Very interesting take,Judah, as usual. Good thoughts.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I can respect your point of view but I see it differently. > > If you are out of work and go work your ass off to try and find a job > you will (hopefully) solve the problem for yourself for an > indeterminate amount of time. > > If you are out of work and go try to change the system, you will > (hopefully) contribute to a solution to the problem for millions of > people for an indeterminate amount of time. > > The first approach is easier in some ways, harder in others. The > solution is inherently self-centered (not necessarily in a bad way, > just saying that it is about you and yours). The second approach is > easier in some ways and harder in others. The solution may be far more > difficult to achieve but progress on it benefits much larger numbers > of people and potentially for much longer periods. It is, however, > also less likely to actually solve the problem for yourself, at least > in the short term. > > In the end, I go for solution number one but I admire and respect > those who go for solution number two. I think that it doesn't deserve > the derision that many people (and most of the media) heap upon it and > that it actually takes a hell of a lot of guts. More than I have right > now. I'm all about scrapping together the pennies and eeking out the > best living I can for my family. But the people who are out there > trying to change a rigged system? They've got my support and I'm glad > to see them challenging things that have gone unchallenged far too > long. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > You know what? > > > > If i lost my job tomorrow, i'd have two options: > > > > 1) Try to find another job in my field, or failing that, adapt > > 2) Go sit out on Wall Street and blame someone else, all the while not > doing > > shit to actually help myself > > > > Even if I agree with the cause of protesters, I generally never agree > with > > protesting. Do something productive instead. Life isn't fair. Deal with > it. > > There will always be someone trying to screw you over. Today it might be > > Wall Street bankers, but tomorrow it will be someone else. You can spend > all > > your time an energy bitching and moaning about everyone trying to screw > you, > > or you can quit your bitching and do your very best to live in a world > that > > just aint fair....and never will be. > > > > So yeah, I agree with the protester...i think these wall street jerkoffs > are > > assholes who've set this country back...but if i could tell the > protesters > > anything, it would be "shut the fuck up and get back to work helping > > yourself". > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343307 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
