The Daily Meme #214!

I devised that I had three choices, mad, sad, and glad.

Wise words. And well to the point.

War with drugs? Irony? :)

I have had my own experiences, among others with LSD and with magic mushrooms. For me they were interesting experiences, two or three of them with overwhelming impressions that, if I had been remorseful or negative or fearful about them, would probably have led to demonisation. But I did not. I integrated the frightening experience through an expanded consciousness into my further life and stored it away as enriching. The deeper motivation for taking drugs interests me. Therefore, I never ran the risk of abusing them, i.e. becoming addicted. I have a healthy respect. People want to have borderline experiences, that's what distinguishes them. They choose different ways to do so.

Have you read Larken Rose's The Most Dangerous Superstition?

Yes, though I will probably read it again. Highly recommendable. I guess, it was your tip.

Will watch the video.

I do, they are same types that watched while the nazi's loaded the neighbors in cattle cars.

I understand what you are saying. The thing is that those you accuse don't see it that way; as you know.

Resist the beginnings is a concept that can only be recognised when the beginnings are obvious. But since they are not, at present people are obviously not being dragged out of their homes in drones and taken away by force - that is, the whole thing is not perceived as organised violence - the accusations bounce off those who hear them. On the contrary, it seems to be part of a kind of ritual to feel morally safe if one reacts with approval.

I'm pretty sure it's not generally known that people have their bank accounts closed or their work licences revoked who have ventured too far and such things are only known by those who know the scene. Since there is no critical mass of those who suffer such consequences of their disobedience, those who belong to the non-critical mass cannot perceive injustice.

Especially since they are not eager to even look into it further. To look into one's own abyss of ignorance requires great maturity, right? Which I obviously cannot presuppose, but which only remains for me to support this process of maturity by dealing sensibly with people with whom I disagree. All the more difficult when I myself do not get the impression that I am being treated with equal reason. The aspect of being excluded from public life and the measures to be expected or feared in relation to people who disagree with vaccination unfortunately remains to be seen.

Pleasant news does not spread as quickly as unpleasant news. The small concessions, for example, as in the case of an acquaintance of mine who received a fine for violating the number-of-persons-per-household rule, have been discontinued. After an initially high sum and her objection, it was reduced and, in case she would object again, she was told that she would have to appear in court. When my friend responded in writing that she would be willing to pay the small fine, but disclosed that she would not see justice in it and described the measures as a whole as wrong and contradictory, she was informed by court order that no payment whatsoever should be made and that the fine entry had lapsed. The whole matter was therefore dropped.

I find that good news. The upper courts may have greater difficulties to touch the matter, while the lower courts dare to decide themselves.

This morning as well as yesterday I had two visits, one by a telephone technician, another by a handicraft company, who came to my appartment. Despite the official announcement by the company that had made the appointment with me and had pointed out that the rules had to be followed, the people themselves didn't care. No one had a mask on or insisted in turn that I keep my distance and wear a mask. People pretend that the issue does not exist. They either may reassure themselves that I am a person considered to be reasonable or they really don't care of which mind I am. That's the "none of my business"-attitude in direct encounters.

Of course, the big companies have a different course. They have barriers built up and check their entrances, like in a stadium during the European soccer games. It seems that they do not miss profits from those who choose not to take part in those huge events. But still, there is rumor that people faked a pass in order to get into a stadium or elsewhere. Either through hacking the software or through makeshifting a paper.