David Beckham left the pitch in tears as he completed the final home match of his 20-year career.
"I want to say thank you to everybody in Paris - to my team-mates, to the staff, to the fans," Beckham said as he addressed PSG supporters after the final whistle.
"It's been very special to finish my career here. It could not have been any more special.
"I just feel that it's the right time [to retire]. I feel that I've achieved everything that I could in my career.
So this ball-kicker is tearing because he's
playing his last game before retiring. Yeah right. Crying because of
the great memories of earning millions for kicking around a ball, and
getting the religious worship of millions of juvenile-minded 'fans'.
Some idiots even praise this guy for his charitable donations. Who
cares what this git 'donates'. If i rob you of all your money and then
'donate' a portion of it to charity, are you going to kiss my ass too?
If we don't talk about what can be justifiably earned, the 'charity' of these parasites is borne of anything but justice.
If i rob you of all your money and then
'donate' a portion of it to charity, are you going to kiss my ass too?
If you think about it, if people weren't stupid enough to give billions
to their royalty, celebs, economic elite, etc, we would have found a
cure for cancer, ended global poverty/hunger/starvation/etc. These
parasites and their unthinking fans form a symbiotic union that keeps
all of us bemoaning the consequences of our oversights.
The 'celebs' of these times serve as the bridge between the economic elite and the peasants - that means YOU - whereby the masses have someone to identify with so that they would take more kindly to the oppressive political and economic elite. It's a simple logic. If we don't mind according money and privilege to celebs we can identify with, we become more likely to never mind the power and privilige of the rest of the oppressive elite either. You could say that the celebs you worship are the Public Relations department for the elite who run the entire system.
If we don't
mind according money and privilege to celebs we can identify with, we
become more likely to never mind the power and privilege of the rest of
the oppressive elite either. You could say that the celebs you worship are the Public Relations department for the elite who run the entire system.
If you don't question the billions you give to your loved celebs because they do what you love, then when you do question the rest of the elite who exploit you, you'll only question them for how they do it, but not the billions they get from you whilst they do it. Hence, your resistance to them will inevitably become less vociferous, if at all.
The first thing celeb-worship does is to present as alright the fact that they are laughing their way to the bank with the money that can be used to end much of global suffering in a month or so. Once that has been achieved, people will cease to question the money hoarded by the rest of the topmost elite - which serves as the basis of their power over you.
It's just like how the so-called royalty of the past, and of the present in some locales, ally themselves with the Church so as to present themselves as holy, or holier, than thou. But the difference between the saints of the past and the present is that those of the past stand for self-sacrifice, whereas those of the present stand for greed. You cannot expect the Congregation of Fans of these days to appreciate these points.
When are people
going to get smart.
ed
composed & produced by, ed.
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Facebook's decision to remove videos showing people being decapitated leaves the firm in a quandary: should or shouldn't it impose a wider censorship policy?
Since publishing the article, readers have contacted the BBC to complain about other videos, including:
- one that shows killings which do not involve beheadings
- clips involving cruelty to dogs and other animals
- a smartphone recording of a schoolgirl being punched to the ground by another pupil
In all cases they said the network had refused their requests to remove the material. A spokeswoman for Facebook confirmed its policy had only been amended in regard to decapitations. - bbc
Back in the 70s, people criticised The Waltons, Little House on the Prarie, etc, for not reflecting 'real life'. Thereafter came 'real life' shows which basically killed of the Idyllic family in real life or any inclinations towards it. It became 'corny' or 'embarrassing' to be close to one's family that way, and it contributed to the perceptions of the young. What we have here now is juvenile individualism. Family, the elderly, etc, etc, are all perceived as 'past it' and irrelevant. People forget that in the quest for ‘real life’ depictions as opposed to
ideal ones, the only way to sell the former would be to make it
‘entertaining’. In that, such ‘reality’ is promoted, rather than
depicted.
People forget that in the quest for ‘real life’ depictions as opposed to ideal ones, the only way to sell the former would be to make it ‘entertaining’. In that, such ‘reality’ is promoted, rather than depicted.
