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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-01-07 06:20 AM
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42. No one should be without action ...
Edited on Wed Aug-01-07 06:32 AM by MatrixEscape
Otherwise the actors have won!

If you do not act on what you think, than thinking about what your action should be is totally worthless. Why even bother?

If thinking were simply enough, than acting would not be at all necessary. Why think?

If speaking was enough, then there would be no point in telling others what you think should be done. Why not keep your mouth shut, then?

If writing was the only point of being an author, then no audience would be necessary. Why waste the pen and the ink, or the expenditure of energy applying fingers to keyboards?

If you cannot act on and do what you intend with thoughts and ideas, you may as well go write fiction novels and hope to titillate an audience of entertainment seekers and call that a revolution while you are at it. The result of not doing anything while thinking,, writing, and excommunicating about it is as good as any movie or work of fiction, in my book.

Today's mover's, shakers, and controllers already know just how prone to catharsis and fiction and comfort this population has been groomed to be, really is. That is factored in, so most of the complaints, comments, and reactions, are factored in and, if you pay attention, are factored in as ineffectual forms of catharsis that are only being related based on the legacy of great thinkers of the past who could actually motivate and move people to the point of some kind of observable and obvious result in the body politic. We don't see much of that today, do we now?

Mumble, grumble, mumble. Put your life and your life-style where your mouth is and you can move mountains.

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