Difference between revisions of "Introduction to the BIP"
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| + | modern era. In this piece, Rev. What's-His-Name discusses the origins of the Black Iron Prison. | ||
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| − | It was the year 2006. I imagine it was another initiate to the principiadiscordia.com realm that started it all by saying something like, "Well, if you guys are so | + | It was the year 2006. I imagine it was another initiate to the principiadiscordia.com realm that started it all by saying something like, "Well, if you guys are so interested in moving beyond the ''Principia Discordia'', why don't you guys ''write'' something?!" Well, maybe it wasn't exactly like that, but it sounds nice so I'll go with it. What's important is that a bunch of us got to the point where we decided it was time for us to take a stab at this Discordia thing. And so, the project was dubbed "PD06". There was a feeling amongst many at PD that while the subject matter of the ''Principia'' was still important, the jokes were, by now, were old, and not as useful as they used to be. We were interested in boilng down some of the ideas and putting them in a form where newer generations of Discordians could grasp onto them. (It's generally not advised to grab ANYTHING that is boiling. Turn your handles in.) We decided to circle around this idea of the Black Iron Prison that we had been discussing. LMNO wrote an intro piece about the BIP which really set the tone for what would follow. |
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| + | And so we were off. Some people wrote new things, some found old things and added new bits to it. The inspiration was quite catchy and in a matter of days we had a pamphlet's worth of material. The next step was to put it together into a sexy and attractive package. The ever-crafty LMNO sacrificed his lunch hour to put it together and thus The Black Iron Prison: Discordia Revisited was born. Rev. St. Syn, KSC added an attention-grabbing graphic to the cover and it was released to the masses. Since its completion, we've continued to discuss various philosophies and ideas within the Black Iron Prison framework. Indeed, yours truly started up a forum dedicated to the Black Iron Prison subject matter. But it went kerplooey and so it now resides as a part of PrincipiaDiscordia.com. Professor Cramulus has since re-edited the pamphlet into a second version. Both versions, along with the other Black Iron Prison project materials, can be found at http://www.blackironprison.com and http://www.principiadiscordia.com/bip/1.php. | ||
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| − | + | ''Net: set the following line in a different font, in the margin of the above piece:'' | |
| − | + | '''It's THAT EASY to create your own Discordia. Collect all 1024!''' | |
Latest revision as of 14:39, 27 August 2008
by Rev. What's-His-Name?
The Black Iron Prison is a collection of essays by various authors discussing such topics as free will, self-liberation, and coping with the madness of the modern era. In this piece, Rev. What's-His-Name discusses the origins of the Black Iron Prison.
Welcome to the Prison,
It was the year 2006. I imagine it was another initiate to the principiadiscordia.com realm that started it all by saying something like, "Well, if you guys are so interested in moving beyond the Principia Discordia, why don't you guys write something?!" Well, maybe it wasn't exactly like that, but it sounds nice so I'll go with it. What's important is that a bunch of us got to the point where we decided it was time for us to take a stab at this Discordia thing. And so, the project was dubbed "PD06". There was a feeling amongst many at PD that while the subject matter of the Principia was still important, the jokes were, by now, were old, and not as useful as they used to be. We were interested in boilng down some of the ideas and putting them in a form where newer generations of Discordians could grasp onto them. (It's generally not advised to grab ANYTHING that is boiling. Turn your handles in.) We decided to circle around this idea of the Black Iron Prison that we had been discussing. LMNO wrote an intro piece about the BIP which really set the tone for what would follow.
And so we were off. Some people wrote new things, some found old things and added new bits to it. The inspiration was quite catchy and in a matter of days we had a pamphlet's worth of material. The next step was to put it together into a sexy and attractive package. The ever-crafty LMNO sacrificed his lunch hour to put it together and thus The Black Iron Prison: Discordia Revisited was born. Rev. St. Syn, KSC added an attention-grabbing graphic to the cover and it was released to the masses. Since its completion, we've continued to discuss various philosophies and ideas within the Black Iron Prison framework. Indeed, yours truly started up a forum dedicated to the Black Iron Prison subject matter. But it went kerplooey and so it now resides as a part of PrincipiaDiscordia.com. Professor Cramulus has since re-edited the pamphlet into a second version. Both versions, along with the other Black Iron Prison project materials, can be found at http://www.blackironprison.com and http://www.principiadiscordia.com/bip/1.php.
Net: set the following line in a different font, in the margin of the above piece:
It's THAT EASY to create your own Discordia. Collect all 1024!
