Tuesday, October 07, 2003
I'm still not sold on this Blog business. Without a tangible audience, it's hard for me to percolate my random musings. So, what about IM's, if not emails? At least I have an assemblage of one that allows me to "let 'er rip."
'Bout what?
Beats me. Let's give it a try, shall we?
By the way, let it be known, that AnkG never came back like he promised.
The Bastard! Oh well, at least my Blog won't abandon me, right? Right?
Alok: The one and only....Ank G.
Alok: Although I'm thinking of adopting a like nickname.
AnkG: Esta LOKa
Alok: Ank ZT
Alok: 'sup?
AnkG: I'm thinking "Loka
Alok: I left you a VM the other night -- I think.
AnkG: or even "Luka"
AnkG: I didn't get a VM
Alok: my Sprint VM was acting strange...I think I was s'pose to press a button to actually "send" it.
Alok: which in retrospect, I think I failed to do.
Alok: so basically, like blogging, which I just discovered this morning, I was speaking aloud, to myself.
AnkG: lovely
Alok: anyhow, 'sup?
AnkG: what was the gist of the message? :)
AnkG: not much - just same stuff
AnkG: kaam and shit
Alok: basically what I wrote in my last line.
Alok: isn't that redundant?
Alok: ?
AnkG: ah
AnkG: touche'
Alok: hung out with Deepak, Manish, and co. for a bit on Saturday at RBC.
AnkG: oh yeah? how was that?
Alok: which I highly question, how can you call a place "Rhythm and Blues Cafe" when your audience is about 98% white.
Alok: especially Cincinnati suburban white....mostly drunk bachelorette party chicks who don't know how to dance.
AnkG: good call
Alok: nah...just rudimentary observation....which can be done even after several drinks.
Alok: busy?
AnkG: that should be our next email topic
AnkG: not really busy - just multi-tasking
Alok: so...do you blog?
Alok: I'm trying to figure out the use of it.
AnkG: I've been reading blogs
AnkG: lately
AnkG: and read a few articles about them
Alok: send me a few
AnkG: companies are establishing policies on them
Alok: I'm still struggling the with the concept
Alok: oh...of course.
AnkG: basically an online diary
AnkG: for everyone to see
Alok: who sees it though?
AnkG: whoever you sent it to, or whoever is smart enough to navigate to it
Alok: why would anyone go to vermaao.blogspot.com anyway?
Alok: (like my plug?)
AnkG: you can send it to anyone (good one - going there now)....
Alok: actually, don't go there.
AnkG: oh
AnkG: ok
Alok: well, there's nothing interesting up
Alok: I just created it about an hour ago.
AnkG: you're right
Alok: and still mulling over what I want out of it.
AnkG: jeezus
Alok: or what to do with it
Alok: or what I CAN do with it
AnkG: I'm not sure either
AnkG: that's why I haven't done it
AnkG: I've created my niche with ofoto...I'm comfortable with that
AnkG: don't want to spread myself too thin
Alok: Jay sent me a link to his weeks ago and I finally looked at it today
AnkG: heh
AnkG: anna has like 4
Alok: yeah, but at the same time, I don't wanna seem "behind the times"
Alok: because I don't have a blog
Alok: :-)
AnkG: I agree - but friendster is a good example - look how may people STILL aren't on it
AnkG: or have started weening off it
Alok: Well, Anna, whom I don't know, is 4x cooler than me, I s'pose.
AnkG: hehe
AnkG: nah
Alok: yeah, I'm weening off of Friendster too.
Alok: especially after the bastards took off my Wash U page.
AnkG: say what??
Alok: mine was first
Alok: now there are two others.
Alok: and both are lame compared to mine.
AnkG: that sux
AnkG: I have an Illinois one
Alok: I s'pose they thought mine was to risque
Alok: because I mentioned under "Favorite Books" something about "...anything in Olin Library, except that one isle on the second floor basement where everyone lost their virginity."
Alok: I dunno, you think that was over the top?
