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Let's say you didn't have to worry about working, or your family... let's say you have your whole life to devote to changing or discovering something. It's your crusade, your life's work... what would you devote yourself to? Would you join PETA and stop the killing of animals? Would you be like Fox Mulder and search for the aliens? Maybe you would chain youself to a tree to stop deforrestation? Or do what you had to to end the nuclear programs once and for all.
What's worth fighting for, really fighting for, to you?
firegod
08-26-03, 03:41 PM
I find my profession (being a day trader) to be pretty meaningless, so I spend time helping homeless kids, mentally challenged people, animals and others who need help. That's what gives my life meaning, along with spending time with family and friends. I guess one crusade I have is to try to understand as much as I can, and to get many others to do the same.
You seem to be a very caring and honest guy. You love spending time with all. I admire that in a person and what you with the others as you say warms my heart. Keep it up ;) .
Sir Toose
08-26-03, 03:52 PM
I find my profession (being a day trader) to be pretty meaningless, so I spend time helping homeless kids, mentally challenged people, ....
Hence your presence here... es verdad?
firegod
08-26-03, 04:13 PM
Hence your presence here... es verdad?
At first I thought you were making a joke about people here being mentally challenged. But are you accusing me of lying, Toose? If you are, I don't appreciate it.
Sir Toose
08-26-03, 04:34 PM
At first I thought you were making a joke about people here being mentally challenged. But are you accusing me of lying, Toose? If you are, I don't appreciate it.
No dork, I was joking about us (in particular me) being mentally challenged. Stand down there, pitbull, this time I meant no malice...
:laugh:
firegod
08-26-03, 04:35 PM
No dork, I was joking about us (in particular me) being mentally challenged. Stand down there, pitbull, this time I meant no malice...
:laugh:
Lol. I'm very glad to hear that. :) The "es verdad" thing threw me off.
Sir Toose
08-26-03, 04:37 PM
Lol. I'm very glad to hear that. :) The "es verdad" thing threw me off.
Perhaps that's due to my challenged espanol.
Sorry man, didn't mean to get you lathered up... you know I love ya baby!
http://www.allposters.com/images/71/039_13679.jpg
firegod
08-26-03, 04:41 PM
Well, I hadn't gotten lathered up, YET... But I WAS about to get neck deep in yo ass... ;)
Sir Toose
08-26-03, 04:59 PM
God help you then.
:D
-espousing my own personal take on where our hearts and minds should be aimed: i.e. towards revering the equilibrium/harmony between competition and cooperation in the world (towards an idea of good and bad in ALL - and away from what i see as the damaging idea good/bad either-or seperations. "Better" n "worse" should be the criteria IMO)
-Pointing out the problems with literally believing things 100% and therefore thinking you can be 100% correct about anything, or that we have the potential to be 100% good. Inappropriate technology-use/scientific-beliefs i.e. GM, wish-fulfillment technologies etc etc etc , are big, big, big current examples of this endangering our own sustainability. Religious intolerance is another (the other sides are beautiful - it's just this aspect that gives me immense causes for concern)
-pointing out the inappropriateness of capitalism without socialism i.e. the two should go hand-in-hand to an extent: competition without the cooperation that nourishes it will kill us all (while just making everything worse in the meantime)
Those are the biggies. Think I'm gonna have my hands full all my life. Ah well, changing people's minds is a thankless task (but psychologically proven to be possible so they say ;)) - and when the change not the praise is the reward, who cares? (tho actually having more of this vital function recognised in job/social-structures would be nice. Heigh ho. On with the movies i go ;))
Peace, love and forgiveness.
The Silver Bullet
08-26-03, 11:49 PM
Killing Uday and his affiliates.
firegod
08-26-03, 11:53 PM
Killing Uday and his affiliates.
:rolleyes:
Hey, what can I say? Nebbit has a bad influence on me.
MyRobotSuit
08-27-03, 12:44 AM
I just have to say that Django having a white dove for his avatar is extremely hilarious and he will be getting POSITIVE rep points for the chuckles he just gave me. :rotfl:
Please keep it!
Henry The Kid
08-27-03, 01:48 AM
Liberty. It'd be nice to have real liberty, in my lifetime. But it won't happen.
Mary Loquacious
08-27-03, 12:16 PM
Hmm. An interesting question.