The point here is, when we fight for the availability of everything, we are not simultaneously mindful of what is not available and which people don't miss. It is these that can play a significant part in softening the impact of what is available.
People in the past weren't the worse for not having the gore that is available today.
The future is made from a combination of what is available today, and what you have forgotten about yesterday. If you are not mindful of the latter, you become an unwitting victim of the former.
ed
The blueprint used to produce a 3D-printed plastic gun has been
downloaded about 100,000 times since going online earlier this week,
according to Forbes.
Most downloads were in the US, followed by Spain, Brazil, Germany and the UK. - bbc
I suppose the powers-that-be allowed this to go through so as to maintain the global element of fear. Best to fear your neighbour so that you wouldn't bother to keep your eyes on the government i suppose.
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If they came up with a 3d design for a nuclear weapon, you can be sure that the elite will do something about it as it can threaten their well-being directly. However, with a 3d Gun, that only causes the people to fear each other.
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Oh boy. Now we need physical searches of all baggage in the airport.
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People can always do something about governments without guns - as Gandhi had already proved - if they act together. But failing to want to act together indicates the preponderance of mutual alienation.
In such a case, If they still insist that they need guns to 'protect themselves from the government', as some claim, then that means they are already fragmented enough to not be able to act together without arms to deal with the government. In such a case, how can they trust each other with a gun when they are mutually alienated in the first place?
In a situation where mutual alienation is true, and governments are oppressive, what can be expected is that people would be more likely to use their guns on each other to protect themselves from the consequences and rising cost of their apathy toward a self-serving government.
ed
I'm still in love with the printed word, be it in ink or e-ink
~ ed
I had been an avid book-reader since i was a child, but with books tearing on me, i decided that it would be wiser for me to upgrade my views on this so that i wouldn't have to keep buying the same books over and over again - like my Sherlock Holmes, Rumpole, and Jeeves and Wooster (Rumpole has the Oxford Book of English Verse as a constant bedside companion, i have the Rumpole Omnibuses and the aforementioned:) )
I save space on books and DVDs (the latter replaced by a hard-drive and a WDTV) and replace it with music-making tools, toys, comics and records now
As for the issue of book vs ebook-reader, it is a non-issue for me now. What i'm focused on is what is the best e-reader in terms of function and feature. Kindle has great marketing strategies, the Kobo has a great e-book reader - given its non-proprietary approach, and its memory card slots.
As for being able to share e-books, well, unlike myself, those of Calibre might have a solution.
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The 'life' of a book comes from the reader leaving their own imprint on it with all its creases and folds. It gives you a slow-browining link to your own past. It is a physical manifestation of yourself from the past to the present and to the future.
You can't get that in an ebook reader.
However, it is practical, space and cost-wise, to move to ebooks. To make up for the nostalgic or tactile feel of a book, i have a well-used musical instrument, or sofa, or coffee-cup, or a pair of old jeans, or watching MASH or Taxi or Cheers even though it is via a LCD TV and not a CRT. In other words, I can still get my dose of nostalgia via other means.
There are many paths to nostalgia, but we shouldn't allow familiarity to translate to increasing cost in the future provided we have other means via which we can keep it alive.
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I'm still in love with the printed word, be it with ink or e-ink
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Anyway, I wonder why people don’t feel the same way when it comes to fashion but prefer to get nostalgic when it comes to books vs ebook readers. Perhaps it is the latter problem that sees some of them compensating via books over e-readers. Frankly, I'd rather get my fix of nostalgia with a pair of old worn out jeans and reading old tales like Holmes to Hanshew via e-readers instead of new authors in books.
ed
An extreme artist has been performing acrobatics hundreds of metres above a canyon in central China.
Eskil Ronningsbakken, who worked on the Aizhai suspension bridge in Hunan province without a safety harness, later balanced on a rope ladder hanging from a hot air balloon. - bbc
“There were times when intellectual, spiritual, and creative achievement preoccupied quite some people. Now, its just 'career advancement', reproduction, grocery shopping, celeb worship and reality shows.
