Crazy coincidence.
That is exactly what happened to me also!
<nods to mr. shane>
if you have a similar story we'd love to hear it!
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we met lots of wonderful people at the utah gathering in naught-eight, but we did worry about the environmental impact.
it seemed dead certain that even with restoration crews provided for long-term cleanup that there would be long-term consequences as well.
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but people need to gather for a sense of identity...
not everyone can identify with cars, bars, guns, and country music.
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we are part hippie, part punk, so the anarchic event of the gathering seemed very attractive.
anarchy may even be hypocritically endorsed by the government of the stolen states of amurca because we may have the wealthiest most selfish criminals on earth.
they write laws to suit themselves and then break their own laws at their own convenience.
if that's not anarchy then what is?
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real anarchy is about self government, anarchy does not mean no government...
but real anarchy only works with
responsible self-government.
the people at the gatherings try to achieve that goal and superficially succeed even if the long-term environmental damage is still somewhat poorly mitigated.
how many people concerned about utah's parklands still drive big gas-guzzling suvs, eh?
that is surely not responsible self-governance but overall it does a lot more damage then a few thousand hippies in a very nice park.
it's just that you can't immediately see the consequences of wasting fuel; you may prefer to ignore the consequences taking heavy vehicles off-road just for fun of it, but it is easy to see the consequences of too many people in too small a space all partying very hard all at once.
we are all still growing up - it takes a big man to see his own faults and to become more responsible.
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the united states tried to be a big man by stepping-up to help the world with the long-term environmental damages that we have caused and inspired the rest of the world to cause by our own very poor examples.
we did that very good big thing by initiating the kyoto protocol.
dan quayle did that for us but then the junior george bush pulled us out of it because the rest of the world didn't want to let us bully or dominate them any more; he wanted the usa to both have its cake and eat it too.
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anyone concerned about the environment should be much more concerned about supporting the kyoto protocol than protesting a bunch of light-hearted hippie wanna-be do-gooders.
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-enjoy!
love gia-rho-gharveyn, etc, et al...
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This is my favorite thread.
thank you for your support of this thread mrs goob!
we dunno why someone is crying troll here...
or maybe we do?
in our own experience it would be hard men who create mean times...
we wanted to remember the utah gathering fondly and found a good place to help us do just that...
so thank you, thank you, thank you!
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if we interrupted a tight little internet echo-chamber that reinforces anti-hippie sentiments, then we think that the hippies deserve better representation, so here we are representing as best we know how...
so please don't take the local trolls' rude remarks too seriously...
we never do.
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we love trolls, the longer we can keep a troll engaged with us the less likely they are to attack a weaker person whom they can bully and possibly even hurt.
the more people see good examples of handling trolls with patience, tolerance, and kindness the better those people will be able to grow stronger and more compassionate.
so bless your heart for being a good moderator mrs goob!
although maybe the -b- should really be a -d- as in mrs good...
wyoming still looks very good to us.
go peanuts!
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and oh my! - the the things that we remember that are yet to happen...
that is some scary stuff...
why do scientists claim that earth's sixth mass extinction event is presently in progress and that it's humanity's fault?
here's what we remembered -
twenty-seventy-six
oh and just so you know, we are a bit anti-capitalist, so no caps at all when we write...
let's level the playing field for all!
enlightened capitalism can only exist with enlightened anarchy!
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-enjoy!
love, gia-rho-grigs...
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