tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27577838.post3154072266222676542..comments2023-09-30T07:15:36.391-04:00Comments on Noble Savagery: we are (by default and quite stupidly) ceding a strategic battle in the culture war to the craziesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27577838.post-37767561713557544942008-01-10T01:58:00.000-05:002008-01-10T01:58:00.000-05:00hahaha, it is very wierd how people fight those wh...hahaha, it is very wierd how people fight those who try to help them. this culture teaches you how to act wrongly. i got ahead of myself three years ago, talking about polyamory. i hadn't even learned to love myself yet. as the quaint infoshop.org slogans used to read "kill capitalism before it kills you"<BR/><BR/>Hakim, i can't endorse selling your blood to see the movie- unless your blood is already abundant to the point where it spills out your nose, in which case that might be an excellent use for it. I worry about spreading viruses, though.<BR/><BR/>There's a big gap between what ya see on a screen and what you do in a community- that gap is experience. People have got no problem seeing Yoda livin' simple in the bog on Dagoba, doin' his yoga and eatin' his swamp soup, that shit's tight, right, many would agree. Unless they've experienced some of it though it means not a thing- the grocery conspiracy's got the food locked up in their stores and in our minds, while the housing inspector codes keep you from building what you need to thrive. Mike taught me about that angle. And props to my merry Mary for trying the turkey tail mushroom tea.<BR/><BR/>There's some potential for pop culture to open doors for people, and maybe nudging with a bit of commentary can faciilitate those changes for people. For instance, I got psyched about certain video games when I was younger, like Prince of Persia, not because when I played them it was a healthy or productive use of my time, but because afterwords I was jazzed up to get in shape and run across the city, scale walls and the like. Without reading about the traceurs though, it never would have occurred to me to even try! <BR/><BR/>ah yeah, in scatterbrainedness one can start a post and then save it for finishing later, and then when you publish it, the silly thing pops up in the post queue from the day ya began. oops.vivir vino veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247637077719401381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27577838.post-33712929311976716412008-01-09T09:57:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:57:00.000-05:00That is am amazing way to look at the Golden Compa...That is am amazing way to look at the Golden Compass. I think one of the reasons why I loved the series so much is how it approached religion. It's sad that the movie didn't get much attention. But perhaps it will persuade people to read the book because typically the book is better than the movie. We still need to go see that. But from the looks of things we may have to wait until it comes out on video. Ohs well. <BR/><BR/>And yes, when did you post this? I don't remember seeing it at all until today. <BR/><BR/>Much Luff!<BR/><BR/>~Mary~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27577838.post-14770657534577727222008-01-09T09:48:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:48:00.000-05:00Consider all the impressionable kids from narrow w...Consider all the impressionable kids from narrow worlds who do see the movie, and might be prodded to step off the treadmills of Empire and look for cracks where the light shines through.<BR/><BR/>Pop culture can spread interesting memes around all over the place, but then what? Episode IV A New Hope came out thirty years ago. Fight Club came out eight years ago. <BR/><BR/>My preferred longer-term strategy is more about raising kids and permaculture. If we can eke out a free Zion (metaphorically underground), then whatever fnords are streaming at people in the Matrix won't matter so much to us, free in body mind and spirit.<BR/><BR/>Shadowcrrew, why was your entry posted on Dec. 31, but we didn't see it til January 9? <BR/><BR/>Come visit!!!!!!D. Lollardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897835138834032200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27577838.post-90920163866981123902008-01-09T09:36:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:36:00.000-05:00Well, I'm going to donate blood plasma today for a...Well, I'm going to donate blood plasma today for a few bucks, and the city buses don't go way out west to the Showplace 12 Theatre, so I'd have to take a cab ... but I <I>could</I> go see it. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it weird how robots in media-trance will fight that which hopes to help free them?! <BR/><BR/>You might like Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick. It's less crazy than VALIS.D. Lollardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897835138834032200noreply@blogger.com