Making money from VICES . Let's talk dirty , hello brewers , cigarette manufacturers or makers of suspiciously large rolling paper. So going out on a Friday , Saturday night blowing off some steam accumulated during the tough work week. Get slaughtered and smashed in the shortest time as possible and by the production of ultra cheap , high strength lager and cider whose purpose is to get THRASHED !!
Drinking is such a culture in the UK that I am not getting used too. Not that I am an angel .. i just like green tea over beer. But the british have always loved drinking alcohol. I guess they are pretty stiff and conversative that they need a little prompting from the liquid that will make you more popular with the opposite sex.
Remember the Tiger Beer Ads with hot chicks and Asian babes gracing the beer ads. Promising fulfillment , joy and overall finger licking satisfaction.
Are people all over the world necessary damaged? If they seek help from the bottom of a bottle as a friend to confide and trust in? Or does playing Cranium with 8 good pals chucking out laughters like it is pouring out of their ears more fulfilling and ultimately less damaging? It's easy to dismiss the damaged people as freaks.
But this isn't really about them. Drunks, druggies, wife-beater, whores, desperates,obese fat farts or skinny wired out weirdos who compare the worth of their lives with the net worth of their weight cause this time less is more. The chronnic liars, cheaters, sinners , haters , fakers and all the insecure.
It's about us. If you often feel as though two parts of your brain are debating, pitting and fighting it out, that's because, in fact, they are.Some of those fights are about morality. Maybe you firmly believe that abortion is not at all right, even when in year 2007 or 2107 for that matter. How about homosexuality? Does it freak you out? Or you grossed by the notion of same sex marriage? Or should you just M.O.Y.B ( mind your own business) as if it is nobody's business.
Sometimes you have your pulse racing when an issue hits a nerve and your emotion tells you one thing; reason tells you another.
Many times, the reasoning side makes the neccessary tabulations: It sounds really inhumane to allow old and diseased people to die. Tragic right? but to use the medical dollars on saving kids, does that make it better, or even right?How about being in a predicament and the only way to save everyone's life is to feast on the wounded man.
Where does religion and philosophy stand in moral issues? Are we living in a morally decaying world or just changing times. Will Jesus change his course of action if he is put in the modern world. Will Jesus walk on water or take a high speed super luxurious yacht. Don't worry: Morality won't disappear. What's moral, in the new world, is what's normal, natural, necessary, and neurologically fit.
The only up or down side depends on how you look at it is that what's normal, natural, necessary, and neurologically fit can change.
In fact, it has been changing throughout history. Hello? Can it be ay more obvious? Gone are the days when we burned red haired females and declare that they must be devils. Our ancestors evolved from small groups consisting of kins to developing the higher purpose of Utilitarianism.
Utilitarianism as defined on the Wikepedia is - the ethical doctrine that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility. It is thus a form of consequentialism. Utility — the good to be maximized — has been defined by various thinkers as happiness or pleasure (versus suffering or pain), though preference utilitarians like Peter Singer define it as the satisfaction of preferences, or "interests". While there is a tendency to consider only the well-being of humans when interpreting this doctrine, some utilitarians count the interests of any and all sentient beings when assessing overall utility."
The fact is that evolution doesn't stop here. Look around you.Where do we draw the line? The mystical and magical world of touch, tribe, and taboo is fading. Not that I have any objections but as a mere observer the acceptance of homosexuality is spreading at an amazing pace which is a good indication of society opening up. Finally, you dont need insider information on the scandals that hit the Arab world. As obvious as priest who cannot keep their naughty hands away form the altar boys. How may hail marys does that cost?
Economics are drivig the need to encourage war. Democracy? Name me one that has true democracy. Communications technology to be used for the relentless search for power. Hillary Clinton has just been reported raising a record $26 million for the first quarter of the presidential election. She wisely used the internet to polarise more voters with her " Hi I am Hillary, vote for me " thang on You-tube.
"Many observers interpret her 2002 vote to authorize the Iraq war as political opportunism. But, Michael Crowley asks, "what if she really believed in the war?" She supported intervention in Haiti in 1994, then again in Bosnia in 1995, and once again in 1999, when she urged Bill to use force against Slobodan Milosevic in Kosovo: "What do we have NATO for if not to defend our way of life?" She insists she voted to authorize force in Iraq only after the administration reassured her it would make a "good-faith effort at diplomacy"—a stance some regard as naive. Iraq-Deeming the war a "strangely contextless conflict" with "no consistent narrative,"
I digress. I always do when iraq is pulled into the picture. Anyhoos, all potentially voters in their respective countries which means you and me are responsible.for our own countries. But seriously, can you feel the power of change in your bones? or are you even bothered?Utility unchecked can become a big fat monster. Yes, I love the Internet which is blurring lines and in war-torn countries it helps to be able to read a blog depicting the atrocites with National Geographic like pictures. Yes! liberation from any real visual and physical contact. The epic- center of most first world folks.
Alright you must be thinking GRETA!! Get to the bloody point. In a Utilitarian world, you do what it takes. SO I am going to take a little more time. It's all about helping people. Right? How about the third world? Are they getting back on track? or in works?
Well in Zimbabwe's, the near-parody of an African dictator, Robert Mugabe in his paradoxical combination of violent repression and a strong educational system has left Zimbabweans too intimidated and admiring to oust him from office. "Though the country is ruined, Zimbabwe's streets still throng with boys and girls in neat school uniforms," the article observes in The Economist. So maybe a better education will make people forgive him. Onwards, Forwards. the demand of progress has justly been exchanged for a thorny price. Like that Hatred or aversion toward my cat as much as I love her . My cat is #1 in my life and anyone in my life must accept this. Hunting, wearing fur, and owning guns I have no need for these vultures in my life. The world is testing on Touch and Affection.
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Hoi, Habib! Hehehe! 'Tis been too long and a much anticipated reunion is waiting at year's end! Looks like we're gonna be clowns on stage once more, this time in celebration of the Festival of the Fertility of the Sacred Cow! We gotta have a chat about that one...
Eniwae, I love reading your musings. Its been too long since someone wrote without a plastic bag over their head. :)
And pardon me while I lament on the lack of use and severe abuse of the neglected little tart that is Communitarianism. Perhaps you might like to have a bite?
Take care and much love on this end to yours...
btw, you do know who this is right?
When in doubt, think of the misfit back in SCGS! And its not Audrey!
Love, Sab
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