With the devaluation of life, its no wonder that people put it at risk for 'kicks' as a last effort at feeling alive. People who like 'living on the edge' are those who don't have anything going on in the plains of the lives, if you think about it.” - ed, on facebook
What we are seeing all around us is the best a child would do if pushed
to be creative and intelligent but forced to remain a child. The child
can reach the maximum of its intelligent and creative potential as a
child, but not as an adult. Bodes well for elite-control.
I remember the story of someone being asked why they climbed mountains, and the response was a proud, ‘because it’s there.’ But the more accurate and honest answer, after a dash of critical introspection, would have been, ‘because I’ve nowhere else to go as I don’t have the character to appreciate more’. It’s a matter of how the ‘progress’ of society allows you to define yourself that sees what you reach out toward to develop and express ‘yourself’.
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| 'Planking' - bbc |
In the progress of capitalist civilisation, there are only two ways you can go. One, you either be reduced as a person and just stick to an close-to-animal existence - working, shopping, eating, reproduction - or Two, aspire to shallow interests that basically indicate society’s deviation from its creative, spiritual, and intellectual path. You can expect derision or be ignored if you are not one or the other - that is how the masses keep their own down to the delight of the elite.
Whether it is ‘planking’ - where people feel special about themselves when they lie still ‘like planks’ in different locations; or ‘flash mobs’, where people get together and behave silly for a short time in public; or ‘x-treme sports’ where they do acrobatics with a variety of machines to climbing mountains and rock-faces; these are a far cry from the scientific, creative, and intellectual pursuits of those who came before us, and whose present-day but lesser variants are derided as ‘nerds’ and ‘geeks’. Some might say that this is an exhibition of vibrancy and is hence a ‘good thing’. In itself, I’d agree, but where vibrancy expressed in juvenile fashion is not complemented by, or serves as fuel for meaningful adult ones, it just serves as a catharsis or vent whereby one relieves the tension built up for not having the latter. That just entrenches one in the former and it becomes an end in itself.
...where vibrancy expressed in juvenile fashion is not complemented by, or
serves as fuel for meaningful adult ones, it just serves as a catharsis
or vent whereby one relieves the tension built up for not having the
latter. That just entrenches one in the former and it becomes an end in
itself.
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| 'Beach Party' 'Flash Mob' |
In a global american/juvenile-led climate where ‘revolution’ is associated with a comic ‘Marvel Universe’, or food, or fashion; where to speak like a child is increasingly becoming fashionable; where people try to get popular and rich by putting up videos of their cats’ antics or seeking ‘stardom’ on silly ‘Idol’ shows; where heroes like Malcolm X, Marx, Gandhi, Jesus, the Buddha, or Muhammad, are being replaced with Iron Man, Spider-man, and the Avengers; where sit-coms thrive on sarcasm and vindictiveness instead of true wit; where people take pride in being ‘practical’ and apathetic; and so on and so forth, it is no wonder that we are seeing a rise in extreme sports, or over-focus on sports which is basically the juvenile expressing itself for want of more meaningful avenues of development and expression.
The human spirit needs to express itself no matter what, but the avenues to do so are fast becoming juvenile and nothing besides. Anything more is ignored. What a waste. The intellectual, spiritual, and creative still remains, but it is being expressed in a juvenile fashion, as opposed to maturing juveniles to adulthood. What we are seeing all around us is the best a child would do if pushed to be creative and intelligent but forced to remain a child. The child can reach the maximum of its intelligent and creative potential as a child, but not as an adult. Bodes well for elite-control. They have really done it haven't they.
ed
I think i'll give Iron Man 3 a miss for today. Feel kind of foolish making the effort for a movie that is sure to be worse than the comic. The comic is the bare minimum.
A movie that is a watered down version of even a comic is certainly quite the insult to the intelligence....unless one's intelligence is on par with a 10 year old that is. Oops. This is not meant as an insult if you're one of those waiting with bated breath for the movie. It just describes you that's all. Take heart, you're not alone in your idiocy. So you can self-servingly confuse it for normal since most these days are like that ;)
I was brought up on 70s movies, where effects don't often take the place of a good storyline, atmosphere, etc. To be honest, 40s-50s movies are even better. That applies to both American and Tamil films as well - with the latter having quite a bit of philosophical stuff which americans would probably not be able to appreciate without suffering a possible cerebral event. A great movie would be a fusion of Tamil (philosophical, critical dialogue, vibrance), Japanese (philosophical, atmosphere, avant garde storyline), American(effects), and British(logical, dialogue, storyline) approaches toward movie-making. To confuse the bulk of American movies for a 'movie' is to confuse the icing for the cake.
