Sorry, one correction to my earlier post. I mistakenly put Columbine in the first category. I was getting mixed up; easy to do with all these events flying at us. I meant to say Sandy Hook. I haven’t looked into Columbine and I can’t say anything about it.
- Avoid anything with monthly payments.
- Never pay interest on anything
- Grow/raise at least a portion of your own food
- Question everything, especially long held, deep seated, social conventions
- Believe in something greater than yourself, and greater than human society
- Momento Mori [ remember you will die ]
- No social media EVER for any reason.
- Never accept that you are part of any group that you have not expressly JOINED. You are an individual, first and foremost.
- Own land.
- Own a firearm and know how to use it
- Intentionally break the law every once in a while
All great points. A favorite is number 4. No easier way to be labeled a PITA (pain in the anal area) or someone that has a hankering for “tin foil”.
I think Mark_BC (is that a before Christ reference?) is confused about the difference between “Hard Evidence” and Empirical Evidence. I might also go out on a limb and say he’s around 30 years old based on my empirical observations of conversations with this demographic and having watched the programming with which they have been inculcated. That is a subjective observation with zero hard evidence. But people need to rationalize their beliefs and biases to justify a bigoted point of view (: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices).
…Only Love remains.
Indeed, i totally agree that it is a question we all need to be asking ourselves. And in that regard, I also think we need to be brutally honest with ourselves and those of our tribe, however painful that might be. Because whether we recognize it or not, we are all partly responsible for the predicament we find ourselves in. Some of us by actively participating in it for whatever reason; the vast majority of us , for keeping silent while witnessing abuse, dishonesty, and the slow decaying of morals, ours included. (and not asking the tough questions not to be unfair, harsh, unpolitically correct, amicable, etc).If we are going to find a workable issue to the current mess, finger pointing will not cut it; but rather self introspection, a will to confront our fears, our moral compromises and the likes will be necessary. And because whether we admit it or not, we are masters at finding justification for the unjustifiable, we also need to ask our peers to ask is the tough questions and hold ourselves to the highest standards of honesty towards ourselves.
Yes
But there is alway hope and X-gens are our last best hope.
(too harsh?)
Laurie,
This appears to be the code of conduct as created by Hubbard for his Scientology cult. As richcabot noted, it is not really a very ethical code.
There is a lot of information which Hubbard distilled into his technology for a religion to ‘save the planet’ and he did tend to lead one to believe that he thought it all up as he researched the human spirit. Beneath the ‘feel good’ aspects of the organization lies a much more sinister reality. I would recommend checking the internet and also Leah Ramini and the Aftermath on A & E TV for additional info.
Coop
The UN agreement on human rights also is up there: human rights need not apply when they conflict with the purposes and desires of the UN leadership.
Wow.
And putative rapist Bill Clinton, getting his BJ, claimed to be the most ethical president ever. I guess his ethic was “if it feels good, do it”.
I must admit, since “ethic” simply means having a rule of behavior (not even a law), I am not terribly impressed with ethic as a word or as a claim.
I classify that word with Ooompah, as in “don’t step in the oompah, or you’ll be ten minutes cleaning your boots.”
Extraordinary claims are just like any other claims, they simply require evidence beyond a resonable doubt.
…but not here. Some “old guy” enjoying a coffee at his favorite west coast coffee shop. I guess the lady (a now erstwhile office manager) could only see red and not the yarmulke.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/elderly-man-bullied-in-palo-alt…
Brushhog posted:
“Avoid anything with monthly payments.”
That’s pretty much impossible: electricity, telecom, insurance, etc only issue monthly bills.
“Intentionally break the law every once in a while”
Everyone breaks the law about 3 or 4 times a day. The number or ridiculous laws is insane.
“Believe in something greater than yourself, and greater than human society”
Sorry but I have a very low regard for human society. I would have to degrade myself to follow your recommendation
I think for the most part Instagram is just a social media tool that gets used to ill effect, but it has it places when used with intelligence. I got an account last year after attending a lecture on growing cannabis via regenerative farming practices. All the speakers (Who were fantastic BTW) practice closed loop, no net import, organic farming. (huglekulture, etc.) It was very inspiring, and all the speakers used Instagram to spread the word about regenerative farming. Most of them used it to advertise their products…several had CSAs, meat shares, Fiber products in addition to bud. I guess it is a millenial thing: IG as a small business building tool.
I follow about 60 people who post infrequently. Some small farmers, crafters (quilters and fiber artists), a jingle dress dancer from the Umatilla Peoples, several whole foods plant based cooks, and friends who live far away. It takes about 15 mintues a day to scroll through my feed and I find it very relaxing, fills me with inspiration and, since I work form home and live in the country, connects me to people. It is all about curating your experience. Just say no to accounts that do not uplift you. Dont follow crap that makes you anxious. These are the type of images that I enjoy daily. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCst1kH-uP/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbigQgblPJi/
Claire
Interesting documentary that folks here may want to see as well… Links back to Edward Bernays and changes in society.
Trump is dead wrong on not pardoning or otherwise absolving Assange, but it’s worth remembering that Julian became a target under Obama.
The true crime? Embarassing the power eloites in DC by exposing war crimes (and then later CIA/NSA misdeeds).
As a reminder, just this week it was aqlso revealed, with something of a yawn, that Amazon’s Alexa devices are being listened into by actual humans who would ignore apparent assaults and other cirmes they might have overheard and giggled over funny recordings.
And that’s what we know about…