AnkG: no
Alok: *shrug*
AnkG: read some of these testimonials and stuff udner the alias "colleges"
AnkG: Florida state for one
AnkG: my Illinois page is pretty tame
Alok: that kind of dampened my enthusiasm for Friendster.
Alok: the bastards
AnkG: :)
Alok: I think I'm gonna write a blog about it.
Alok: :-)
AnkG: there you go!
AnkG: two birds....1 puthar
AnkG: I was thinking about you yest - somehow went to your friendster page....
Alok: :-)
AnkG: ..there's a fucking alternate ending to Sholay??
Alok: yup.
Alok: I have it.
AnkG: ....and ...you have it??......
Alok: the ORIGINAL ending
AnkG: ...I don't know which is worse....;)
Alok: that the Government of India censored.
AnkG: ah
Alok: so they had to reshoot it
Alok: that's why the end is so lame.
AnkG: interesting
Alok: I can't believe I didn't know about it until 18 years after the movie came out.
Alok: Then I read about it in "Making of Sholay" book my brother has.
AnkG: you're a true pioneer
Alok: except in the case of blogging.
Alok: In which case I'm a late adopter
Alok: I'm so ashamed
AnkG: hehehe
Alok: Hmmmm...maybe I can just post up my Instant Messenging transcripts on my blog.
AnkG: be right back :)
Alok: 'k
AnkG: don't go anywhere - btw - the IM transcripts doesn't sound bad
Alok: yeah, just thinking about it...
'Bout what?
Beats me. Let's give it a try, shall we?
By the way, let it be known, that AnkG never came back like he promised.
The Bastard! Oh well, at least my Blog won't abandon me, right? Right?
Alok: The one and only....Ank G.
Alok: Although I'm thinking of adopting a like nickname.
AnkG: Esta LOKa
Alok: Ank ZT
Alok: 'sup?
AnkG: I'm thinking "Loka
Alok: I left you a VM the other night -- I think.
AnkG: or even "Luka"
AnkG: I didn't get a VM
Alok: my Sprint VM was acting strange...I think I was s'pose to press a button to actually "send" it.
Alok: which in retrospect, I think I failed to do.
Alok: so basically, like blogging, which I just discovered this morning, I was speaking aloud, to myself.
AnkG: lovely
Alok: anyhow, 'sup?
AnkG: what was the gist of the message? :)
AnkG: not much - just same stuff
AnkG: kaam and shit
Alok: basically what I wrote in my last line.
Alok: isn't that redundant?
Alok: ?
AnkG: ah
AnkG: touche'
Alok: hung out with Deepak, Manish, and co. for a bit on Saturday at RBC.
AnkG: oh yeah? how was that?
Alok: which I highly question, how can you call a place "Rhythm and Blues Cafe" when your audience is about 98% white.
Alok: especially Cincinnati suburban white....mostly drunk bachelorette party chicks who don't know how to dance.
AnkG: good call
Alok: nah...just rudimentary observation....which can be done even after several drinks.
Alok: busy?
AnkG: that should be our next email topic
AnkG: not really busy - just multi-tasking
Alok: so...do you blog?
Alok: I'm trying to figure out the use of it.
AnkG: I've been reading blogs
AnkG: lately
AnkG: and read a few articles about them
Alok: send me a few
AnkG: companies are establishing policies on them
Alok: I'm still struggling the with the concept
Alok: oh...of course.
AnkG: basically an online diary
AnkG: for everyone to see
Alok: who sees it though?
AnkG: whoever you sent it to, or whoever is smart enough to navigate to it
Alok: why would anyone go to vermaao.blogspot.com anyway?
Alok: (like my plug?)
AnkG: you can send it to anyone (good one - going there now)....
Alok: actually, don't go there.
AnkG: oh
AnkG: ok
Alok: well, there's nothing interesting up
Alok: I just created it about an hour ago.
AnkG: you're right
Alok: and still mulling over what I want out of it.
