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  1. I just had an arguement with the woman in the post office about freedom of speech...

    in Music Discussion

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    I just dont see the point of all the extra effort really

    because sticking rude headlines on packages is wacky and zany and thats what rock and roll is all about! The recipient is guaranteed not to sigh heavily and think "fuck sake, not another bland demo from some cunts who think they are wacky and zany but probably haven't left school yet and can't play for shit."

    Anyway, a question to everyone else, what is wrong with a plain old jiffy bag containing a CD-R which has your contact details written on it in marker pen? Why try corny attention grabbing tricks which will create preconceptions and expectations before the CD is even played, when you can send a generic non-descript package which simply allows the music to do all the talking and probably carries an air of understated professionalism that would earn you more kudos than if you sent some tatty sticker festooned package that reeks of schoolboy humour?

  3. Record Labels

    in Music Discussion

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    i may sound a bit silly when i say this...

    but what's wrong with asda? :\

    ASDA (Walmart) is an evil behemoth that destroys local economies, not to mention the fact that most of the "food" they sell is utterly disgusting low-grade shit that I wouldn't even feed to animals. Also, the clientele usually live in council houses and wear tracksuits and you might catch a disease if you breath the same air as them.

  6. Christian Bands?

    in Music Discussion

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    Regarding competition' date=' I'm sorry, but your quite wrong.

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    and then you go on to say...

    We still gotta take action - seek to challenge those who think only of profit' date=' of power, of domination.[/quote']

    See, you understand afterall! It is all about competition and domination of ideologies. All you want to do is depose the existing dominating power, and replace it with your own, which isn't gonna happen because anarchism is weaker.

  8. identify this synth

    in Musicians' Corner

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    It's a moog so it's automatically cool

    Why is it "automatically cool"? Have you ever actually used one, or are you just a fashion victim like the rest of the "wow vintage synths are so COOOOOOL" crowd? Oh thats rite, you have a casio vl-tone and think its amazing because it's so ironically "retro". VL-Tone isn't cool, vintage, or retro, it's just crap.

  9. Christian Bands?

    in Music Discussion

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    Naive? Not at all.

    Okay' date=' let me set you straight on a few matters.

    Darwinian's theory on evolution? You are quite mistaken in thinking that a species success -that is their ability to thrive, is determined by competition - species pitted against each other. In fact, what we find if we look closer is that co-operation is the most important factor in considering a species success. Suggest you pick up a copy of Peter Kropotkin's Mutual Aid. Darwin was mistaken in his choice of words.

    [/quote']

    I was talking about survival of the fittest within a species, not species vs species, and I think you will find that sort of competition and domination exists within pretty much every species.

    And can I also say that I find your words rather chilling - how you have sought to demonstrate your support of the theory that might is right. It is the arguement of fascists' date=' used to excuse the use of genocide - to persecute and ultimately eradicate those believed inferior.

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    sadly, those with power and the will to exercise it always dominate, it's just a fact of life.

    Do you believe it correct that we do nothing - that we sit on our hands while others who seek only profit destroy this world in which we live? Say' date=' hey, what can we do?

    .[/quote']

    See, the people who are currently dominating, no matter if its for profit or whatever, are doing it because they can, and there will always be people willing to exercise that right.

    Anarchism just will not work, because it requires everyone to adopt the same principles, and that will never happen.

    I'm reminded of a guy who was in the news recently, because he climbed into a lion enclosure at a zoo and tried to convert the lions to christianity. He almost got killed. Nobody is ever going to homogenise attitudes amongst the whole human race, because of a little thing called free will. The utopia you envisage is pure fantasy and could only ever work on a tiny scale, in a vacuum.

  10. Christian Bands?

    in Music Discussion

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    People will get together and do it? I didn't say that' date=' so what's with the quotation marks? Go look again. I said, that if anarchism is to prove a workable solution, and people wish it to succeed, then it is to their benefit to make it succeed. And so, people will indeed pull together, and no, will not shirk important work.

    And no, by people taking control of their own lives, this does not demonstrate selfishness. They wish, with direct control of their lives, to make a better world - for everyone.

    And regarding the use of law - go see my first point.[/quote']

    I think you have an incredibly naive understanding of the nature of the human species. The anarchist movement that you are so into, and all these other minority movements FAIL, because the fact of the matter is that it is an inalienable freedom of individual humans to DOMINATE, and that is exactly what is happening now in our western societies on a grand scale. You cannot ignore the parallels with darwinian evolutionary theories. Evolution takes no prisoners, it's all about playing to win.

    Now, personally, I believe that when consciousness developed in human beings, darwinian evolution reached a veritable fork in the road. Humans transcend physical evolution, and introduce a new factor, consciousness.

    Yes, we have the ability to make conscious decisions, but the darwinian principle of survival of the fittest still applies on that level. You cannot opt out, you cannot say "hey guys this isnt fair", because you will be crushed. If you want to win, you have to play the game.

    In short, what I'm saying is that social ideologies are subject to traditional darwinian evolutionary principles, and like it or not, the guys who are playing hardball are winning, because they have an effective strategy.

    Why fight for an idea which is already dead beyond salvation? Physical evolution occurs over thousands of years, political concepts evolve over decades in the human consciousness. It is pathetic to cling to political paradigms developed some 40 years ago, and you do this with an almost nostalgic, yet stoic, fervour.Times have changed, we aren't living in the 70's anymore. There will be no anarchist revolution in the west, the ideas you espouse are outmoded and irrelevant in the 21st century. It's time for a new approach.

  25. brain in a jar

    in General Discussion

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    The "living computer" was grown from 25' date='000 neurons extracted from a rat's brain and arranged over a grid of 60 electrodes in a Petri dish.[/b']

    One rat? Crazy intelligent rats ahoy!

    The question is, does it still know its a rat? Or does disassembling the individual neurons of a brain and then reconstructing them destroy the original "conscience"?

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