...frequently, after watching an american movie, i feel like one of the
blokes in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle who pays for a mail-order
bride, and gets a blow-up doll instead.
If you don't 'move with the times' like unthinking idiots do, you'll be pretty much appalled by the quality of movies these days. If it can immediately appeal to a child, then it doesn't say much about the intelligence of adults who flock to see it. (though i have to admit that i was very much appealed to Jesus Christ Superstar when i watched it as a child....I wouldn't say it was a child's movie.....perhaps i was pretty mature for my age....which might explain why i wasn't disinclined to reading Orwell, Hemmingway, amongst others, between the age of 10-12) I need more than effects. I need substance - depth, language, twists, complexity. If i want something simple or shallow, i'll just stick to porn, or the company of most of my friends in singapore ;)
But the thing is, people have gradually become accustomed, and underdeveloped as a consequence, to movies that present effects, camera shakes, flashing lights, gore, sex, etc, as evidence of a good storyline. A good story is being redefined in tandem with the reduction of the cranial mass of the masses (which might explain why a doctor who looked at my brain scan a year or so ago in singapore, after a fall which required such a scan, remarked, with raised brows even, that my brain was 'very developed'....i thought it was a strange thing to say. Perhaps i'm just normal, but its others whom are a bit, for want of a better word, retarded....;) )
Movies these days basically stimulate your reflexes and your primitive proclivities, and makes you 'feel'. Thereafter, you leave feeling all hyped up, or tired for the experience, and think you've gotten your money's worth. But those who operate from the brain when it comes to movies will feel kind of pissed off. That might explain why those cheap scare tactics in horror movies, or effects, hot chicks, etc, etc, leave me yawning or drifting off into sleep. It's not that i don't like hot chicks for instance, but i expect more than that from a movie. But frequently, after watching an american movie, i feel like one of the blokes in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle who pays for a mail-order bride, and gets a blow-up doll instead.
...it also doesn't help that Iron Man is basically an effort to whitewash the
capitalist elite (as a filthy rich bourgeois like Stark is still
presented as a hero despite his class causing millions of deaths
globally), and promote America as the hero-supremo via his character,
amongst others.
Some might say, 'Hey, who gives a f*ck about what you think is a good movie, i'm still enjoying it, that's all that matters!' No mate, the more you are inclined toward the juvenile, the more you'll miss out on the greater pleasures of life, or getting even more from the little things in life, including Iron Man 3. And besides that, you're going to lose the intelligence required to have enough foresight to recognise and resist those evils of today whose consequences you are going to moan about tomorrow.
And besides that, it doesn't help that Iron Man is basically an effort to whitewash the capitalist elite (as a filthy rich bourgeois like Stark is still presented as a hero despite his class causing millions of deaths globally), and promote America as the hero-supremo via his character, amongst others, so that the world will have yet another reason to overvalue them relative to others.
I'll still check out Iron Man 3 if i'm passing by next week or thereafter, just to confirm my suspicions that it is a Made-By-America and therefore, Made-For-Kids movie, and also to eke out whatever little pleasure it might give me. Like i said to someone recently, most people go into such movies and feel thoroughly entertained by it. For me, i can at best get only half entertained because my intellectual half is left unsatisfied. But, i know how to use that to feed the primitive and child-like half of my persona so that it can translate to greater insight or achievement in my adult half. In fact, I take the 'hero' character and spirit and channel it to feed my reservoir of vigour which i then cross-apply in other arenas. But for most, these superheroes just feed and reinforce their primitive and child-like half and waters down the latter. It just serves as a holy relic which they worship outside of themselves whilst they go about even more accepting of their mundane lives as a consequence. These heroes don't serve as a stimulus to be heroic themselves. In all of these, lies the problem.
Alright, that's all for now. The ed-venger signs out. ;) Woosh!
ed
