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| Ranting on holidays and porn...two completely unrelated topics | | 2008-01-03 02:29:31 | |
"Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known: and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together: so the nature of war consisteth not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is peace.
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| | Holiday Ranting | | 2007-12-15 10:17:15 | | Had another birthday on the 14th.
To me it was just another day. I think birthdays were invented so everyone could have at least one day out of the year to feel something special. The Christmas Holiday has always seemed to overshadow my birthday, meaning that there is already enough to celebrate. I also sometimes think that even Jesus' Birthday seems to be upstaged by the commercialization of Christmas. I hate seeing people depressed because they lack the funds to buy for their children all the things on their list. A list that is essentially programmed into their minds by corporate America. Maybe the tragic circumstances of the lead poisoning associated with the toys in China will wake some people up. My parents talked about getting a bag of fruit and nuts on Christmas morning and being happy to get that. The real joy came from the thought and not so much the cost or designer name on the gift. We all love to receive nice things but I still believe there is more joy in giving than receiving, from a purely spiritual perspective. True love is fueled by giving and making sacrifice for others. Is that not what the word Christ really represents, since he made the ultimate sacrifice.
Sometimes I'm sickened by spoiled kids. I do not condone violence by any means, but it sometimes gets difficult to block out the thought from my mind of what good a few pimp slaps might do for the child with the audacity to talk back disrespectfully to adults or call his mother a bitch or worse with relative ease. Of course it is usually the fault of the parent for letting the situation get so out of control in the first place without seeking help. No need to blame the teacher, preacher, or doctor at this point. Enough of this, I'm beginning to sound like my age.
I'm preparing for 2008 to be a spectacular year. I want the past 2 years to serve as memories of a place I want to try and avoid going in the future. We all need to bottom out from time to time in or... | | By: Quest4Sanity | | |
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