Friends, does it seem like life is moving too fast, these days? Does it seem like things are spiralling out of control, or getting so complex that nothing actually works anymore, except out of sheer, mindless inertia? Do you catch yourself asking "Can things really be this bad, or is it just me?"
If only it were just you...but the sad fact is, things really ARE that bad. Nobody, not even our "leaders" understands how our society works - when it does - and their ceaseless blundering only serves to make things even worse. Hell, most of you don't even understands how our money works...and if you did, you'd never get a good night's sleep again.
You want to scream, to lash out, to grab someone and shake them, and ask "Where did it all go wrong? How did things get so stupid and crazy?", but you can't. So you grab a beer, watch American Idol...and worry miserably.
You look at your "government", and can't tell the difference between the two parties anymore. Both seem to be just an endless parade of whores, packaged differently for the rubes. Your job went to Mexico, or you're told it will, if you don't toe the line. Your little piece of the American Dream,Ñ¢ has become a horrible nightmare from which you cannot wake.
So what can you do? Two hundred years ago, you'd grab your musket and clean out the temple...but you realize that your fellow citizens are too stupified by the pap and gewgaws provided to them to realize that there IS a problem...they have fooled themselves into believing that things were always this way, and that things should always be this way...as they desperately horde toys that they think will make them happy. In addition, who would you revolt against? The problem isn't in our heads of state, after all, but in the state of our heads.
Seems hopeless, doesn't it?
But that's because what you DON'T know is that you are not alone. Moving in under the radar of "normal" society, there is a growing revolution. Not a revolution involving guns and pitched battles, or even guerilla warfare, but a revolution of the mind. The battlefield is not in the streets and alleys, but in the realm of information, of communication, of ideas. For too long have we allowed the demagogues to control the media by which they shape the "opinions" of the populace. For too long have we allowed the endless shitty compromises and fear to be beamed into our living rooms and computer monitors.
No more.
The day of reckoning approaches. The temple WILL be cleansed. If you feel the way we do, contact us at http://principiadiscordia.com (ignore the reams of crap/camoflauge, and leave a post. A response will be forthcoming at the same place). We don't pretend to have all the answers, but, boy, do we have an assload of questions.
On the other hand, if you DON'T feel the way we do, just regard this as a crank letter, and go about your business. After all, there can't possibly be a growing underground movement, dedicated to forever altering the American way of life. That's just crazy talk, suitable only for those who wear tinfoil hats. Go back to sleep. Good doggy.
Or kill me.
fire
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Fire whom?
the other kind of fire
Quote from: LHXthe other kind of fire
Well, as I understand it, the "project" requires ranting not directed at Discordians.
So here I am.
TGRR,
Was getting tired of preaching to the choir, anyway.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: LHXthe other kind of fire
Well, as I understand it, the "project" requires ranting not directed at Discordians.
So here I am.
TGRR,
Was getting tired of preaching to the choir, anyway.
fuck
the 'project' might actually turn into a project
itll be interesting to see what happens
looks like youre in top form
you been lifting weights?
Quote from: LHXQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: LHXthe other kind of fire
Well, as I understand it, the "project" requires ranting not directed at Discordians.
So here I am.
TGRR,
Was getting tired of preaching to the choir, anyway.
fuck
the 'project' might actually turn into a project
itll be interesting to see what happens
looks like youre in top form
you been lifting weights?
It's been a while, and the pressure was building up.
this is fucking money.
Quote from: East Coast Hustlethis is fucking money.
Thanks. There's more where that came from.
And, as always, the Epistles are designed to be spammed all over the place, etc.
good, cuz I just printed out 100 copies to be placed under car windshields over the holiday weekend.
Very well written, it influences the right things in my mind.
I like what this says
Quotebelieving that things were always this way, and that things should always be this way
effective
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Oh thank goodness, someone with some layout abilities.
I sure as shit don't have any.
Many thanks.
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Inspirational and effective.
Or not.
Quote from: East Coast Hustlegood, cuz I just printed out 100 copies to be placed under car windshields over the holiday weekend.
That's what it's there for.
Netaungrot, nice layout, as always. Yuo = drafted for the cause.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerNetaungrot, nice layout, as always. Yuo = drafted for the cause.
8)
Swote.
QuoteBut that's because what you DON'T know is that you are not alone. Moving in under the radar of "normal" society, there is a growing revolution. Not a revolution involving guns and pitched battles, or even guerilla warfare, but a revolution of the mind.
Holy shit.
I don't think I've ever heard you say that
out loud.
I think this is the time for mittens.
Quote from: LMNOQuoteBut that's because what you DON'T know is that you are not alone. Moving in under the radar of "normal" society, there is a growing revolution. Not a revolution involving guns and pitched battles, or even guerilla warfare, but a revolution of the mind.
Holy shit.
I don't think I've ever heard you say that out loud.
I think this is the time for mittens.
Well, times have changed. Most of the horrible shit I was hollering about has actually come to pass. Things are far, far worse than most people care to admit.
Something has to be done, and sitting here breathing our own farts isn't going to solve anything.
Roger, you mind if I tweak this for a UK audience?
nice layouts indeed! of course, i'm always a sucker for the Century Gothic font :)
Quote from: NetaungrotI like where the shift to the second column gives a dramatic pause on this one.
disagree with this though, dramatic pause is a nice effect but not at the cost of an orphaned last line of a paragraph thingy IMO. but never mind that, the other two are very cool.