Howdy charlie,
You forgot Canadians, they watch as much tv as us americans, who can blame 'em though, it's friggin cold outside!
We're all north american scum!
Seriously though, one thing I noticed about myself soon after "waking up" (blah hate that but can't think of a better phrase) that I didn't like very much was that I was becoming a bit arogant, like thinking I knew so much more than all these yokels I gotta interact with everday (exaggeration for emphasis
). After awhile of trying to shake people into opening their minds and having little succes via that avenue, I basically gave up. Recently though I have been surprised by several people close to me who have begun to ask the same questions I had a few years ago. I would have never expected it from one of them especially.
I suppose all I'm tryin to say here is that it's easy to fly under the social radar these days, in as much as you can educate yourself very well on virtually any topic without anyone else knowing, and I'd suspect for a good percentage of people who are interested in camelot type of stuff, they keep that soley to themselves. If you don't believe me go just have a look at the ratio of logged in members against lurkers here. It's a good thing though, like Mark Twain said "In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
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Originally Posted by crazycharlie
suggestions In how to cope while ROME burns ?
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Hate to sound preachy here mate, but i'd say, just remember that (more than likely if ur in the US) you have it so much better than so many others.
That's actually the exact issue that set me on this path, wondering why should life be so easy (relatively) for me and such an uphill battle for so many others. What makes us in the first world so special? Nothing, we're blinded to the fact that our standard of living is propped up by the third world, and to keep us docile, tptb bought us out with cheap gas and shiny toys. People
are waking up now though, tptb are in scramble mode, so keep the faith brother.
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Originally Posted by truth and integrity
I do not like name calling either.I think that our challenge is to find a balance between being honest and respectful.
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Agreed. I once heard someone say a million ills can be forgiven in the name of "honesty". Well honesty may be the best policy, but you can still have some tact, it's just more productive, unless you're looking to provoke.