First of all, I'd probably spend my time on media watchdogging and public awareness. I'd also work toward an education overhaul, from top to bottom. Everyone, from grade schools to universities. There's a serious problem with myopia in this country's public education system--the one I'm entrusting my daugher to every day.
...oh, and I'd also make certain there's a little umbrella on the rim of every drink. I always feel cheated when I don't get one--which is all the time, since I don't drink Seabreezes. Mary Lo for President: An Umbrella in Every Drink, and a Pot in Every Chicken.
Piddzilla
08-27-03, 12:34 PM
I won't lie. I would be totally selfish if I never had to worry about money. I would probably devote my days to trying to write music and scripts, something that I always blame lack of time because of having to work for not doing enough. Maybe I would go into politics on some level if I had the opportunity and time.
Piddzilla
08-27-03, 12:36 PM
Liberty. It'd be nice to have real liberty, in my lifetime. But it won't happen.
Go to North Korea and see if that time isn't allready here for you. ;)
sunfrog
08-27-03, 02:47 PM
Eliminate Greed, Anger, and Envy from this world by killing people with an axe. Lol j/k
I just have to say that Django having a white dove for his avatar is extremely hilarious and he will be getting POSITIVE rep points for the chuckles he just gave me. :rotfl:
Please keep it!
Thanks, Minion, but this is not intended as a joke!
Sit on my ass and watch movies all day. :D
Seriously though, I think I'd want to write something... anything really. There are so many writings I've started and never finished, it's ridiculous. Either that or finish reading the multitude of books I've started and quit half way through, only to start on another... it's a never ending cycle. :bored:
Other than that, not much really. I might want to do a bit of research and get a little more in touch with my spiritual side... get to know my religion a little better than I do now.
linespalsy
08-28-03, 12:30 AM
i dunno why, but i was just thinking of a robot that i could have sex with. does that count as a crusade? sounds more like an x-mas list...
firegod
08-28-03, 01:16 AM
Hmm. An interesting question.
First of all, I'd probably spend my time on media watchdogging and public awareness. I'd also work toward an education overhaul, from top to bottom. Everyone, from grade schools to universities. There's a serious problem with myopia in this country's public education system--the one I'm entrusting my daugher to every day.
...oh, and I'd also make certain there's a little umbrella on the rim of every drink. I always feel cheated when I don't get one--which is all the time, since I don't drink Seabreezes. Mary Lo for President: An Umbrella in Every Drink, and a Pot in Every Chicken.
Mary!! It is good to see you hanging around here. You are truly one of the funniest people I've ever come across. And I mean funny in a good way. Well... Actually, that's a lie; you're funny in a bad way too. :)
Monkeypunch
08-29-03, 07:22 PM
My crusades? Lemme think:
1. A George Bush-free America
2. A free Tibet
3. Wipe out the class system in this country
4. The disarming of the entire planet
5. Seduce Meg White, and maybe the bass player for the Donnas :randy:
The last one was pretty selfish, I know. Nobody's perfect.... :D
1. A George Bush-free America
I won't touch this one, 'cept to say that I, personally, like economic prosperity.
3. Wipe out the class system in this country
What "class system" are you referring to, and how would you wipe it out?
The disarming of the entire planet
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
Scary and darkly humorous at the same time. And, very probably, only too true!
Monkeypunch
08-29-03, 08:32 PM
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
OMG that is too funny! Who said that?
OMG that is too funny! Who said that?
Jack Handey, of course.
I won't touch this one, 'cept to say that I, personally, like economic prosperity.
You mean: short-termism/no-holds-barred-competition kept afloat by petrodollars, book-fixing and free-trade-breaking political support for US "multinationals", don't you? :innocent-beaming-smilie: ;)
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
Too true too true :yup: but watcha gonna do? :shrugging-smilie-thing:
(that's where the equilibirum comes from : preaching-smilie : )
You mean: short-termism/no-holds-barred-competition kept afloat by petrodollars, book-fixing and free-trade-breaking political support for US "multinationals", don't you? :innocent-beaming-smilie: ;)
Uh, no. I'm referring to supply-side economics, which is anything but "short-termism" (a label more suited to its demand-side rival). Bush is not a flawless supply-sider, but he's closer than most, and we're just now seeing the beginnings of the explosion of growth waiting around the corner.
May the corner turn. And may the petrodollars cease too ;)
(I could go on - but there's no need to get biblical now is there ;))
I know what I would do, I would endeavor to find a cure for mental illness, it causes a lot of heart ache for the sufferer and their loved ones. :yup:
Too many things and not enough time.............
