hallelujah

[treehouseblues]

I don't know how it will be in the years to come. There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good. It is true that two men can lift a bigger stone than one man

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fight for?

[anonymous]

Who says you have to fight for, or against, anything? Why, when we approach a goal, a means to an end, is it always a fight? What to fight for, what to fight against.... why not just grab ahold of the things in life that are good, wonderfull, joytastic even, while you have the opportunity? Nurture them, love them, care for them...... In my limited understanding of the universe (and Ill give you that it IS limited) things tend to flow....... different bands of flux move from one point to another..... point a to point b rarley requires a fight unless we decide that we want to fight over it..... Its amazing how complex the human mind can make the most simple of things..... and even more amazing how often your first instincts are usually more correct and appropriate for the situation, as opposed to the conclusion that hours of thinking will bring you to.... its good, its bad, it is..... the more we fight about it, the worse it gets, for everyone.....

but hell, how much fun can you have in a peaceful place where people are encouraged to be themselves.........

Id rather eat my wonderbread, wear my brand name clothes, listen to the same 20 songs over and over again on pop radio, and watch what they let us see about the war on fox news.....

and not realize that the only real part of it is the poor shit that just got blown up in the desert because of some "ideal" that we're "fighting for." Too bad for him..... now for a commercial!

Re: fight for?

[treehouseblues]

Thing's don't just flow...not when you're dealing with humans. Thoughts, ideas, actions all require effort. Action and reaction and then action again and reaction again. It's all interconnected and complex. Do you think if we chose not to act, with this idea that things tend to flow, that our goals would get accomplished? There is a force within some of us that give us the desire to dominate and control which often leads to the inhumane treatment and deaths of many people. Should we not fight against that? Should we not fight against a governement who has grown so large that it's completely aware that it's wasting trillions of dollars that could be used to take care of its people? Do you know how many people are hungry and tired and barely have any means to survive in The United States? If it's like this here I can't imagine what it's like in other countries who are ruled by dictators.

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

Feel like challenging John Steinback?

Re: fight for?

[anonymous]

that's exactly where my point was going.... in so many words... humans have just yet to realize this flow.... have yet to realize just HOW interconnected things actually are.... we have a tendency to really screw things up.... make them much more complex then they ought to be.... and I cant argue with the man, I can only question his rather insightful quote.... which made me think, and react.....

Re: fight for?

[treehouseblues]

We fight against what we make complicated. Self induced cycle. I can understand that but the truth remains: things do get fucked and it's completely reasonable and, I would say, expected that one would fight to hold the things he finds dear otherwise we'd be completely fucked. There'd be no hope.

Re: fight for?

[fatcagney]

I feel sorry for you. That's it.