Is it wrong?

Go Beavers

Blockhead wrote:

One thing I will tell you is, I used to post here "A Moving Train" a lot, and It never made me happy. I think discussion boards are a huge waste of time and energy, thats the reason why I rarely post here anymore.

You weren't happy making mis-informed posts about welfare recipients and preaching about individual responsibility?

SweetChildofMine

Go Beavers wrote:

Blockhead wrote:

One thing I will tell you is, I used to post here "A Moving Train" a lot, and It never made me happy. I think discussion boards are a huge waste of time and energy, thats the reason why I rarely post here anymore.

You weren't happy making mis-informed posts about welfare recipients and preaching about individual responsibility?

FiveB247x

I love the ideas our nation is founded upon (even if we've never really lived up to them) and think we should always strive to uphold those core beliefs. I'm very saddened and embarrassed for the practices we have chosen to employ at home and abroad. Our words and hopes do not equate to our practices and policies and instead of being a model/beacon of how to make the world a better place, we instead just contribute and enable ways to carve it up for our own benefit and interests. We like to believe we're altruistic but we're not and although we're still probably better off than most places in the world, the vast gap between what we could be and represent compared to what we are, well it's sad and disappointing.

pandora

SweetChildofMine wrote:

To say Im beginning to hate this country, most of the idiots in it and want to move the f' out of here? Though Im beginning to hate everyone lately. Somehow i fell if I dont get out of here Im going to lose my joy sense of wonder and excitement I have about the world and its people which I once had and Im quickly losing. Im beginning to think youre all a bunch of joy stealing pricks. Maybe its not think its KNOW. I havent found anyone to prove it otherwise, as of yet.

Anyway, change of pace may do me some good.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Buddha

The Golden Rule will help you also ... it is positive joy

brianlux

Oh, I know these feelings, Sweetchild. I get so mad at the human world sometimes. For me it's like a song cycle. The apex of my anger is something akin to "Lukin", then moved towards "Faithful" (not as in faith in God, but faith in something that is good that I call Mystery) and ends with "Love Boat Captain". And then I read the news and off I go again.

The other thing is, when I get to that strongest point of feeling misanthropic I'll eventually realize I'm also mad at my own stinking rotten self (if we're honest, we all know we have at least a little stinking rotten self in us) and then I feel motivated to do something useful to- to help someone or some critter or some thing- taking care of the garden, planting a tree, etc. Or save a rock from the bulldozer. I'm serious. I love saving rocks. Saving a rock from being crushed is a worthy action and puts everything in perspective.

The other thing that helps- look into the eyes of a loving dog, or admire the self confidence of an independent cat.

pandora

brianlux wrote:

Oh, I know these feelings, Sweetchild. I get so mad at the human world sometimes. For me it's like a song cycle. The apex of my anger is something akin to "Lukin", then moved towards "Faithful" (not as in faith in God, but faith in something that is good that I call Mystery) and ends with "Love Boat Captain". And then I read the news and off I go again.

The other thing is, when I get to that strongest point of feeling misanthropic I'll eventually realize I'm also mad at my own stinking rotten self (if we're honest, we all know we have at least a little stinking rotten self in us) and then I feel motivated to do something useful to- to help someone or some critter or some thing- taking care of the garden, planting a tree, etc. Or save a rock from the bulldozer. I'm serious. I love saving rocks. Saving a rock from being crushed is a worthy action and puts everything in perspective.

The other thing that helps- look into the eyes of a loving dog, or admire the self confidence of an independent cat.

Amen to that!

ONCE DEVIDED

SweetChildofMine wrote:

Love is all you need?

Right.

Doesn't exist in this world.

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Look around you, dying dolphins, people killing each other, starving children, people violating nature... people violating each other, bullies, harassment, this place screams I need fucking help... then there is just a handful say okay, im doing my best and the rest well, dont give a ratass. How can you sleep at night? Tell me how successful are human beings really? Or is it just an selfish individual plan that you think is getting you everywhere that in the end get you nowhere?

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Then you wonder why people become atheist.

But also
There is so much good
So much love

Sometimes it's hard to find amongst all you mention above
But it's there
I know
Even on these boards
Even on the train

Godfather.

SweetChildofMine wrote:

lol ... Im just stirring the pot ...stop being a blockhead . Geesh... I even got the Godfather thinking for cripes sake back off.

you've just made everybody think about how much love there is in the world...I love you too Sweetchild

Godfather.

pandora

ONCE DEVIDED wrote:

But also
There is so much good
So much love

Sometimes it's hard to find amongst all you mention above
But it's there
I know
Even on these boards
Even on the train

another Amen from me!