Comments on: Spam Conversations

By: Thomas Conlon

Thomas Conlon — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:49:44 +0000

wow mostly i scare people unless they need me to fix their computer

verbal spam is not an issue in my life

By: Ant

Ant — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:35:36 +0000

And by your definition, some good daily real-life spam filters are:

“look unapproachable”: look scary or threatening in some way, wear sunglasses, do something weird, look busy, pretend you’re on the phone, and pretend you’re sleeping.

but see, then who becomes the annoying one?

By: Ant

Ant — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:32:26 +0000

I think spam’s definition should definitely have the word “automated” in there, and perhaps something about mass distribution…

By: skip sievert

skip sievert — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:11:45 +0000

People always do what they want to do. Think about that. Don`t they, ? I didn`t say they are happy about it, or can understand it themselves sometimes. Just the reality that they are free agents, they have a will, it is always their choice.

Free will, you could say, means, every one is always free. It doesn`t matter what kind of knots they are tied up in by themselves. It is always their choice.

When Jesus said , leave your stuff behind and follow me , do you think he was kidding.? It is always a choice.
People are afraid of freedom , so they prefer to live behind the bars they build around themselves.

By: Tim Boucher

Tim Boucher — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:51:36 +0000

People always do what they want to do.

I don’t see that as being the case at all. I see people not being able to do what they want to do and not even knowing what they want as being a great deal more common.

Peaknickster, speaking of spam conversations, I am going to delete your comments on this thread because they are not apropos to this conversation (hence, meet my definition of spam - ironically enough, considering the contents of this post). I don’t mind you bringing such subjects up in threads related to primitivism, but they don’t work outside that context. They prevent us from being able to adequately address other unrelated topics. When I encouraged you to participate in other conversations, it was with the hope that you would add things to *these* conversations, not simply continue over other ones outside of their original context.

Please read my commenting guidelines for more info.

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/posting-guidelines/

By: skip sievert

skip sievert — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:07:27 +0000

I guess Buddha lived a life of happy splendor for a while. He was in a bubble and protected. Being in a bubble and protected can be fun, but it does not tell you much about the outside world.
All the pathos/tragedy is a hard thing to take. People are constantly lobbying for things that don`t always make sense.
One reality is this. People always do what they want to do. If someone veers at you on a bike on the sidewalk you do not have to get out of the way. If someone tells you to do something and has a gun to your head, you can always say no, go ahead and pull the trigger.