever stopped to think, but forgotten to start? Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:36:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://inflosion.wordpress.com/contact/#comment-3237 Tapan Bhargava Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:33:38 +0000 http://inflosion.wordpress.com/contact/#comment-3237 Wow man, if 'dystopia' were an universal norm, your thoughts exemplify that idea. Russians who believe that the 'end of the world' will come about next spring; floods and drought; cleavage and skin; aeroplanes, petrol pumps, Marlboro lights, fraudulent elections, black gold. No need for expansion. Truth. Capital 'T'? Truth is a good meal, a human touch (thought Socrates in the 'Symposium' would disagree...), maybe, perhaps a series of last thoughts before one gets a good night's sleep. Don't forget the quintessential cigarette and the drink. Then we cal all sleep well. The final frontier... The monster dwells under the bed, eh? But you still sleep well. So the U.N. released the latest compelling, moving even (if you believe the left-tilted BBC) report on the extent of danger and damage to the (I'd like to say 'our, but there's little you show to convince me that you believe in a 'better' future...) earth. Truth be confronted then? ? Yes, California isn't what I thought it would be. We believe in nothing. We want to live. We don't want others to suffer. We don't care if they do either. You've signed into some form of 'social contract' theory (you wouldn't have the privilege of expressing your thoughts if you hadn't signed off some of your beliefs so you could pay taxes and write your blog?), but the underlying fact remains that idealism, so virtuous a form of identity and comfort, released YOU long before you can came to terms with letting it go. No dual standards; just that you care as much as 'I' do. Nada. Zilch. No watches, no designer suits. Walk in the rain, don't water-cannon it on us. Jogging is good. Football. Late-night conversations. Spatial dimensions and human emotion. This is the end, my only friend, the end. NOT. You CARE? we care? Wow man, if ‘dystopia’ were an universal norm, your thoughts exemplify that idea. Russians who believe that the ‘end of the world’ will come about next spring; floods and drought; cleavage and skin; aeroplanes, petrol pumps, Marlboro lights, fraudulent elections, black gold. No need for expansion.
Truth. Capital ‘T’?
Truth is a good meal, a human touch (thought Socrates in the ‘Symposium’ would disagree…), maybe, perhaps a series of last thoughts before one gets a good night’s sleep. Don’t forget the quintessential cigarette and the drink. Then we cal all sleep well. The final frontier…
The monster dwells under the bed, eh?
But you still sleep well. So the U.N. released the latest compelling, moving even (if you believe the left-tilted BBC) report on the extent of danger and damage to the (I’d like to say ‘our, but there’s little you show to convince me that you believe in a ‘better’ future…) earth.
Truth be confronted then?
?
Yes, California isn’t what I thought it would be.
We believe in nothing. We want to live. We don’t want others to suffer. We don’t care if they do either. You’ve signed into some form of ’social contract’ theory (you wouldn’t have the privilege of expressing your thoughts if you hadn’t signed off some of your beliefs so you could pay taxes and write your blog?), but the underlying fact remains that idealism, so virtuous a form of identity and comfort, released YOU long before you can came to terms with letting it go.
No dual standards; just that you care as much as ‘I’ do. Nada. Zilch.
No watches, no designer suits.
Walk in the rain, don’t water-cannon it on us.
Jogging is good. Football. Late-night conversations.
Spatial dimensions and human emotion.
This is the end, my only friend, the end.
NOT.
You CARE? we care?

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