“I believe”… that video was sappy sentimentalism at its most cloying.
“Most people,” when you get down to it, share a base human nature that is venal, bestial, and perverse, and only the strictures of civilization and individual consciences inhibits them from being far worse than they already are. Of course, those firewalls are rapidly decaying as well, thanks to the colonization of our minds and souls by the entertainment-media complex and the sociopaths who run it.
Walter SobchakAugust 20, 2019, 2:26 PM
“Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you.”
Most people aren’t. Only roughly 20 percent are good. Another 20 percent are pure evil. The other 60 percent will go which ever way the wind blows.
And contemporary country bites, including this song. Too feminized. There are exceptions including Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and probably a few others that I don’t know about because my local contemporary country station doesn’t play them.
I have a “EMS” theory about people- evil, mean, stupid.
Usually they start stupid, work their way to mean, & eventually reveal themselves as just plain evil.
My $.02- I don’t carry change.
ghostsniperAugust 21, 2019, 4:37 AM
One on one, most people are decent.
In group, most people are herd members – will do as the alpha of the herd directs.
Why is this?
Laziness and fear.
One on one, every person must stand on their own beliefs.
In group, nobody but the alpha needs to make a stand.
One on one, each person realizes they are mentally and/or physically weak or strong.
In group, strength is equalized across the herd.
This is why one of the most important facts of life today is the Remus Rule: Avoid Crowds.
Crowds are unthinking herds that will trample all including themselves.
Never try to argue with a herd, you cannot argue with an absent mind.
It’s only possible to change the mind of an individual, herds have no minds, only feelings.
You see this all the time in the comment section of web posts. The first couple comments may make sense but the whole thread then quickly descends into pandemonium. That’s herd mentality right before your very eyes. Laziness and fear.
rabbit tobaccoAugust 21, 2019, 8:37 AM
AFTER the holy spirit comes into their lives there is a noticeable difference in lifestyle and behavior
WiscoDaveAugust 21, 2019, 8:51 AM
And sometimes the Holy Spirit comes into their lives at 3025 fps…
Dave JAugust 21, 2019, 3:08 PM
I agree with Jewel, Steve to my south and Mary Ann, but add Ray Wylie Hubbard. Give him a search and a listen.
HAugust 21, 2019, 4:30 PM
As Old Remus is wont to say, regarding herd animals, “stay away from crowds”
BrucephAugust 21, 2019, 6:58 PM
Not to be pretentious, but Dorothy Sayers translation to English dusts them all…
Midway this way of life we’re bound upon,
I woke to find myself in a dark wood,
Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.
VanderleunAugust 22, 2019, 8:04 AM
Humm… a good translation that… I shall check it out.
Nobody AtallAugust 23, 2019, 8:33 AM
Weeeelllllll … we started out good, in fact, our Dad called us “very good.” But we have always been weak and so that required a Savior. If we carry our crosses and follow Him, we can be pretty good … but how often does the ordinary person really do that … I know I’m a prime slacker …
As for those who don’t have a Savior to lead them … not so good at all.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
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Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
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In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
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And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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“I believe”… that video was sappy sentimentalism at its most cloying.
“Most people,” when you get down to it, share a base human nature that is venal, bestial, and perverse, and only the strictures of civilization and individual consciences inhibits them from being far worse than they already are. Of course, those firewalls are rapidly decaying as well, thanks to the colonization of our minds and souls by the entertainment-media complex and the sociopaths who run it.
“Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you.”
Machiavelli, The Prince, Chapter 17
Still, we must all try.
I’ve found that most people try to be decent.
Howsumever, I do carry a pocket cannon for
the rare exceptions.
And on that note.
https://polination.wordpress.com/2019/08/20/be-kind-to-someone-today/#more-86324
And on that note.
https://polination.wordpress.com/2019/08/20/be-kind-to-someone-today/#more-86324
Most people aren’t. Only roughly 20 percent are good. Another 20 percent are pure evil. The other 60 percent will go which ever way the wind blows.
And contemporary country bites, including this song. Too feminized. There are exceptions including Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and probably a few others that I don’t know about because my local contemporary country station doesn’t play them.
Give me Bob Wills and George Jones.
I agree with Jewel and Steve in Greensboro.
I have a “EMS” theory about people- evil, mean, stupid.
Usually they start stupid, work their way to mean, & eventually reveal themselves as just plain evil.
My $.02- I don’t carry change.
One on one, most people are decent.
In group, most people are herd members – will do as the alpha of the herd directs.
Why is this?
Laziness and fear.
One on one, every person must stand on their own beliefs.
In group, nobody but the alpha needs to make a stand.
One on one, each person realizes they are mentally and/or physically weak or strong.
In group, strength is equalized across the herd.
This is why one of the most important facts of life today is the Remus Rule: Avoid Crowds.
Crowds are unthinking herds that will trample all including themselves.
Never try to argue with a herd, you cannot argue with an absent mind.
It’s only possible to change the mind of an individual, herds have no minds, only feelings.
You see this all the time in the comment section of web posts. The first couple comments may make sense but the whole thread then quickly descends into pandemonium. That’s herd mentality right before your very eyes. Laziness and fear.
AFTER the holy spirit comes into their lives there is a noticeable difference in lifestyle and behavior
And sometimes the Holy Spirit comes into their lives at 3025 fps…
I agree with Jewel, Steve to my south and Mary Ann, but add Ray Wylie Hubbard. Give him a search and a listen.
As Old Remus is wont to say, regarding herd animals, “stay away from crowds”
Not to be pretentious, but Dorothy Sayers translation to English dusts them all…
Midway this way of life we’re bound upon,
I woke to find myself in a dark wood,
Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.
Humm… a good translation that… I shall check it out.
Weeeelllllll … we started out good, in fact, our Dad called us “very good.” But we have always been weak and so that required a Savior. If we carry our crosses and follow Him, we can be pretty good … but how often does the ordinary person really do that … I know I’m a prime slacker …
As for those who don’t have a Savior to lead them … not so good at all.