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  • The “Ick” Factor … November 22, 2015

    A lot of what humans believe is based on the “ick” factor. The “ick” factor is that unsavory feeling you get. It can be a feeling of revulsion or a pit in your stomach. A feeling of fear may also qualify. It is true that basing what you believe on a feeling is illogical, not in line with reason, but such feelings may have been responsible for the survival of the human species.

    Meat that has putrefied in the sun may look unappetizing and so despite hunger you might bypass that meal and save yourself from certain poisoning. Some animals may have adapted to eating such putrid affair… humans have not.

    That feeling that behind that bush a predator awaits… though there be no other indicators that an animal really is there, a number of human ancestors no doubt survived because they paid attention to that “feeling”.

    Such feelings have served us well. Some today would have us ignore these feelings in the service of some self-interests they possess. Perhaps they wish to legalize a drug. Perhaps they want to marry their sibling. Maybe they want to insert their genitals into an anal opening.

    I would advocate that the “ick” factor not be ignored. Despite the logical arguments against such factors perhaps not all the permutations have been observed yet. There may be reasons your feeling may be right, despite all of the logical reasoning against it. Even a new pharmaceutical drug sometimes does not reveal all its side effects until much later. Perhaps that behavior that seems so appropriate now will reveal itself at some point in the future as detrimental.

    “Ick” factors vary from one individual to another. No one is obligated to adopt the behaviors of another. Toleration does not mean acceptance.

  • Censorship To Protect The Sensitive …

    For this new year approaching I have decided that censorship is necessary in my posts on Facebook. There are many people who cannot take the full caustic nature of reality and must be shielded from it. Therefore, upon determination of their sensitivity I will designate them in my “friends” as sensitive in nature and they simply will not see those issues, those posts, deemed possible ‘triggers’ of their psyche. HAVE A NICE DAY.

  • Humanity Sucks, Big Time … November 15, 2015

     

    vacuum

    There are many reasons why humanity just plain sucks. What? Of course this post is my opinion, and no I don’t want any criticism, constructive or otherwise. One of the main reasons it sucks for me is that over one-half of the human race has seemingly turned against the other half… for no good reason whatsoever. Although at most 18% of women claim the nefarious label “feminist”, they have convinced a majority of the rest of women that they have been oppressed, held back, discriminated against. Of course this isn’t true. They have created their own lives and problems and simply are unable to take responsibility themselves and so are blaming men. Knowing what I know, and I have looked deeply into the movement, it has changed me considerably. I don’t like it one bit. titanic

    The nature of society has always been gynocentric with men and women alike being concerned about the welfare of women, but women not caring a bit about the welfare of men. Even back in 1912 as the Titanic was sinking the cry was “Women and Children first”. Men sank with the boat. Note the headline remark: Women and Children Safe, but Few Notable Men.

    Men have often been forced to enter military service via the draft. Women never have. Yet, when it comes time to honor the military dead the commemoration always reads: We honor the brave men and women. Men have died by the hundreds of thousands. How many women have died?

    American Female Casualties of Wars
    World War I: At least 359 servicewomen died, mostly from influenza and vehicle and aircraft accidents.
    World War II: 543 died, mostly from vehicle and aircraft accidents. Sixteen Army nurses died from enemy fire.
    Korean War: 17 died, mostly from vehicle or aircraft accidents.
    Vietnam War: 8 died, one from hostile fire, one suicide, and the rest from vehicle and aircraft accidents.
    Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm): 16 died, mostly from vehicle and aircraft accidents and hostile fire.
    Iraq war: 52 have died from hostile fire, and 378 have been wounded in action.

    How many men? By asking this question I found out that they just list them as casualties, not keeping a separate count.  but here is a comparison, just subtract the women above from those on the graph.

    war deaths

    It’s the same way with news reports. If a mass accident occurs it will say something like 4000 people died including 20 women. They seem afraid, or reluctant to mention that men died. Feminism has cost women my respect. See the chart above? When that many women have died in service to our country perhaps I will respect their service.

    Another thing that makes society suck is how many minorities have materialized, demanded, and received special privileges and considerations. Why, we even have one majority that demanded and received special minority privileges: women. What is really bad is you SJWs-Always-Lie-Covermust not criticize these minorities in any way, or disagree with the ongoing narrative active at the time. A group called SJWs will attack you relentlessly, hounding you till you leave or are parroting the same lying propaganda they are. Keeps me separate, as I refuse to comply.