AnkG: jeezus
Alok: or what to do with it
Alok: or what I CAN do with it
AnkG: I'm not sure either
AnkG: that's why I haven't done it
AnkG: I've created my niche with ofoto...I'm comfortable with that
AnkG: don't want to spread myself too thin
Alok: Jay sent me a link to his weeks ago and I finally looked at it today
AnkG: heh
AnkG: anna has like 4
Alok: yeah, but at the same time, I don't wanna seem "behind the times"
Alok: because I don't have a blog
Alok: :-)
AnkG: I agree - but friendster is a good example - look how may people STILL aren't on it
AnkG: or have started weening off it
Alok: Well, Anna, whom I don't know, is 4x cooler than me, I s'pose.
AnkG: hehe
AnkG: nah
Alok: yeah, I'm weening off of Friendster too.
Alok: especially after the bastards took off my Wash U page.
AnkG: say what??
Alok: mine was first
Alok: now there are two others.
Alok: and both are lame compared to mine.
AnkG: that sux
AnkG: I have an Illinois one
Alok: I s'pose they thought mine was to risque
Alok: because I mentioned under "Favorite Books" something about "...anything in Olin Library, except that one isle on the second floor basement where everyone lost their virginity."
Alok: I dunno, you think that was over the top?
AnkG: no
Alok: *shrug*
AnkG: read some of these testimonials and stuff udner the alias "colleges"
AnkG: Florida state for one
AnkG: my Illinois page is pretty tame
Alok: that kind of dampened my enthusiasm for Friendster.
Alok: the bastards
AnkG: :)
Alok: I think I'm gonna write a blog about it.
Alok: :-)
AnkG: there you go!
AnkG: two birds....1 puthar
AnkG: I was thinking about you yest - somehow went to your friendster page....
Alok: :-)
AnkG: ..there's a fucking alternate ending to Sholay??
Alok: yup.
Alok: I have it.
AnkG: ....and ...you have it??......
Alok: the ORIGINAL ending
AnkG: ...I don't know which is worse....;)
Alok: that the Government of India censored.
AnkG: ah
Alok: so they had to reshoot it
Alok: that's why the end is so lame.
AnkG: interesting
Alok: I can't believe I didn't know about it until 18 years after the movie came out.
Alok: Then I read about it in "Making of Sholay" book my brother has.
AnkG: you're a true pioneer
Alok: except in the case of blogging.
Alok: In which case I'm a late adopter
Alok: I'm so ashamed
AnkG: hehehe
Alok: Hmmmm...maybe I can just post up my Instant Messenging transcripts on my blog.
AnkG: be right back :)
Alok: 'k
AnkG: don't go anywhere - btw - the IM transcripts doesn't sound bad
Alok: yeah, just thinking about it...
Alright, until I figure out what the f**k this blogging stuff is good for and how to organize it, how 'bout some rehashed blowhard commetary I made over email the other day to pump up my Blogging content?
Hey, I'm new to this, okay! Gimmie a break, oy!
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Date:Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:'Alok' | This is spam
Subject:Re: Fwd: Lets remember Gandhiji
To:vermaao@yahoo.com
Interesting editorial, Mona.
I agree that Gandhi Ji's great grandson's view IS utterly Utopian. And although I *hardly* advocate anything the Bush Administration has done in regards to approaching Afghanistan and Iraq and our continued and undefined involvement; without the violence, and if they had been left unchecked, Al Qaeda and the Saddam Regime would have continued their work unabated. (Again, nevermind Bush's arrogant approach of using questionable or false intelligence to make his case about Iraq and steer the entire country into war. 9/11 *DID* happen in the case of Al Qaeda).
Of course it can be said that both cases were born from U.S. Foreign Policy to begin with -- when the U.S. armed militants during the Soviet Invasion in Afghanistan and when we aided the Saddam Regime in their war with Iran -- how could you end the brutal cycle when you have an enemy that at this point in time does not understand any other language BUT the gun?
