Greetings good citizen, in keeping with the rising tide of cynicism (globally) humanity's new meme is 'You'll never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from...'
Sort of redefines the term cynical but look who's talking, eh?
When you are young you tend to believe in 'luck' when what you are actually witnessing is fraud a la three card monte.
As you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
That said, much of what we call skill is also 'hype'. [Cynical enough for ya?]
Yeah, this is the 'natural' follow up for yesterday's 'revelation' that truth and justice are both 'relative' and when it comes to dealing with these 'variables' we are often 'cheated'.
Do any of you see how 'cheated' is also a 'relative' term? [It's not cheating if you 'win'...]
We will never overcome life's multiple 'swindles' if we can't recognize them until after the fact.
Is humanity 'doomed' to live in a cesspool of 'relative justice' where the only safety lies in averting your eyes and keeping your lips zipped?
This what the criminals among us make you do now but there are 'absolute truths' that can't be 'equivocated' away [not that they don't do it regularly because they insist they can thanks to their constitutionally protected 'freedom to lie.'
This planet is ours to SHARE and in that we must factor in EQUITY. None are 'more deserving' than any other so none can be permitted to lift themselves up at the expense of any other.
If 'poverty' were rare we would be justified in brushing it off as a self-inflicted wound but poverty is both widespread and crushing so the root of the situation is maladministration born of hatred. What fuels the hatred? The 'hater's' sense that the object of their malice is undeserving of their share.
What should we do with those who find the idea of 'sharing' with the undeserving intolerable?
ASP shows that exile is the answer. If your mindset is 'incompatible' with a unified humanity then you will have your membership in humanity revoked. [The 'flipside' of this is the fact that this is OUR PLANET. Your rejection of humanity means you need to find someplace else to be self-centered and narrow minded.]
Can you build your own spaceship {starting with processing ALL the raw materials yourself?} because that's why you are sent into the wild naked. Since you 'fail to value' the contributions of others you won't be permitted to take any with you into banishment...and you will be banished into the most useless land known to man so again, good luck with that rocket ship project...
What's this have to do with luck?
Well, those who rob you of what you need to live and pocket what doesn't belong to them call their theft 'luck' and by extension, your honesty is what makes YOU 'UNLUCKY'.
Do you really want to 'parse' that?
Fraud is fraud and fraud is also treachery and the penalty for treason is death.
Life is hard but so are we.
Until next time Head,
Gegner
Sort of redefines the term cynical but look who's talking, eh?
When you are young you tend to believe in 'luck' when what you are actually witnessing is fraud a la three card monte.
As you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
That said, much of what we call skill is also 'hype'. [Cynical enough for ya?]
Yeah, this is the 'natural' follow up for yesterday's 'revelation' that truth and justice are both 'relative' and when it comes to dealing with these 'variables' we are often 'cheated'.
Do any of you see how 'cheated' is also a 'relative' term? [It's not cheating if you 'win'...]
We will never overcome life's multiple 'swindles' if we can't recognize them until after the fact.
Is humanity 'doomed' to live in a cesspool of 'relative justice' where the only safety lies in averting your eyes and keeping your lips zipped?
This what the criminals among us make you do now but there are 'absolute truths' that can't be 'equivocated' away [not that they don't do it regularly because they insist they can thanks to their constitutionally protected 'freedom to lie.'
This planet is ours to SHARE and in that we must factor in EQUITY. None are 'more deserving' than any other so none can be permitted to lift themselves up at the expense of any other.
If 'poverty' were rare we would be justified in brushing it off as a self-inflicted wound but poverty is both widespread and crushing so the root of the situation is maladministration born of hatred. What fuels the hatred? The 'hater's' sense that the object of their malice is undeserving of their share.
What should we do with those who find the idea of 'sharing' with the undeserving intolerable?
ASP shows that exile is the answer. If your mindset is 'incompatible' with a unified humanity then you will have your membership in humanity revoked. [The 'flipside' of this is the fact that this is OUR PLANET. Your rejection of humanity means you need to find someplace else to be self-centered and narrow minded.]
Can you build your own spaceship {starting with processing ALL the raw materials yourself?} because that's why you are sent into the wild naked. Since you 'fail to value' the contributions of others you won't be permitted to take any with you into banishment...and you will be banished into the most useless land known to man so again, good luck with that rocket ship project...
What's this have to do with luck?
Well, those who rob you of what you need to live and pocket what doesn't belong to them call their theft 'luck' and by extension, your honesty is what makes YOU 'UNLUCKY'.
Do you really want to 'parse' that?
Fraud is fraud and fraud is also treachery and the penalty for treason is death.
Life is hard but so are we.
Until next time Head,
Gegner
As you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
ReplyDeleteThat said, much of what we call skill is also 'hype'. [Cynical enough for ya?]
Well, those who rob you of what you need to live and pocket what doesn't belong to them call their theft 'luck' and by extension, your honesty is what makes YOU 'UNLUCKY'.
ReplyDeleteASP shows that exile is the answer. If your mindset is 'incompatible' with a unified humanity then you will have your membership in humanity revoked. [The 'flipside' of this is the fact that this is OUR PLANET. Your rejection of humanity means you need to find someplace else to be self-centered and narrow minded.]
ReplyDeleteLife is hard but so are we.
ReplyDeleteWhen you are young you tend to believe in 'luck' when what you are actually witnessing is fraud a la three card monte.
ReplyDeleteAs you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
As you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
ReplyDeleteThat said, much of what we call skill is also 'hype'. [Cynical enough for ya?]
What's this have to do with luck?
ReplyDeleteWell, those who rob you of what you need to live and pocket what doesn't belong to them call their theft 'luck' and by extension, your honesty is what makes YOU 'UNLUCKY'.
If 'poverty' were rare we would be justified in brushing it off as a self-inflicted wound but poverty is both widespread and crushing so the root of the situation is maladministration born of hatred. What fuels the hatred? The 'hater's' sense that the object of their malice is undeserving of their share.
ReplyDeleteThis what the criminals among us make you do now but there are 'absolute truths' that can't be 'equivocated' away [not that they don't do it regularly because they insist they can thanks to their constitutionally protected 'freedom to lie.'
ReplyDeleteAs you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
ReplyDeleteThat said, much of what we call skill is also 'hype'. [Cynical enough for ya?]
This what the criminals among us make you do now but there are 'absolute truths' that can't be 'equivocated' away [not that they don't do it regularly because they insist they can thanks to their constitutionally protected 'freedom to lie.'
ReplyDeleteFree Speech = Freedom to Lie. (with impunity!)
When you are young you tend to believe in 'luck' when what you are actually witnessing is fraud a la three card monte.
ReplyDeleteAs you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
We will never overcome life's multiple 'swindles' if we can't recognize them until after the fact.
ReplyDeleteIs humanity 'doomed' to live in a cesspool of 'relative justice' where the only safety lies in averting your eyes and keeping your lips zipped?
As you grow older and begin to appreciate that there is more going on than what the eye captures as it slowly dawns on you that what we call luck is mostly hype.
ReplyDeleteThat said, much of what we call skill is also 'hype'. [Cynical enough for ya?]