Samurai Mountain man

Clearly, what we have here is a FAILURE TO COM-MU-NI-CATE! Because everyone is perceiving it the other way arround. Like you're one angry yellowjacket crashing the picnic. Aren't human interactions lovely? I propose we start the thread over so as we can resume peaceful discussion.

Chengping staph, I know it's you.

More like aggressive in a timid way. I've often found that people whith a certain degree of knowledge tend to act with an air of superiority all the time, even as they type you can see it in their words, they're tainted with that fucking arrogance and smugness. It's often the people who believe themselves to be "above" something, who act so dignified all the time as if they never looked at their shit stained paper after wiping. you know who act like that all the time? People who won't call themselves wise but you can see it in their speech, on their faces... they think they are wise, they think they're better. I think that's a load of bullshit and pardon-my-french. Nobody is above anything in this world, given the right situation, the right push and you'd have kings kissing a beggar's feet, a gourmand eating microwave food and a peaceful buddhist monk beheading a little girl.

i want something sweet. Imma go for some moccha and chocolate muffin.

"nice day?" Yeah I've had better. Hello and welcome.

I think you're blowing this way out of proportion.

Look at it this way. White blood cells pursue relentlesly bacteria and other alien (harmful) organism until they catch them and kill them. If they didn't We'd have very short lifespawn to say the least. Everywhere in nature we can see violence is as much part of life as peace is. this is NOT me taking violence lightly or endorsing it. But if I were put in a position I'd have to react violently I would do so without flinching or looking back.

Likewise. Welcome. And remember: If you ain't breathing, it ain't gonna work.

There's always an alternative to violence, sure. Non-violence seemed to work for Ghandi. But remember things are more complex than "this or that". choosing some things over others just out of personal belief of what is correct can lead to dissaster as well. Morality is more often a full spectrum of colors than it is monochronme. Is stealing wrong? Yes, is stealing to feed your kid wrong? no, it's stealing to feed your kid, now it's lost all meaning of right or wrong, and each individual person can judge as they see it fit, what matters is that it happened. "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail" -Good ol' Abe Maslow. if you only view things through a set of terms, you're bound to act on them the same way with little regard of what will happen.

ah, so he caught the guilty bug.

What ever happened to him anyways? started eating too much strogen-pumped chicken or something?I think his juvenile sense of humour wasn't a bad thing, 'twas good.

Nah man he hit an interesting spot. I personaly welcome everyone's participation, even if they're joking or saying something absurd. To put aside someone's word is to put on blinders. Clarity can come from anywhere at any moment, that's why I never hold back on posting a joke reply on someone's thread even if it means they may dislike my lack of seriousness, I firmly believe truth streams through humour. What he's saying can be applied to our little thread here. While I talked about how death and life are basically the same thing, he talked about there being a clear difference in spite of them being part of the same experience, which is the experience of being.

Mo tzu, Mo problems. You really aught to put that somewhere, maybe as a signature. Cheers.

yeah his earlier work was funnier still. now's a lot of hit-and-miss in my opinion. You know a webcomic that never lets you down? nedroid, it's RAD.

Yes, that too. So when one says "no sides, just wholeness" it's not an absolute statement, it's relative in spite of the inflexion still. Both parts are equally true! Warm regards as well friend.

Both are equally true, but some shift their weight one way or the other. Makes perfect sense. don't you agree?

You know, y'all making some seriously good points, all of you. If there's a Tao of dying, then it's bound to be the same as the tao of living, two sides of the same coin, and the coin is the Tao. But the sides are an abstraction of the wholeness of the coin; so there are no sides after all.

Protector you do realize this poking fun at feminism as well, right?

That one was pretty funny. Feminism was about equal rights AND treatment for women, sure. But to be a feminist you'd have to actively "fight" for women's rights, inclussion and that sort of deal. I treat women as equals, not as i treat other men, but as equals none the less. The strongest, most coragerous people I've met in my life have all been women while most manly figures in my life have been dissapointing and have set poor examples. But even after this I can't stand by a feminist agenda, i see no point in it.

But... why?

Just let me get my astrolabe, my planisphere and my calculator... Now If could only find my wizard hat.

DYEL? Welcome, glad to have you among us. I hope to be of service at some point! but seriously DYEL? well, do yoU?

It appears he has discovered yin and Yang without even wanting to do so, which is the best way to do it. Great thread gentlemen 10/10, I propose to have it pinned.