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........if I had to pick one.......
CEO of Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/
I know what I would do, I would endeavor to find a cure for mental illness, it causes a lot of heart ache for the sufferer and their loved ones. :yup:
Have you read some of Dr Sacks' books Nebbie? He's the guy who wrote the book Awakenings that got filmed. He's always looking at ways to find day-to-day solutions to some distrubing physical/mental situations. He looks at very specific/special cases generally tho - i.e. he focuses on the individual and how to learn more about the problems as a whole through their experiences. I definitely recommend "the man who mistook his wife for a hat" if you haven't read that - it just looks at various surreal neurological conditions, and how people learned or were helped to deal with them. Inspiring stuff in places.
I like him a lot coz he recognises most across-the-board solutions don't work all the time, and need adjustment to suit the indivdual. The causes of lots of mental conditions seem to be a mixture of biology (including drug abuse etc) and personal experience - but i guess you know all this from your job.
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As for Niki's future job....hmm, a line of greenpeace execs on their knees?....I can picture it for some reason ;)
Have you read some of Dr Sacks' books Nebbie? He's the guy who wrote the book Awakenings that got filmed. He's always looking at ways to find day-to-day solutions to some distrubing physical/mental situations. He looks at very specific/special cases generally tho - i.e. he focuses on the individual and how to learn more about the problems as a whole through their experiences. I definitely recommend "the man who mistook his wife for a hat" if you haven't read that - it just looks at various surreal neurological conditions, and how people learned or were helped to deal with them. Inspiring stuff in places. ;)
I do know of Dr Sacks, I saw the awakenings movie it was very interesting and sad at the same time.
My husband has read "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" he tells me it was quite interesting.
There is not enough of focusing on people as individuals, they are just people with the same illness. It is really amazing what the brain can do when it is miss firing. :dizzy:
To be honest, i would be stupid enough to try and save the world, i know it sounds old, stupid, childish and dumb, but I would love to save lives, even if i influence just ONE life for the better i consider my life to have been worth living. Thats my crusade. To save those who want and need it. To love those who feel they dont deserve love, to open the eyes and hearts to millions to see, yes its a dark world, but a dark world worth living, because there is enough kindness out there if we know where to look, i just want to show people this world is worth living in and loving in.
Good on ya Naisy
I do know of Dr Sacks, I saw the awakenings movie it was very interesting and sad at the same time.
My husband has read "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" he tells me it was quite interesting.
There is not enough of focusing on people as individuals, they are just people with the same illness. It is really amazing what the brain can do when it is miss firing. :dizzy:
That last stuff is all very much Sacky-boy territory. He loves using case-studies as valid investigative/scientific tools, and examining what it is we have as a whole by helping people with esoteric problems adapt and deal with life.
Mary Loquacious
09-01-03, 04:32 PM
Mary!! It is good to see you hanging around here.
Right back at ya, Fire.
Actually, that's a lie; you're funny in a bad way too. :)
I'm on the lam from the Joke Police as we speak. So you ain't seen me, right? ;)
Caitlyn
09-04-03, 10:21 PM
If I could do anything I wanted to I would hang up my badge and work trying to find a solution to world hunger… no one in this day and age should have to go to bed hungry.
If I could do anything I wanted to I would hang up my badge and work trying to find a solution to world hunger… no one in this day and age should have to go to bed hungry.
Well, you might want to go into politics/economics then. There's currently enough food for everyone - and that should still be the case for the next 25 years according to some estimates.
The current problem is supposedly one of social inequality (which we can assume is perpetuated artifically in some ways via modern socio-economic/political frameworks and decisions - i.e. look at how the only really regular phenomenon to come out of the non-practiced/non-self-imposed (by those that impose it) and apparently flawed "free trade" framework is: the incredible polariasation of rich-n-poor in third world countries. Some sources claim that the average free-trade african country now has the majority of wealth and influence concentrated in the hands of a the top 3%, since their involvement with the "free trade" framework)
So - how can we re-assess our socio-economic frameworks to recognise and reward the vital roles performed by everyone outside the various top-percentage-earners/controllers? That's a big question that might go some way to alleviating this problem, if we get somewhere near an answer. One major problem is that economics is about the only area where most of the "experts" really really don't know what they're talking about most of the time (especially those that endorse competition-alone/[flawed, or even functioning]"free-trade" etc etc ;) :p-to-them-i-say ;) )
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