Run as fast as you want...but drive within the speed limit. harry
----- Original Message ----- From: Remi Cornwall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:18 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:Hidden Societal Megatrend? > Yeah John, f.ck yeah! > > I know people who are gay, black, white, muslim, jew, disabled, > old. I'm no > bigot. I help the weak and go out of my way to be a gentle-man. > > I know what works and why - I know a woman can't do a fireman's > carry of > someone over 15 stone for 200 yrds, I know that that's why you > won't find > women in the marines, paras or special forces. > > I know that men have an edge in track and field and there again > that those > of West African decent have more fast twitch muscles, but then > again over 26 > miles women start edging forward again and may actually better at > the men in > extreme endurance (mmmh, the future of spaceflight could be in the > realm of > women - same brains for the task, less weight). > > I know that more often that not, that boys are difficult to teach > and get in > trouble but then they *create*. Doesn't mean girls don't it just > statistically more likely. In fact with a weak old, mutation prone Y > chromosome men are the best or worse of cases. > > I know that Orientals and Jews are more likely to excel at > mathematicalsciences. I don't kid myself with politically correct > science; they have old > civilisations that favour gene selection for scholasticism and > strong family > and community structures too. > > I know that Africans do very well in school because of their strong > familystructure but are now generally dumbing down when exposed to > Caribbeanculture for all the bastardization and despair that group > has suffered. > > I know welfare and state medical care does good work but then again > strongfamilies and communities and a healthy lifestyle would reduce > the budget but > that would be perceived as 'paternalism'. > > I know the personality profile of those who become CEOs and I know > what eats > out the soul of those in the labour conference at Manchester who > say "more > taxation! nationalise energy production! ban City bonuses, no more fat > cats!" in that they could only rise to a high position in life, > withouttalent, by rabble rousing. > > Then again I know what makes those on the old right tick in denying > opportunity for all with ability because they want to hold on to the > hegemony or the stupid greed of the stockbroker short selling but > generatingno *net* wealth. > > I don't think I'm gifted in these observations but I am brave and > won't pin > my colours to any mast and respect those who don't as well. > > I'd like less political parties and more independent thinkers in > cabinet.Although there is chain of command, I don't associate being > educated with > being slavish. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Steck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 September 2008 16:38 > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hidden Societal Megatrend? > > Men of the future? Balls. It seems like most men of today under > 40 in the > US. That's why movies like '300' resonate with men so much. We > pine for > the days when men were allowed to be men, expected to be men, and > were > admired when they were. We can feel in our bones that we are not > being true > > to our natural instincts, our place in the food chain. > > Not to jump in the way-back machine, rap a towel around my head, > and forego > deodorant altogether, but this is the double edged sword of the > pendulum > swing. In our 'enlightened' well intentioned (although highly > socialistic) > efforts to equalize outcome for all without conflicts of any kind, > we have > compromised the very socioeconomic backbone of that allows the very > luxury > of that largess. It is the harbinger of doom of every great > society > throughout history. > > Remi, the talent hasn't gone. It's been surgically removed.... at > home, at > work, in public. To lament the outcome of our own self destructive > behavior > 'for the greater good' is laughable. In a foot race for survival, > how much > sympathy should someone get who voluntarily hits themselves in the > foot with > > a hammer because the person next to them can't (or refuses) to run > as fast? > That is not 'enlightenment' that's mental illness. > > -john > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Remi Cornwall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Men of the future will be pathetic cowards, gagged, neutered, > metro-sexual > > and inadequate. Then people will start saying, "What's happened, > people > > used > > to be so effective, things used to get done around here. Where's > the > > talent > > gone?" The answer: being sued or worse. > > > > >
