the_politics_of_being_human guitar_freak I sometimes wonder if humans have the capacity to create a hate free society. I mean, if each and every person judged themselves instead of everyone else, this society would be so much more ethical and moral. I just wish we could live in anarchy, I wish we could live in anarchy. Yet, all the people on this planet can barley think for themselves, much less control themselves. We wouldn't NEED a government if people could control their actions and emotions. As long as our society is plagued with racism, ignorance, greed, lust, and hate we will never be able to take care of ourselves. Think about it 001218 ... safety pin birdmad we are still animals and even animals have fundamental power structures. Anarchy would require a rigid set of rules to preserve itself and prevent any form of natural order (which if you watch wild animals isn't a pretty thing) but then it wouldn't be anarchy then, would it. 001218 ... silentbob You're at the drive through. You want to buy a coffee but they don't charge you. You say, "I didn't pay for this..." the person says, "It's ok, the person ahead of you paid for you." Do you A) Think highly of the person ahead of you and drink the coffee or Do you B) Take the coffee, and give the person at the window the price for another coffee for the person in the drive through behind you. If there was a chain of charity and good will, would you break it? or would you pay it forward? Just on instinct i would accept the coffee and not pay it forward. thats just how i am and that makes me feel bad. but do i change myself? probably not. 001218 ... guitar_freak True enough bobby. I do wish that this world could change. If everyone was happy with themselves and lived on an honors system the world would still be far from perfect. the coffee thing made me think. I would also probably just accept the gift and not return the favor. hmm i suppose that is just being human 001222 ... ClairE Lisa says she's sick of gossip. She wants to cut the bullshit, yet gossip is mostly what I hear from her. I say I'm being honest but I seem to be hurting people in the process. We're all breaking each other's rules. 020109 ... Grievance people would have to genuinely Desire not to visit the worlds of degradation. a tedious process hardly ever achieved, as it is usually only the knowledge of consequence that holds back our impulses on negative desire, and even lasting impressions fade. 020109 ... Grievance We are animals, we are part of nature, not monarch of it. your roots in the ground, and head in the sky 020109 what's it to you? who go blather from