    American society especially sucks. Capitalism is one thing, but it is carried to the extremes. No one can afford medical care in the United States. Yes, people go to hospitals. Yes, they have insurance. But the hosp-bill-610x250insurance only pays a percentage and even the amount that remains is so enormous that it means bankruptcy for many. Our retirement is in peril as a result. Doctors and hospitals are clearly in the process of killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Medical care should be free and a right of all people.

    It makes me red-hot when someone asserts that social security is socialism, that Medicare is socialism, and that America is a Capitalist country. Believe me they do not know what it is they are saying. How stark and unforgiving would pure capitalism be? Think the homeless are numerous now? Think about half of America being homeless. But I forget, that’s what business wants… a willing crew of slaves to fill its needs.

  • Why Pretend To Forgive? … November 8, 2015

    Forgive thine enemy. What? Are you crazy?

    Well, in any case, such forgiveness would be pretense, nothing more. You could state it clearly as loud as you want. You could claim it true and genuine forgiveness, but it would be a lie. Once deceived, once treated badly, you will forever be wary of the person. Things will never be the same.

    In the name of God almighty, I forgive you! Don’t make me laugh, you can’t forgive them no matter how much you try. You could call up a thousand deities and forgiveness will still not be produced. Be it a betrayal of your trust or some act of violence, deceit, treachery, you will always suspect and never trust that person completely ever again.

    Why pretend? You might not hate such a person, or you may, depending upon the act committed. If such a person entered the bedroom of your child and cut that child in half for no reason whatsoever you certainly are entitled to hate. It will certainly be understood when you never forgive. In fact, such an act will make even a stranger hate the person who has so viciously acted. Forgiveness will never occur to parent or stranger… and that is fine. No one need forgive or forget such acts of violence.

    Yet even the mildest offense is never forgotten. An inadvertent omission of a friend from a list of invites to a party may permanently damage a friendship. Forgetting someone’s name could turn the tables later when the forgotten person is in charge of your next promotion. People tend to remember insults, slights, and violations while the good things are forgotten. Good news rarely makes the pages of a newspaper, television broadcast, or radio presentation. Who indeed finds interesting reading in a report that everything went as expected?

    Personally, I remember every slight committed against me over the 50 plus years of my conscious remembered life. Yet, the kind things are only remembered with great effort, if at all. A human flaw I see many share. After all, I think evolution would have it no other way, as survival depends on not being fooled twice. What a dupe anyone would be judged to be if we fell for the same scam every time it was pulled.

    Our lives are guided by reciprocity. If I do for you now, it is expected that you will do for me later. Allies depend on such reciprocity. Guard my back and I will guard yours. If an ally fails even once to reciprocate that ally becomes less trusted, less of an ally. That trust, once broken will never be as strong again. Like some cheap welding job, it will always be suspect.

    Why do you suppose trust is so fragile? I suppose it might be because there are users. People who will use you when they need you, but will never be there for you when you are in need. I have met quite a number of users in my life. I remember them all… not fondly. I suspect such people are lacking in some human quality. Perhaps they lack sufficient mirror neurons in their brains to enable to see things from your point of view. They do not see the hurt they do. The compassion of such a person must be woefully lacking. They are unable to sympathize with your status. Even if you decide to never forgive such a person for their slights, they lack the capacity to realize that you have animosity for them. Such people must be always happy because they simply are unaware of those around them that they have trashed.

    Since it is my belief that forgiveness is impossible, why pretend? Trust you may have had, but it will never be the same again. Humans are so fallible that it is a wonder how there are any friends or trust at all.

  • Don’t Let the Door Hit You…. November 4, 2015

    slam door

    Well, that was a pleasant surprise, at least for me… Issue three, the marijuana initiative sponsored by the greedy and backed by the potheads went down to defeat in Ohio. I am surprised that there were that many good and decent people left in Ohio to vote this thing down.

    Now, you people, yes you people that backed this issue… I beseech you to pack your bags and transport yourself to Colorado. Though Colorado is realizing now the dark side of this drug they are still open to it and will welcome you. I imagine a great deal of our crime experienced here from the drug trade will go with you. Druggies never are into just one drug.

    Ohioans that can look reality in the eye without the cloak of a blue haze will remain in Ohio. With those seeking to dispel reality and live a fantasy world gone there will be about a third less people, but we will get along just fine without you.

    DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT!

