You and me Monkeys! Libertarianism or bust...!

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:46 am

Ren, I miss you. Hope you're okay.

Post by **_Ren** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:30 am

Hey Monk! Thanks so much for that - I'm missing being around here too. But things are busy at work, and I felt like I needed a bit of a break from the boards too. But I'll probably be coming back a bit more soon...
...hope things are OK for you too...

P.S. Quite funny looking back over this discussion :)
P.P.S. Why have all my US and UK's turned into you.S and you.K's?! Wierd...

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:28 pm

Do you still want me to go into the whole 2nd Amendment (right to gun ownership) and what not?

I've felt bad about this for the last month... I became distracted. Sorry!

Post by **_Ren** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:29 pm

Do you still want me to go into the whole 2nd Amendment (right to gun ownership) and what not?

I've felt bad about this for the last month... I became distracted. Sorry!

Hey - if you'd like to, I've love to hear what you had to say on it all...

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:31 pm

Okay, I'll get to it. Can't promise when. Sort of bonkers right now. On the upswing, who knows later?

I promise I'll get to it though!

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:57 am

RenegadeOfPhunk wrote:Hey Monk! Thanks so much for that - I'm missing being around here too. But things are busy at work, and I felt like I needed a bit of a break from the boards too. But I'll probably be coming back a bit more soon...
...hope things are OK for you too...

P.S. Quite funny looking back over this discussion :)
P.P.S. Why have all my US and UK's turned into you.S and you.K's?! Wierd...

hmmmmmmmmm..................... ;0

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:16 am

barrelomonkeys wrote:
RenegadeOfPhunk wrote:Hey Monk! Thanks so much for that - I'm missing being around here too. But things are busy at work, and I felt like I needed a bit of a break from the boards too. But I'll probably be coming back a bit more soon...
...hope things are OK for you too...

P.S. Quite funny looking back over this discussion :)
P.P.S. Why have all my US and UK's turned into you.S and you.K's?! Wierd...

hmmmmmmmmm..................... ;0

I noticed that same issue on one of the blogs.

test:

U U U U U U U

edit: It does the same thing....glitch!!!

Post by **_keene** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:57 am

Bond...James Bond wrote:
barrelomonkeys wrote:
RenegadeOfPhunk wrote:Hey Monk! Thanks so much for that - I'm missing being around here too. But things are busy at work, and I felt like I needed a bit of a break from the boards too. But I'll probably be coming back a bit more soon...
...hope things are OK for you too...

P.S. Quite funny looking back over this discussion :)
P.P.S. Why have all my US and UK's turned into you.S and you.K's?! Wierd...

hmmmmmmmmm..................... ;0

I noticed that same issue on one of the blogs.

test:

you you you you you you you

edit: It does the same thing....glitch!!!

Hmm? u r serius???

edit:

It's the profanity filter -- it doesn't actually filter profanity, but it filters 'u' to 'you' because that annoys me. :P

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:17 am

Okay, Ren, I don't want to talk about the political implications of Libertarianism. I want to talk about the philosophy of libertarianism.

This has become so ingrained into my own personal philosophy that I have EXTREME difficulty being manipulative or otherwise attempt to control others. I have EXTREME difficulty when in my personal life I would do anything that would have me control another's actions. I've done this in marriages as well as relationships.

I sat around watching a man emotionally abuse me and would NEVER allow myself to say a word because I was so afraid of exerting some sort of control over the situation. All the while recognizing that other people WERE attempting to manipulate me. How very odd that this philosophy is SO very ingrained in me that I could not/would not allow myself to assert my needs and wants for fear that this would in some way create an obligation upon someone else.

Odd, no?

All the while I'm dealing with others that have no qualms whatsoever with manipulating and forcing their will upon others. Puts us at an extreme disadvantage in the everyday social dynamics with our fellow humans? Does it? Where am I wrong here?

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:44 am

Just one more ACK! for good measure.

Ack!