tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post3030728413089460659..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Part IIIamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-61318465782004326972016-02-23T07:38:41.373-08:002016-02-23T07:38:41.373-08:00This post called up an old John Cage quote in my m...This post called up an old John Cage quote in my mind. "I don't understand why people are afraid of new ideas. I'm afraid of the old ones."Oldwinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546428931999701295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-88054427262623260062016-02-22T16:19:56.232-08:002016-02-22T16:19:56.232-08:00"Ignorance is bliss"... (for the person ..."Ignorance is bliss"... (for the person that is) - but Karma has a way of biting one in the ass for complacency when shit is staring one right in the face<br /><br />All children are innocent and many are limbic-level mean at heart... (adults are simply older children without or with knowledge; book or experience - the latter and cumulative being perhaps the best)<br /><br />We as people are exceptional and unique relative to other living things... (I guess, from my limited perspective... and according to what I've been taught/experienced)<br /><br />For the most part, we try to fit in to the social mores of the larger whole . . . although the oftentimes myopic ramifications may have profound and dire consequences<br /><br />Life is waaaay too short . . . <br /><br />and . . . "this [evolution] too shall pass"<br /><br />I deeply appreciate photography and especially the inspiring artists that fractionally encapsulate that which we observe as [insert your own word(s) here] Genonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-88969091394583498122016-02-22T10:41:14.218-08:002016-02-22T10:41:14.218-08:00All cultures want to eat one another. The ones tha...All cultures want to eat one another. The ones that embrace guns tend to win. ISIS may not do a lot of basic research but they certainly embrace the fruits of science, and their God is 'conveniently distant' in the sense I mean. He's not in the onion, in the pebble, in you, in me. He is far off, in a mythical paradise, issuing edicts that boil down to 'yes, do that horrifying thing that you so desperately want to do'<br /><br />Most likely, most of them don't really believe in their God anyways. Radicals rarely do, the God is a convenient excuse. <br /><br />But please not too much more about ISIS etc! I will not insist on the last word, but I'll refrain from further comment myself.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-67750147522304752282016-02-22T10:03:21.480-08:002016-02-22T10:03:21.480-08:00"Things like science, large scale economies, ..."Things like science, large scale economies, and conveniently distant Gods lend themselves to the tools and methods which make destroying other cultures easier. " So, I would point out, do the beliefs and practices of religious fanatics, notably ISIS/ISIL. No science, god always at hand, economics ??? <br /><br />It's not science, etc., that cause the obliteration of other cultures. It's arrogance, narrow-mindedness, lack of broad historical and cultural perspectives. <br />Victor Bloomfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816583389961678576noreply@blogger.com