  • Do You Relate? … November 1, 2015

    There is more to relating than simply understanding the spoken or written word. There is more to relating than simply understanding the message. The intent and attitude behind the words is also part of relating. The concepts, the ideals expressed… the morality. It is true that the written word is less capable of relating than the spoken word. The spoken word is more capable of relating when you can see the expressions of the person speaking.

    The reason behind this post is my apparent difficulty in relating to a considerable number of people. The issues about which I have difficulty relating are many. To be clear… the difficulty is not in understanding what they say. The message is for the most part quite clear. The difficulty is in understanding why they believe what they do. The difficulty is in understanding how they could possibly believe what they do.

    Some of the issues with which I have consternation are:

    ■ Pornography

    ■ Religion

    ■ Polygamy

    ■ Feminism

    ■ Law and Order

    ■ Public Education System

    ■ This Politically Correct Progressive Thing (SJWs)

    I am sure there are more and I will add them later as they occur. These are an adequate start in illustrating my puzzlement.

    Let’s start with pornography, a dirty eleven letter word.

    Just the other day I had an argument with an individual about this issue. The way he promoted it you might think he was promoting mom and apple pie. He could not see my point that to dwell on porn was to reduce yourself to animalistic levels. He pointed out that there is no porn in nature. Well, then perhaps instead I should have insisted that to dwell on porn was to reduce yourself to your carnal base level. Having such thoughts forever at the forefront of your thinking will reduce your ability to concentrate upon any other thing. An eternal fetish would no doubt develop. Evil does exist in the mind of humans. In fact that is the only place it does exist.

    I see no reason for ever making pornography legal. In fact, we have too much available now in that arena. We could use a bit more censorship here. I sincerely hate watching a movie or program and then the scene ends up in someone’s bedroom. A bedroom should be private… I wouldn’t want anyone looking over my shoulder.

    Nope, I really do not think you can determine if you will become hooked on porn, and therefore recommend everyone abstain.

    Religion… This is the year 2015. Our constitution guarantees that everyone has religious freedom. It also directs a wall of separation between church and state. (Not in those words, but it is clearly directed) In this year we have very good medical technology as well as many other technologies. It seems as if every time we turn around some new thing comes along. Over the last century god has been chased from one thing to another as actual reasons replaced faith. Yet… belief persists. Fear of death seems to be the biggest factor. The promise of life after death hooks many. Despite the fact that there is no proof a heaven exists, or even a hell, people believe they are either bound for one or the other depending on how they believe. Some think they must do good works, others that you just believe. The second group guarantees that you will go to heaven as long as you accept and believe right up to the end, even after a life of crime and murder. I imagine the organized crime families have faith in this and the power of a priest to forgive upon confession.

    A disease created by Christianity: Sin, so they can offer the cure: Salvation. A snake oil salesman had nothing on these folks.

    Polygamy… I went around and around with some fellow who said that monogamy was BS. He never stated any legitimate reasons why polygamy was advantageous, only that he desired it. I told him I though polygamy was BS and that was when he got angry.

    I have been in my marriage for over 3 decades and a half. I have never desired anyone else in that time. I feel that marriage is a commitment that should not be broken. A little work and it will last.

    The fellow would not let go and went around and around with ad hominems and insults till I finally sent him on his way.

    Feminism… What good feminism if you have all the rights a man has? None. But they continue on… what else could they be seeking other than control. This is what all fascist groups desire and I honestly think after much thought and study that all feminist groups are fascist.

    Law and Order… I think very highly of the police. No, I do not think them better than the average bloke, and they have proven that frequently, but I admire anyone who goes to work and braves the onslaught of crime issuing forth from humanity. They are not paid enough.

    On laws… why have a law if no one obeys it? Speed laws especially were made for a reason… and no one obeys them, not even the police. I don’t know how many times I have been behind a police car doing 10 to 15 miles per hour over the speed limit to only watch them stop for a traffic light. (I have seen a number of them texting, by the way) Jay walking? Sometimes it’s all you can do to keep from hitting people crossing the street at any point. There are a host of laws that seem made for times when the coffers are low and no other time as they are enforced only then. They could pull you over for anything under the sun, yet refrain when the city has abundant funds to pay their salaries.

    Public Education System… The public education system is presently being used to program children in the new politically correct progressive social mores which seem under constant alteration and production. This is why I predict that eventually the public schools will fail and only private schools will remain. I personally will never vote for another public school tax issue.

