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08-21-01

i like the tree part and the book part is ok
about what live is and what is its "point" i have no clue i hope i find out this life time...


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The Three - 08-21-01

I've written half a dozen books..... Most of them are crap.

I've also planted half a dozen trees.

Now if for some reason I have lots of children.

(I said IF, don't go passing and forced sterilisation laws yet. It's merely hypothetical.)

Does that mean I've lived lots of lives?


"I've oft been told by learned friars
That wishing and the crime were one
And heaven punishes desires
As much as if the deed were done.

If wishing damns us, you and I
Are damned to all our hearts content.
Come then we may at least enjoy
Some pleasure for our punishment..."

Sir Thomas More
  
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08-21-01

i dont like that thought at all cuz if thats wat ur supposed to do in ur life, then i wanna die now...cuz thats not a life for me to live...

ill make my own life rules on what im supposed to do...
  
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08-21-01

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i dont like that thought at all cuz if thats wat ur supposed to do in ur life, then i wanna die now...cuz thats not a life for me to live...

ill make my own life rules on what im supposed to do...
I think the point in those three 'rules' wasn't that they were actually rules on life. Those are three things you can do in life to give you your own little slice of immortality. They live on after you're gone. It's not saying you have to do them to have lived.

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...the cat on velvet pattens stole along the quiet hill. "And this" she whispered "Nephew, is the way to stalk your kill..."
  
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08-21-01

I can shoot a lot of people and be immortalisted on the news too but I`m not going to.


Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so.

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08-21-01

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I can shoot a lot of people and be immortalisted on the news too but I`m not going to.

  
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personal rules.. - 08-22-01

ik, i have three personal rules for my life, that i think mose ppl here _might_ be able to agree with:

1) do as thou wilt.
this means, as you wish to behave, up to and including more rules about how you live your life, interact with other people, etc...

2)don't get caught.
the most broken rule of all, and the one that seems to cause people the most complications. though i think it's fairly self-explanatory...

no eel curtains.


oh, and as a special bonus today, i am including muy current form of the 3 solutions to any problem...
if the answer is not
1) bigger hammer, then it might be
2) more duct/gaff tape
if it is neither of the preceeding the solution must therefore be
more lube.


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08-22-01

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1) do as thou wilt.
this means, as you wish to behave, up to and including more rules about how you live your life, interact with other people, etc...
AFAIK, what Liber AL vel Legis means by Do What Thou Wilt is not "behave as you wish to behave", it's "behave in accordance with your True Will", which doesn't always correspond with your every whim... Of course you can use whatever life rules you want and you probably already knew this anyway, I just thought that might need pointing out.
  
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perzactly.. - 08-22-01

This follows in with my rant somewhere else about people limiting themselves by their own minds or some such... and then complaining their life sucks when they are the ones restraining themselves from being happy...

anyway i will stop now...


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08-22-01

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AFAIK, what Liber AL vel Legis


  
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08-23-01

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I can shoot a lot of people and be immortalisted on the news too but I`m not going to.
me too...but then all the people who knew would be like she was such a sweet girl...what went wrong?

life blows chunks!

there are always consequences! damn the law and authority. i guess we need it though.
  
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08-23-01

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I can shoot a lot of people and be immortalisted on the news too but I`m not going to.
Nope, that's not the same.. that's just the 15 seconds of fame (or in this case, infamy) every man gets.

A child can continue your line for generations, a tree lives for hundreds of years, and a book... well, the good ones should live forever. (I'm a big fan of reading, can you tell?)

Kat


...the cat on velvet pattens stole along the quiet hill. "And this" she whispered "Nephew, is the way to stalk your kill..."

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08-23-01

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(I'm a big fan of reading, can you tell?)

Kat
me too.
  
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08-23-01

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From what i've been taught there is definitely a purpose to life. But I don't want to post what that is here, if you're really interested I can give you my e-mail or AIM, ICQ, or MSN screen names....toodles
What's up with the secrecy, ophelia..? What are you afraid of?


You promised me the ending would be clear
You'd let me know when the time was now
Don't let me know when you're opening the door
Stab me in the dark, let me disappear
  
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08-23-01

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Nope, that's not the same.. that's just the 15 seconds of fame (or in this case, infamy) every man gets.

A child can continue your line for generations, a tree lives for hundreds of years, and a book... well, the good ones should live forever. (I'm a big fan of reading, can you tell?)

Kat
Depends who I kill. Lee Harvy Oswald? My books will be unread, the tree cut down and the child could suffer in any number of ways.


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08-24-01

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Depends who I kill. Lee Harvy Oswald? My books will be unread, the tree cut down and the child could suffer in any number of ways.
i agree cuz its the same here...plus im not gonna take on the responsibilities of a child when i dont want any...

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08-24-01

What is the point in life?


Crush your enemy...
See them driven before you...
Hear the lamentations of the women...


Dogs fucked the pope...no fault of mine...
  
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Hi Ghengis...
  
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here are some questions. - 09-24-01

why should i live? why should i do anything? is there in life any purpose which the inevitable death that awaits me does not undo and destroy? please answer seriously

these are general questions and no i'm not thinking of killing myself. so don't worry. i think too much. most of you know that already. :p
  
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09-24-01

If you dont do things then one day you`ll look back and regret it.


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