Originally posted by tubularbills
i drink my coffee w/out anything. pure. tastes great!
amen!
EddieZilker
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Originally posted by Arbiter
Decay is a necessary step in the cycle of life, death, and ultimately transformation into new life. If we reject decay, then we are implicitly rejecting all life in this world, because none of it would exist but for decay.
Social decay is no different. Societies take on a life of their own, and all societies must also eventually have a death of their own. And from each society's death and decay the seedlings of the next will flourish and come to life. Those societies which exist today could never have existed were it not for the decay of the societies that preceded them, and the societies of the future depend our society's inevitable decay for their eventual existence.
Every great creation is preceded by, and eventually followed by, great destruction, and whosoever would be a creator finds his most invaluable assistance in destroyers. Unlike most human beings, I embrace this reality. I choose to embrace that cycle and reject the petty human instinct to engage in futile attempts at preservation.
Although their individual contributions are typically modest, these "agents of socially entropic decay" are collectively an invaluable asset to me, and indeed to the future of humanity generally. It is only proper, then, that I show them some small measure of appreciation.
I believe this is roughly the same philosophy of the antagonist in The Fifth Element. Your version has a little more refinement, though.
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Originally posted by Lira
ps.: This is by no means related to the beverage Eddie had. I believe he drank actual coffee because he's more awesome than the average American.
Well, I do try to be a good American. Thanks. :) Goodnight, all.
Lira
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Originally posted by Vernon Wanderer
amen!
EgosXII
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by EddieZilker
I believe this is roughly the same philosophy of the antagonist in The Fifth Element. Your version has a little more refinement, though.
It's really the Cole's Notes version of Zarathustra.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by Arbiter
Decay is a necessary step in the cycle of life, death, and ultimately transformation into new life. If we reject decay, then we are implicitly rejecting all life in this world, because none of it would exist but for decay.
Social decay is no different. Societies take on a life of their own, and all societies must also eventually have a death of their own. And from each society's death and decay the seedlings of the next will flourish and come to life. Those societies which exist today could never have existed were it not for the decay of the societies that preceded them, and the societies of the future depend our society's inevitable decay for their eventual existence.
Every great creation is preceded by, and eventually followed by, great destruction, and whosoever would be a creator finds his most invaluable assistance in destroyers. Unlike most human beings, I embrace this reality. I choose to embrace that cycle and reject the petty human instinct to engage in futile attempts at preservation.
Although their individual contributions are typically modest, these "agents of socially entropic decay" are collectively an invaluable asset to me, and indeed to the future of humanity generally. It is only proper, then, that I show them some small measure of appreciation.
societies can transform through piecemeal advancement. there is no inherent requirement for decay in order to have transformation.
pkcRAISTLIN
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
societies can transform through piecemeal advancement. there is no inherent requirement for decay in order to have transformation.
I disagree; however, it may just be semantics. In order for a society to advance it must either a) abandon the old in favour of the new, or b) experience a breakdown of the old thereby necessitating the creation of a new. Decay is a necessary part of both a) and b); the difference being in a) the decay follows the transition/advancement and generally has few ill effects, with b) the decay preceeds the transition with ill effects felt between decay and the advancement.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
I disagree; however, it may just be semantics. In order for a society to advance it must either a) abandon the old in favour of the new, or b) experience a breakdown of the old thereby necessitating the creation of a new. Decay is a necessary part of both a) and b); the difference being in a) the decay follows the transition/advancement and generally has few ill effects, with b) the decay preceeds the transition with ill effects felt between decay and the advancement.
yeah, it might depend on definitions. i don't find small evolutions or changes to (necessarily) represent a decay. i dont find new ideas replacing or improving old ones to represent a decay either. but, if we looked at those transitional periods differently, i suppose i could be persuaded otherwise. or maybe that's the cheap wine, i dunno :)
Meat187
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Originally posted by EgosXII
How can you fags talk philosophical crap about the cycle of life and decay when there is something as awesome as this on the same page?!?!
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by Meat187
How can you fags talk philosophical crap about the cycle of life and decay when there is something as awesome as this on the same page?!?!
Apparently your ability to multi-task has been compramised... did your vagina get in the way?
Meat187
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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Apparently your ability to multi-task has been compramised... did your vagina get in the way?
