to end all wars.

[scottopic]

The always enlightening daoistraver presents this article:

"Is it possible for us to discover how to be an American – or an Australian, Norwegian, or Egyptian – without attaching existential importance to that fact? If so, we will likely end the divisions between ourselves and others and end our contributions to the war system that is the state. We will then be able to embrace our children and grandchildren with the love we have hitherto given to the nation-state, and no longer be willing to sacrifice their lives in the playing of this insane game." - Butler Shaffer

To which anansi133 added:

"Besides our nationality, we could make the same kind of choice about our skin color, gender, sex, and age. I think it would mean making no compromise in our own choices of how we define ourselves: not just accepting what's handed us by those with agendas of their own, but being proactive in our self-definition."

Add everything. It all matters.

Comments

[adrienmundi]

Existential, or ontological?

[scottopic.livejournal.com]

I consider them nearly interchangeable in this example, but yeah, I think ontological would have been a better specific word choice. Existentially.

[adrienmundi]

Centuries from now, the enlightened masses will look back at the 00s as the time humanity began it's inevitable struggle against ontology, and they will generously call it Adrienism :)

[scottopic.livejournal.com]

Closest thing to a creed:
"There is change in the air. I think I like it."

[adrienmundi]

Corrollary: "Ontology destroys the sexy"

[theinnocence.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YOIImOoYM

[ripebastard.livejournal.com]

Something I thought you'd like to read about the recent stuff going on over in the UK:

http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194351&cid=15929560

The original is at http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/08/the_ uk_terror_p.html but is currently down right now.

[girlvinyl.livejournal.com]

Let us completely erase all that differentiates us until we are nothing but same-person entities existing for no reason at all. SOUNDS FUN!

[scottopic.livejournal.com]

– without attaching existential importance to that fact?

Don't overreach.