on 4/23/02 9:38 AM, SHADETEk Records at shadetek@hotmail.com scrawled:
quoted 8 lines What's nihilistic about that? We're all crawling with parasites, doesnt
> What's nihilistic about that? We're all crawling with parasites, doesnt
> mean we aren't interesting, fun people. If the end product is the same, who
> cares if it's motivated by free will? I don't mind being part of a billion
> year domino chain, even if it does invalidate my claims to being a free
> agent. Actually I find the latter idea a bit more liberating. Like the man
> said, we may be out of the trees, but we sure as hell aren't out of the
> woods.
>
I like that quote about being out of the woods...
rollercoasters aren't that exciting. While you are being hurled about and
looped and making hairpin turns, you can only actually move in a very
limited way.. you can only squirm within the constraints of the mechanism of
the device that holds you in place. Same difference if are actions are
constrained by ideologies that 'infect' us. I suppose the optimist would
read this as an 'shut up and enjoy the ride' situation while the pessimist
would be griping about how tight the restraints were.
~g
np. Eno's Airport Muzak <-token mention of music.
--
Greg Smith
http://www.laiad.com
"There is no such thing as a perfectly accurate clock. The nearest you can
get is one that has stopped. Although you never know when, it is absolutely
accurate twice a day." - JG Ballard/Chronopolis
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