January 8, 2011
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We are seeds
I feel like I didn't explain myself very well in the video. Obviously, I am not asking anyone to seriously entertain the idea that activists are motivated by power.
It's just that I'm constantly thinking about oppression, media and minorities, etc. and most of the time I don't even stop to think why. I mean yes, the world is broken and it need to be fixed, but what is it that makes us care? Where does the capacity to care originate? (and I don't want to hear the world "altruism". Don't say that they're doing it for their kids and for future generations, because there's more, there always is)
I remember asking this question when I was very young:
Mom, why do seeds grow?
They grow when they get enough soil and water.
Yes I know, but why does it do that? What tells it to start growing?
Well...no one knows.
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Activists obviously have good intentions. But maybe we aren't totally, entirely altruistic. Do we live out the rest of our lives trying to satisfy the inner childhood desire of world dominance? Does it have anything to do with Darwinism, how we try to convert the world into ideological replicas of ourselves, so that we might have a better chance of survival?
Sorry for mumbling. Late night brain dump doesn't make me very coherent.
Comments (8)
i went to college when feminist PC was in full swing; that need for world domination...that's certainly what put me off. can't watch your video just now, but will soon.
ok. watched it. it's true. utopia rarely survives the revolution.
on a related note, it is ironic yet completely within paradigm that the republicans are as inept at wielding power as they are good at acquiring it.
I have just commented this-( in French ) on You Tube !
Again I am really sorry to not understand .
Am I wrong if I think that if your are saying a speech against all extremism ? In this case I agree with you ..
Bonne année 2011 .
Michel
Tu travailles pour une station de radio ? à Vacouvers ou à Manille ? .
@fauquet - J'aurais dû parler plus fort je m'excuse! Merci pour avoir m'ecouter quand même
J'ai dit que les activistes voulait le pouvoir, même s'ils ne se rendent pas compte que c'est ça qu'ils cherchent.
Je travaille à CJSF 90.1FM à Vancouver. Joyeux nouvelle année Michel!
@complicatedlight - PC is political correctness? Wow I can't imagine a time where feminism dominated. Power-mongering or not, I wish I could have been there!
@kaiori - heh. yeah, i'm actually that old. i'm kinda glad you weren't. i was a guy, see. not a bad guy, but a guy. and all the women in my dorm pretty much idolized andrea dworkin. and while dworkin had some redeeming qualities, not calling all men rapists for the crime of possessing a penis wasn't one of them. so that kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. having said that, i went on to marry and unconditionally support my wife who is now a tenured professor. so regardless of my congenital status as a rapist, it would seem i've done pretty well in the area of female empowerment.
Je viens de lire ta réponse ci-dessus (je ne reçois pas les e.mails ).
Bonne année à toi aussi .
Tu as raison )à propos des " activistes " . Le mot activiste peut être traduit par "militant " . Il y a une nuance.. Il est quelquefois bon de militer pour une cause qu'on croit juste . mais souvent, hélas, cela se transforme en appétît de pouvoir ,,comme tu le dis..
Je pense que pour un mode meilleur chacun peut faire le bien dans sa famille , dans son milieu de vie sans faire de bruit
Amitié
Michel.
Hi....I'll admit I haven't looked at the video just yet but I would like to. I'm not making promises that I can't keep(will leave that to the politicians)...We're expecting family to come in from Indiana tonight and I did make a promise to myself that I would visit all those who took their time to stop by and give their thoughts and wishes.
I have a good feeling that things will be alright. John has no symptoms and I suppose that is what made the doctor's words so stunning and yet....at 80 years of age, he has lived a good life. Selfishly, I'd like to keep him around longer but none of us know from day to day or...moment to moment.
When my dad died at age 61, I thought he was old....I guess one might say that the older you get, the older, old gets. At age 76 , I feel the same inside as I did at 16(in some ways) Looking in the mirror is a shock...O well.
May 2011 be filled with blessings for you. I see you to be the type who is eager to learn something new each day. And...keep on asking those questions. Just being alive is a miracle. ...Amazing.
First off,you are so adorable.
I love your choice of heart,it is the same saying I picked.
I guess when we believe in our causes we do want to get that across,control and dominance is one way to do that and it is all part of life's puzzle to figure out what works and what won't. Good thoughts.