tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post1780434592661059966..comments2023-10-26T20:05:14.669+07:00Comments on intrepid flame: Rock Bottom in the DesertJabizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15060918134697370964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-54226865320902040362008-07-08T01:11:00.000+07:002008-07-08T01:11:00.000+07:00some deep stuff which is supposed to mean a lot an...some deep stuff which is supposed to mean a lot and to be taken seriously right? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-22367802012432012542008-07-03T04:02:00.000+07:002008-07-03T04:02:00.000+07:00Okay, so having read back in time a few days, I se...Okay, so having read back in time a few days, I see that maybe you should read Derrick Jensen after all. He is hard to read. I mean, his writing is good, and entertaining, and he uses few really large words...not that kind of hard. I mean hard like it's hard to let someone punch you in the gut and then let them do it again because you know that you are growing for it.<BR/><BR/>But here's the relevant part for now: Abusers create complicity. In any abusive system, the abuser creates a system wherein the abused has to "opt in" to the abuse. So then the abused can't object to the fucked-up system because they have helped to create the fucked up system. Right? So you can't complain about the clearcutting of rainforests because you use toilet paper made out of trees. And in crisis counseling centers all across the world, people are trying to convince people involved in abusive relationships that it doesn't matter that you're complicit. The fact that you've been manipulated into opting in does not make the system good and it doesn't make you bad. It is still right, and okay, and just for you to object to the fucked up system. Even though you still use toilet paper, and drive an air conditioned car, and eat at Baskin-Robbins. That's just one way that you know it's an abusive system. You are not the abuser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-71211282393451930462008-06-24T02:10:00.000+07:002008-06-24T02:10:00.000+07:00The Air Force website and Time magazine huh? Next ...The Air Force website and Time magazine huh? Next time just send me some data from the White House. <BR/><BR/>Just for the record Time magazine should seldom be believed and any time a child is killed it is a war crime. <BR/><BR/>I leave you with this: <BR/>I'm addressing you.<BR/>Are you going to let your emotional life be run by Time Magazine?<BR/>I'm obsessed by Time Magazine.<BR/>I read it every week.<BR/>Its cover stares at me every time I slink past the corner candystore.<BR/>I read it in the basement of the Berkeley Public Library.<BR/>It's always telling me about responsibility. Business men are serious. Movie producers are serious. Everybody's serious but me.<BR/><BR/>It occurs to me that I am America.<BR/>I am talking to myself again.Intrepidflamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185093331334990403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-87787473678900133682008-06-24T01:27:00.000+07:002008-06-24T01:27:00.000+07:00According to this summary, there were no airstrike...According to <A HREF="http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123103835" REL="nofollow">this summary</A>, there were no airstrikes in Iraq on June 20. There were several strikes against "anti-Afghan forces" in several locations. Perhaps the brave Taliban arhabi were once again hiding behind the skirts of women and children? If <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636551,00.html" REL="nofollow">Time Magazine </A>is to be believed, that may indeed be the case. <BR/><BR/>Iraqi children, Afghan children, no matter, though. But it makes a very big difference if they die as a result of a NATO airstrike, or as a result of Taliban-imposed horrors. The former is some kind a war crime, right? The latter is collateral damage in the fight against Western hegemony, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-14189135698825981232008-06-24T01:04:00.000+07:002008-06-24T01:04:00.000+07:00I hear you. But, we are all products of the world...I hear you. But, we are all products of the world in which we are raised. We start to hate ourselves once we venture out and grasp the pain that takes place around the world (or right next door). Don't be too hard on yourself. Hypocrisy is a human trait. In some ways it just reflects human complexity. Desire (or wanting stuff) is also human. It's one reason why consumerism is so viral. We should all be a little more mindful. You're already there.<BR/><BR/>WendyWendy DGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645389588613812673noreply@blogger.com