    This Politically Correct Progressive Thing… The SJWs do not even mean well. They think everyone should conform not only their actions to the desires of the present progressive idea but their thoughts as well. If they so much as find that you think differently they will hound you out of your job and career. Presently, feminists are using this technique to rid the world of men in high University positions or government. Many have lost their jobs, careers, and consequently families…. some have committed suicide.

    I would describe myself as a conservatively moderate somewhat liberal atheist. My views on issues span the gamut. While I am conservative on many issues, I am moderate on others, and liberal on some others. Those in the conservative, moderate, or liberal sphere detest me. I do not conform to all of the ideological beliefs they have developed in their respective groups. I have found that even atheists develop ideological beliefs or accept them, when they form groups. There are very few that are as independent as myself, and those few, I call my friends.

    This was hastily thrown together, so I reserve the right to change, or correct any aberrations later.

  • It Takes A Special Kind of Monster…

    It must take a special kind of monster to be a member of the Republican Party. Such a monster must believe that Social Security, a program that people pay into all their lives, is a charity to which no one is entitled, and all are selfish to accept. Such a monster must look upon with glee as thousands of seniors are deprived of their incomes and must reenter the workforce no matter their age or infirmity. These horrible creatures, not really human, would rather those who are infirm or old walk the streets or live under bridges, and accept the help of charities that serve the various ignorant beliefs of our time.

    Many of those monsters that look upon with happiness to see thousands of older people, who have worked hard to earn their meager Social Security, turned into the streets as that safety net erected by their own efforts is removed so that more war and protection for the rich can be had instead, belong to a religious cult called Christianity. These arrogant self-righteous bigots who are the foundation upon which the corporations and businesses rely are so under the control of their puppet-masters they will tear down the very institution that will support them into old age. They literally stab themselves in the back.

    Granted, it is not just the ignorant religious that are under the thumb of the big business monoliths, it is also a group of people called libertarians. These idiots think that for some reason business will negotiate with them to provide a living wage, that government is too big and must be shrunken… to hell with the environment, a living wage, and dignity.

    Perhaps it is time to go to buy that firearm I keep talking about. Perhaps it’s time to prepare for the anarchy that will reign should the benevolent institution of Social Security be repealed. Perhaps it’s time to sound the warning that only a bullet to the middle of the forehead will remedy the idiocy that is called Republican.

  • They Do Not Appreciate…..

    pearls before swine.

  • Are You Sitting in the Park Enjoying the Ambience, or Are You Loitering? What Constitutes Loitering? Why Is It Illegal? … October 25, 2015

     

    Black’s Law Dictionary defines loitering as remaining “in a certain place for no apparent reason.”

    The Freedictionary defines loitering:

    loi·ter

    (loi′tər)

    intr.v. loi·tered, loi·ter·ing, loi·ters

    1.

    a. To stand idly about; linger without any purpose.

    b. Law To violate a law or ordinance that prohibits persons from remaining in a given location without a clear purpose for an extended period of time, especially whenbehaving in a manner indicating a possible threat to persons or property in the vicinity.

    2. To hover over or remain near an area: Fog loitered over the mountains. A jet loitered in the sky near the airbase.

    3. To proceed slowly or with many stops: loitered all the way home.

    4. To act slowly or with leisure; take one’s time: “The organist loitered over the keys, making sure of his mastery of the coming Sabbath anthem” (O. Henry).

    Following from http://definitions.uslegal.com/l/loitering/

    The following is an example of a state loitering statute:

    “A person commits the crime of loitering if he:

    1. Loiters, remains or wanders about in a public place for the purpose of begging; or
    2. Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of gambling; or
    3. Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of engaging or soliciting another person to engage in prostitution or deviate sexual intercourse; or
    4. Being masked, loiters, remains or congregates in a public place; or
    5. Loiters or remains in or about a school, college or university building or grounds after having been told to leave by any authorized official of such school, college or university, and not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or any other specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having written permission from a school, college or university administrator; or
    6. Loiters or remains in any transportation facility, unless specifically authorized to do so, for the purpose of soliciting or engaging in any business, trade or commercial transactions involving the sale of merchandise or services; or
    7. Loiters or remains in any place with one or more persons for purpose of unlawfully using or possessing a dangerous drug.”

