re: an article regarding symbols and prejudice [was: Re: Swastika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i need to write an article regarding symbols and prejudice  (please read "prejudice" as in "preconceived notions" - i.e.  "pre judged" - not just the popular definition, which relates to racial discrimination).

i think that the swastika is the prime example  {it is definitely loaded!}

the swastika, a symbol of good luck for thousands of years, is now maligned and stigmatized since Hitler.  there is talk about a ban on its use {at all} l in Europe, even though is is a religious symbol, from Native America to India, and has been used by countless organizations over the years.

  <<<  i had to go meet with my daughter"s  junior high school principal once because she got in trouble for having an anarchy symbol inked on her backpack! ~ they said it was "gang related" ~ this was a few years ago, and i was worried then about what this country had become, but now i am even more worried - isn't anarchy a way of political thought? - what happened to freedom of speech? what about our symbols? are these fascists actually going to pull this off ??? <<<

the swastika is a great example (maybe the best, even?) of how people relate to symbols in their life, handle the prejudice, and continue on in a rather blinded fashion while the world goes to hell in a hand_basket.

the swastika is basically a medicine wheel - a symbol the crossroads, the juncture of all the forces that create our reality... just a variation of the medicine wheel symbol that i have used for years, and use as a stamp of my identity/purpose.

one of my mantras is "OM SWASTIASTU" ~ that means everything is great ~ OM is the great sound of the universe, and SWASTIASTU (swastika) is a representation and invocation of everything coming together and being good in an immutable way ~ it is even "the hand of god," if you care to go that deep.

and this all cascades into stuff about "brainwashing," ideas of what is right or wrong, popular culture, etc. could be a great article, i guess.

 

     PEACE!

On Oct 28, 2008, at 4:52 PM, x wrote

The swastika in a decorative Hindu form.

The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit word svastik (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck

Buddhists outside India generally use the left-facing swastika rather than the right-facing swastika, although both can be used. There are some who claim that the left-facing swastika has inauspicious or "evil" connotations, although others dismiss this as superstition, possibly associated with the stigma of left handedness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

The swastika (from Sanskrit: svástika स्वस्तिक ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored left-facing (卍) form. The swastika can also be drawn as a traditional swastika, but with a second 90° bend in each arm.

Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. An ancient symbol, it occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif (as in the Roman Republic and Empire) and sometimes as a religious symbol. It was long widely used in major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany, the symbol has become controversial in the Western world.

The motif seems to have first been used in Neolithic India. The symbol has an ancient history in Europe, appearing on artifacts from pre-Christian European cultures. In antiquity, the swastika was used extensively by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Hittites, Slavs, Celts and Greeks, among others. In particular, the swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism,Buddhism, Jainism and Mithraism, religions with a total of more than a billion adherents worldwide, making the swastika ubiquitous in both historical and contemporary society. The symbol was introduced to Southeast Asia by Hindu kings and remains an integral part of Balinese Hinduism to this day, and it is a common sight in Indonesia. It is also used by several Native American cultures.^{[citation needed]}

Re: anarchist strategy

here is how i feel / what i think - -

radical thought requires a distillation of key elements, plus going outside the box.

one should cut to the quick, play devil's advocate once in awhile, and put it all "right in your face."

my goal in typing is to make a point, not to play chicken_shit politics.  name it, analyze it, approach it... and say "take a look!"

conflicted? yes. here i am, a buddhist/anarchistic-american_patriot, living in a corrupt imperialist-fascist-corporate_monopoly state; but, you gotta' make a living, right? - - - - that does not change my views!

so - try this on for size:

multi-national corporations are bankrupting the entire ecosphere, and we shall all die because of their basic and blatant piracy of "our" planet - - - - so our socio-economic system is what, "broken?," or something - NO - these are systems that people have used to gain power and wealth and domination for quite some time, and they work quite well.  their final effect, however, such concentrations and expenditures of so many "billions" of wealth, will be death.

is this naive? reactionary? overly simplistic.... it is what ever you want to call it.  just please go deep and ask your self who deserves what, and who is getting screwed, and how me might help "the planet" survive.

i hope that my thoughts might help you think about what is going on, what is right, etc.

On Sep 27, 2008, rc wrote:

actually, as you might have ascertained by now: i am not just an anarchist, but a "radical american patriot" who does not appreciate our entire economy being hijacked by "corporations," with our motto of "PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" being entirely corrupted in the process.

corporations need to be abolished - - people need to show their faces, and be accountable for their actions.

incorporation is one of the most basic flaws of the current system, i think. 1

corporations allow people to hide behind their titles while they and their corporation rake in the profits and commit abuses.

a corporation is not a person (even though it is defined so by law), and the people behind it... well, some of them commit suicide, while others live fat and screw everyone else.  one or two of them get thrown in jail, but the corp?  ~ it gets a bailout.

one might as well be a real pirate, patch and all.  how about we don't let it continue? 2

  PEACE!

