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Purpose of PO.COM
Re: Purpose of PO.COM
by Plantagenet » Wed 18 Apr 2007, 21:00:46
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 't')he book "looming towers" in the 911 thread which is nothing but a boogey man terr'ist reinforcing bunch of neocon propaganda...
THE LOOMING TOWER by Lawrence Wright just won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. It took the author five years to produce this well-documented study of the childhood and early history of bin Laden, the origin of Al Qaida, and the Al Qaida plot and attack on the WTC towers on 9/11.
I highly recommend it.
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Re: Purpose of PO.COM
by NEOPO » Wed 18 Apr 2007, 21:07:49
and there he goes again!
Dude, its like pure comedy to me, never change, stay golden bro
Dude, its like pure comedy to me, never change, stay golden bro
It is easier to enslave a people that wish to remain free then it is to free a people who wish to remain enslaved.
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Re: Purpose of PO.COM
by NEOPO » Wed 18 Apr 2007, 23:16:12
meow? 
It is easier to enslave a people that wish to remain free then it is to free a people who wish to remain enslaved.
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Re: Purpose of PO.COM
by Chaparral » Thu 19 Apr 2007, 06:01:04
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'I') aint giving these bastards no more reasons to fight wars for resources or at least as little ammunition as possible and I know it wont stop them or wake everyone up yet what else can one do?
That is my modus operandi: personal powerdown. Paying off any and all debt, refusing to buy anything made in the era of planned obsolescence where possible, getting out of the consumerist mindset...Its the only way I can say fvck ewe to whomever manufactured our consent for WWI, II, Korea, Nam, Iraq, Pipelinistan...... Making these moves is also advantageous to my health, wealth and self as well: more quality time with the world, less stress, less rushing around to meet someone else's schedule, more savings, less respiratory illness, lower blood pressure...the list goes on.
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Re: Purpose of PO.COM
by SevenTen » Thu 19 Apr 2007, 10:02:58
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I') think the purpose of this GREAT Peak Oil site is already very nicely set out by the folks who set it up. In their "About us" link at the left, they write:
"Greetings,
PO.com is a privately funded website, and has no affiliation with any group, business or other interest group.
Publishing at this domain has two primary benefits:
1. The preferred Domain Name for what we feel will become the most important debate of humanity.
2. Building on online community to enrich this debate.
The supporting staff are 100% volunteers from around the globe, and receive no compensation of any kind.
Our agenda is as simple as our slogan:
"Exploring the Issue of Hydrocarbon Depletion"
"Greetings,
PO.com is a privately funded website, and has no affiliation with any group, business or other interest group.
Publishing at this domain has two primary benefits:
1. The preferred Domain Name for what we feel will become the most important debate of humanity.
2. Building on online community to enrich this debate.
The supporting staff are 100% volunteers from around the globe, and receive no compensation of any kind.
Our agenda is as simple as our slogan:
"Exploring the Issue of Hydrocarbon Depletion"
I could not possibly agree more.
Yes you could, if you changed the typographical/grammatical error in item #2 above. Either "on" should be "an", or insert the words "the existing" after "on". The sentence as written is sloppy.
Also, while I applaud your efforts to maintain this site and certainly the considerable work involved in creating order from chaos, sometimes the sense of "community" you engender is overly harsh. The mods are more like enforcers instead of assistants or referees, and enforcers don't engender community.
It's situations like when Monte was the over-stressed mod and taking it out harshly on, let's say, belligerent or obtuse members. Or like when you publicly threatened to "ban Raphael's ass" for one more sexist remark to your mods. Threats don't engender respect. Sure, whatever Raphael said was probably way inappropriate and disrespectful.
But due to the nature of your position and power, Aaron, I'd think a sense of "community" would be better served by not bringing that smackdown out in public.
Besides, you're a better man than that.
Then again, I'm just another ignorant user, what do I know.
Hope your End of Suburbia presentation went well. Hope to see you back in A Little Advice Please, posting the results of your discussion.
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