Best post you ever put up mate
. But you still know sweet fa. about VW beetles
dubmeup wrote:
This is not going to be the easiest OP I've ever written. It may equally not be the easiest OP for others to read. Chances are some if not all may be offended by it, I would say sorry in advance but truth be known I'm not sorry so I won't. If you are offended by what I am going to say then you have choices. For example, you may just think badly of myself and my thoughts or consider what offends you about those thoughts. You could dismiss these words outright or consider them in relation to yourself with an open mind and heart.
So, here goes:
It's now my considered opinion that participation in forums like this is not only a complete waste of time but is also contributing to the continuation of the status quo. Not only the external status quo where the Human race is walking blindly toward an abyss but the internal one where our egos protect us from considering and taking responsibility for, the consequences of our actions/inaction.
Every single one of us that either reads or posts on the internet can only do so because we are throwing fuel on the fire of the status quo. Be it paying for an ISP, a mobile phone, Wi-fi in a cafe or whatever. We each come to the internet with our points of view, our notions of what's wrong with the world and our visions of how it could be a better place. We read and post millions of bytes of data and every single byte goes toward enabling the very things we say we oppose.
Perhaps it could be argued that it's a 'necessary evil' to do so. That the effects of throwing fiat at the corporations to gain access to the internet are far outweighed by the potential for change in what we type and read. It would be a fair argument should the content of our interactions actually be effecting some form of 'real' change for the betterment of all. But it's pretty clear that isn't the case.
What do we do here and on other such forums? Think about it for a moment. We do sweet fanny adams. We go round and round in circles discussing events in the news when we already know what lies behind it all. We go round and round in cyclical argument about our different perceptions of the World, often building up persistent divisions and ill feelings in the process. We pat each other on the back, slap each other in the face and paper over cracks in each others fallibilities. We jump down each other's throats when we perceive hidden meanings in each other's words which may actually be nowt but our own projections. We prop up egos, attack egos, create outcasts and form subsets. We convince ourselves we are right and often look down our noses at those we think are wrong. This could be a very long paragraph...
All the while whilst we do this, the World is going to hell in a hand basket with us offering no resistance whatsoever. We are all shilling for the status quo and the supposed 'New World Order'.
I have decided to address this in my little corner of the World. I am taking a step back from the cut and thrust of pointless internet forumming and am instead going to concentrate on 'walking away'. Time spent online could be better spent elsewhere. Learning new skills, practicing old ones, networking and community building, reducing reliance on fiat 'money', meditating, being an active and fully engaged part of nature and addressing the bits of my ego that are plainly dysfunctional. This is not to say that I am giving up visiting places like this altogether, rather that it's time I put the world of the forum into perspective and treated it accordingly.
That of course means I won't be engaging in any debate about what I just wrote.
In Lakesh
smiley was getting me into dangerous territory with you however..