On Sep 27, 2008, rc wrote:

get Obama elected - (we simply cannot have another republican fascist asshole running the state / and "liberal" would be better, no doubt).

put the screws to him once in office and demand REAL CHANGE.

that means: cut the balls off of the corporations and their governmental conspirators,

and take this country back for the People.

it would involve some "diplomacy," but at least some progress could be made

towards a real working situation.

what do you think?

 PEACE!

1  (this entire bank failure thing, for example? - who was looking the other way? - WHERE IS THE MONEY? {follow the money})

2   regarding the stranglehold? - one could just not pay and say: "great!  throw me in jail, fuck up my life - you won't get your profit, you will make my business fail, it will cost you money, and you have actually just made my point.  unless you are willing to just shoot me in the head in order for me to shut up, please go away and desist.  if your political agenda is such that you need to shoot me, then you are really just not deserving of human life yourself.

Re: anarchist strategy

actually, as you might have ascertained by now: i am not just an
anarchist, but a "radical american patriot" who does not appreciate
our entire economy being hijacked by "corporations," with our motto of
"PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" being entirely corrupted in the process.

corporations need to be abolished - - people need to show their faces,
and be accountable for their actions.

incorporation is one of the most basic flaws of the current system, i
think. 1

corporations allow people to hide behind their titles while they and
their corporation rake in the profits and commit abuses.

a corporation is not a person (even though it is defined so by law),
and the people behind it... well, some of them commit suicide, while
others live fat and screw everyone else. one or two of them get
thrown in jail, but the corp? ~ it gets a bailout.

one might as well be a real pirate, patch and all. how about we don't
let it continue? 2

On Sep 27, 2008, at 8:50 PM, Rob wrote:



get Obama elected - (we simply cannot have another republican fascist asshole running the state / and "liberal" would be better, no doubt).


put the screws to him once in office and demand REAL CHANGE.


that means: cut the balls off of the corporations and their governmental conspirators,
and take this country back for the People.


it would involve some "diplomacy," but at least some progress could be made
towards a real working situation.


what do you think?

1 (this entire bank failure thing, for example? - who was looking the other way? - WHERE IS THE MONEY? {follow the money})



2 regarding the stranglehold? - one could just not pay and say: "great! throw me in jail, fuck up my life - you won't get your profit, you will make my business fail, it will cost you money, and you have actually just made my point. unless you are willing to just shoot me in the head in order for me to shut up, please go away and desist. if your political agenda is such that you need to shoot me, then you are really just not deserving of human life yourself.

language is essential

language is essential.

if you know nothing more than "kill you,"
then that is all will you think...

re: blood thirsty hedonists - try global anarchist peace

re: blood thirsty hedonists -

try a global anarchist peace ~ and building gardens!

go talk to your best friend,
then the two of you go find your best friends,
and then ask them what they think.

get toghether, agree to put down weapons
(at least just store them for defensive use only);
and, rather that fight against each other:
Begin nurturing the earth and our peoples!

talk to all of your friends... ask them what they think.

what do you think?


"tell me where is sanity?" - (I'd Love To Change The World, Alivin Lee)


language is essential.

if you know nothing more than "kill you,"
then that is all will you think...

though 080918

people should be "cultivating the soil," rather than making/using oil and weapons and war

what did you support today? ~ check your waste outflow

Fwd: I'm a little confused

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: I'm a little confused

 

I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight . . . 
 
If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're  'exotic, or different.'
But, if you grow up in Alaska "eating mooseburgers" you're the quintessential American story.
If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
But, name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

Graduate from Harvard Law School and you are unstable.
But, attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.

If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131  bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works, and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership  experience.

But, if your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the City Council and 6 years as the Mayor of a town with fewer than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people,  then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.

If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
But, if you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a stellar Christian.

If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
But, if, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system, while your unwed teen daughter becomes pregnant, you're very responsible.

If your spouse is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of inner city communities,  then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America.
But, if your husband is nicknamed 'First Dude', with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25, and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.

OK, much clearer now



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McCain: Worse than you think!

McCain: Worse than you think

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/325.html

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My fellow American -- if you haven't made up you mind yet, or even if you have, take a peek at the attached...it would be funny if it were not so serious....



 http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/325.html

     PEACE!

questionnaire - your cooking oil? {thought for the day}

what do you do with it when you are done cooking?

- - the cooking oil, oil packing (sardines, for example - packed in oil) -
- "kitchen oils," you know?

what do you do? - wash it down the drain with a bunch of hot water and
soap ?? (water waste, and carbon plus phosphate pollutions?)

this is a major resource if we recycle all that from all our kitchens, plus we would save water and stuff.

100 pounds

10 pounds of seed

10 pounds of gold

10 pounds of ammo

10 pounds of steel

10 pounds of paper and pens

10 pounds of solar...

- what else?

we need those centuries of knowledge of course, and then:

another 10 pounds of seeds, and another 10 pounds of gold...

that makes 80.

- what else?

- maybe i can only do 80, but let's add another 10 pounds of steel,
and we may be good.