"Dogmas are static and deathlike in their rigidity, often the work of some dead "prophet," religious or secular, whose followers erect his or her ideas into an idol, immutable as stone. Anarchists want the living to bury the dead so that the living can get on with their lives. The
living should rule the dead, not vice versa. Ideologies are the nemesis of critical thinking and consequently of freedom, providing a book of rules and "answers" which relieve us of the "burden" of thinking for ourselves."
-From Anachism FAQ @ Infoshop
"For two people to live in peace they must both want peace; if one insists on using force to oblige the other to work for him and serve him, then the other, if he wishes to retain his dignity as a man and not be reduced to abject slavery, will be obliged, in spite of his love of peace, to resist force with adequate means."
-Malatesta
"You can get with this, or you can get with that."
-Black Sheep
"Dualism: The theory that human beings consist of two entities, mind and matter, that are independent of each other."
<Anything but more pictures of pathological conditions! Please! I may never eat Italian food again. Well, except for pizza, if that counts.>
A diversionary meander to keep my mind off of New Orleans' recent destruction.
Some things your politicians are doing are scarier than even that time when you were four years old and hid in the closet to escape the troll under your bed, but then were attacked by angry rats who wanted you to leave their corner. Scarier even then the fact that such things as teratomas exist. But even that is not as scary as some people's rabid stupidity.
Some of this stupidity can be witnessed in the goings-on on Discordian internet forums where certain individuals claim themselves to be not Discordians ("Discordians are stupid" goes their reasoning) and attack anyone who has the audacity to call themselves Discordian. Such trollishness is merely the adult version of schoolyard bullyism. Except that by adulthood the syndrome has become chronic and the individual bully is in need of psychiatric treatment. The stupidity in this isn't even the fact that a human being is stuck into the same pattern of behavior for their entire lifespan. The stupidity in this is that such a person continues to hang around, seek out, and harangue the very people he/she claims to be "above" or much more better than: Discordians. It's as if they feel so cold and alone without us Discordians that they want us to constantly notice them and hold their hands, hug them, and make the world right again for them. (Since the world hasn't been right since that day when he/she was six and couldn't convince his/her parents to buy those jolly ranchers.) Too bad.
The funniest thing is that the trolls, "bullies," or whatever the term is these days, are interchangeable since all they ever do is parrot the same style of bullshit over and over: Cause trouble, then blame others for it, or attack anyone who has seen through the game and accuse them of the very same things; forget the misdeeds they have perpetrated and play the victim role when confronted or questioned; anticipate any future confrontation by coming up with a series of phrases, ideas, and whatever else people may want to hear; criticizes others while refusing to value anything others may have done or said, even when others are initially conciliatory; tries to destroy or undermine anyone they may percieve as a threat or anyone who sees through their game; truly believes that they deserve everyone else's attention and focus; confabulates anything to fit their present version of their own story. And so forth.
The recent bullshit at the PD forums shows: Whatever the disagreement that exploded onto the field in early July, some insist upon carrying it forward forever because it is all they have (a time when they had attention). One of you has actually gone on and changed the story lines around a bit to fit your latest version of "woe-is-me-I-am-a-victim" story. The same person actually had the temerity to criticize and blame others for the exact same things they habitually do. One of you has actually threatened to destroy all the PD forums. One of you has gone on an anti-mod campaign (for the tenth time already; get a new shtick already) and has decided to spam the forums claiming that that is what happened to you yourself. Two of you consistently make sure that you can jump down the throats of newbies to tell them how much they suck for calling themselves Discordian. You trolls/bullies are like the Wiccolytes who insist on gaining control of the entire Wiccan community by trying to put out so much bullshit that you will control the discourse and the thoughts. Two of you went on to complain and accuse me of being powermad, fascist, and authoritarian though the things you claim to be examples actually prove nothing one way or the other. (If you break eggs, don't bitch about the eggshells needing to be picked up, fools.) Two of you actually went on in other forums about how much my own life must suck, yet neither of you know me at all IRL. Yeah, if I am so powermad and all that, how come I haven't really cared about going all over the place and bickering and whining like a couple of you. And that charge that you can know someone from what you think they do online, is patent bullshit. (If you believe you can know someone from what you claim to see them do online, or rather, what you think you see them doing online, you probably believe in the Easter Bunny too. Hopeless.)
Face it and fess up. Some of you hate Discordia and you hate Discordians. Some of you actually only use that as an excuse for your continued retarded behavior. You hate the fact that people fuck around and do nothing you see as useful. Idiot! You ever hear yourself when you go on like that? You sound like a puritan. You sound like someone who has the nagging suspicion that someone somewhere is having fun and you want to stop their fun so they can share your misery. You should know that they have pills you can take for that mental psoriasis. The sad part is that you think you are actually doing harm or damage to the Discordian Society by your trollishness when all you are doing is providing a diversion at best or providing a target at worst. You want Discordianism to be useful, respectable, and serious? Hah! Sucker. You ever hear what you sound like going on about how Discordians are stupid as you attack people for either being too Discordian or for not being Discordian enough? You sound like people who have lost all their SLACK. That's what.
While some of you constantly moan about the system and what the government and corporations and grays and pinks are doing, all you seem to be doing is attacking anyone who may have had even the thinnest thread of sympathy for your viewpoint. Keep it up, and then complain about how shitty everyone else is. But don't worry, your game has been seen through and your efforts to destroy fun and silliness and any other anomalies to your existence will not succeed. Time is on our side. Eris is on our side. Bob has given us up the slack. And your prairie squid is tired.
May squirrels eat your gonads.
<Long medical term for the week: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).>
-Irreverend Hugh, KSC
(PMTzRGDJ)
September 1st, 2005
Rant 127
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