    This is an example of a Massachusetts statute which deals specifically with loitering in areas of public transportation:

    “Whoever without right enters, remains in or loiters within a station, waiting room, or terminal of a public transportation facility, or upon the platform, stairs, grounds or other premises of a public transportation facility, after having been forbidden so to do either by notice posted thereon, or by the person who has the lawful control of said premises, or by a railroad, railway or railway express officer or by any police officer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and may be arrested without a warrant by such officer and kept in custody in a convenient place, not more than twenty-four hours, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, at or before the expiration of which time he shall be taken before a proper court or magistrate and proceeded against according to law.”

    Our freedoms have been attenuated. You cannot sit in the park after certain hours, you cannot sit even on a bench without suspicions that you are up to something.

    My brother and I stopped to eat a bag lunch at a roadside rest years ago and this was too much to bear for a local constable who came up, gun in hand wondering why we were sitting there.

    Do not stand and look or think, just move along and be somewhere else, but when you get there, do not stay there, just move along and be somewhere else. Are there any places on this earth where people can go unabated, wander and think without suspicion? Is there any place where you can go and sit that some reprobate will not consider you a public threat? A squirrel, a rat, a stinking skunk, has more freedom to wander than a human being. Don’t be caught at night looking up at the stars some twit will think you are planning some treachery. If you simply must stretch your legs and hike the woods you must look serious in the endeavor or be suspected of some devious thought. Don’t go here, don’t go there, you are not welcome any where. No trespassing, no looking, no thinking allowed. Lock yourself in your house but be sure to send in each day a report of what your activities are therein. 1984 is here, the fallout of 9/11, every dark imagined outcome of big brother and big sister looking over your shoulder at everything you do. Trade your freedom for a bit of security. Die young from the stress of constant surveillance.  Did you break a law? How could you know, there are so many. You ate four crackers instead of the mandatory maximum of three. You have thereby condemned some unknown starving person to yet another meal-less day. You ran over a darting chipmunk and destroyed the environment in the process. In a world gone mad and filled with busybodies yelling at every moment what you should and should not do. If only they would shut up for two seconds perhaps some sanity would return. Every politician shouting they will change things and direct the country to safety, but instead, every elected hypocrite ends up guiding the country on the same course. They’re all the same it seems. Madness reigns. I will go sit in the park, I guess, until someone notices.

     

  • The Tragedy of a Late Realization… October 18, 2015

     

    It is tragic when the idealism of youth begins to fade away and die. When humanity is revealed for what it is rather than what you thought it was the disappointment can be paralyzing. That one word now encompasses the entirety of my view of human society: disappointment.

    More tragic is the disappointment you feel when you have carried such idealism longer than most. The hopes that are finally abandoned. The feelings at realizing your naivety.

    I carried until recently the naïve belief that the diversity of wildlife on this earth as well as their habitat could be saved, preserved, from human destruction… usually called erroneously: development. In my youth the wildlife agencies that pleaded for donations to save this or that animal or wildlife refuge were still pleading for donations to save those very same animals or preserves, or in many cases reporting the demise of said animal or preserve, today. What a fool I have been. I contributed money to those groups thinking, foolishly, that the money would go to more than salaries and producing more advertisements for donations. To say these agencies were ineffective is to use too mild a word. Needless to say, I have stopped all donations to such groups. Instead I have given money to zoos, the last… real… refuge of soon to be extinct animals.

    To be sure, it isn’t just my naivety about the environment that has been lost. It is also my opinion about the general honorable nature of humans that has been cast aside. That sense that humans are a noble species is a victim of my loss of naivety. I had held so much more hope for human beings. I had thought that humans would eventually see what they are doing to this planet and would take action. Well, they took action alright. Over the last fifty plus years I have been cognizant of what has been going on I have seen the destruction under the guise of “development” continue and accelerate.

    Ignorance supported by many means has permitted the continued growth of human population. Those that come after, never having seen what was before, see what remains and proclaim “we’ll just use what we need to build our homes and make what wild remains fit for what is left” never realizing that each generation before and after does and will do the same. Those of the older generation, like me, that have been alive long enough to see the carnation wrought by at least two generations are pooh-poohed, and ignored. Even those who say they support nature seek out new places to build that dream home tearing down forests rather than renovating old structures, or tearing old structures down to rebuild in a spot already cleared. What can I say? Even my generation is guilty of this.

    I imagine the limits of this earth will prevent a situation where we will be standing elbow to elbow with no room to move. The poisons we create will be enough to suffocate us before then as well.

    The “most intelligent life on earth”, what a nice epitaph that will make.