Although the Clinton Administration claims that they kept intelligence on Al Qaeda and took some action steps to derail the diabolical scheming such as the missle attack on the medicine plant in Sudan in '98 (of course, most believe that was to take the public eye of Monica-gate), for the most part, the U.S. did NOT overtly address either of these fronts head on.
As a result, at least in the case of Al Qaeda, it continued to grow in size and scope unabated during the 90's to the point that it is indeed beyond containment now.
And in the case of Iraq, NON-violent measures such as U.N. Sanctions and embargos did nothing but hurt the innocent Iraqi citizens and make them suffer MORE than they already were under the Sadam regime during the twelves years between Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom.
Unlike Kashmir, Palestine, and even South Africa, where violence was waged for the purpose of attaining justice, or self-determination, or what is perceived to be a God-given right (or land), Al Qaeda's main purpose for violence is the ANNIHILATION of our way of life. A non-violent response would do NOTHING but allow more attacks on our way of life.
Therefore, Gandhi Ji's approach, I can't imagine being effective in either scenario, because compromise was NEVER an option (again, the same can be said about Bush) with either of these characters.
Don't get me started on the actual Palestinian committment to peace and their willingness to commit to the Roadmap.
--
Is Mahatma Gandhi relevant today?
By Tushar A Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi column | Ela Gandhi column | The other Gandhians | Gandhi Home
Is life relevant?
Is truth relevant?
Is morality relevant?
Is life relevant?
Is truth relevant?
Is morality relevant?
It has become a fashion to question the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi today. I suspect the people who ask this question are the ones who are convinced that he is irrelevant and useless. I want to ask them if they feel life, truth and morality are also irrelevant? Because the corner stones of the Gandhian philosophy are life, truth and morality.
In this age of nuclear weapons and the recently popularised term ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ the only philosophy or rather way of life that ensures our longevity on earth is nonviolence.
It will take only a pull of the nuclear trigger to wipe every trace of life from this earth, and turn it into a nuclear wasteland. Today with irresponsible, fragmented and fanatical regimes acquiring nuclear capabilities and delivery systems, how will we create a world where nuclear or any other deterrent becomes unnecessary? It will only come about when we adopt Nonviolence as our creed, our way of life.
Violent and aggressive civilisations have thrived momentarily but in the end they have all met a very violent end, it is the comparatively more humane and nonviolent societies that have been blessed with longevity. It is utopian to imagine a world without violence some amount of violence has and will always exist as long as there is life; but to let violence, aggression and dominance by terror be the dominant principles in life only hastens our slide towards obliteration.
The English Irish dispute did not end till such time as both sides discarded violent means of suppression and retaliation. The accord in Ireland came about when both the sides gave up the gun and started talking to each other.
Closer to home in Sri Lanka till the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Government kept fighting there were no signs of the conflict ever ending. Although a solution is still a mirage, they have moved towards a solution only after both the sides gave up arms and came to the negotiating table. Kashmir will never find peace till guns and bombs are in use.
Nothing can prove the power of nonviolence better than the liberation of South Africa and the fight for civil rights in USA; both happening in relatively recent times, in the age of WMDs, in times when Gandhiji’s relevance had begun to be questioned.
Nelson Mandela started of as a very militant leader and an advocate of violent freedom movement against the Apartheid regime but after he studied Gandhi during his long imprisonment, he brought about a change in his country without bitterness or bloodshed. For long it was believed that South Africa would witness a blood bath when the majority black population would rise and overthrow the brutal apartheid regime imposed on the country by a minority white ruling class. But South Africa became free with a minimal of bloodshed and there was not much witch hunting or cries for revenge either.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission which went into investigating the thousands of brutal crimes committed by the Apartheid regime saw to it that the perpetrators felt true remorse and the victims solace without drawing blood or seeking revenge.
In the US too Dr. Martin Luther King fought against race and colour prejudice and got dignity and equality for his people by resorting not to bombs and bullets, in a country where belief in guns and bullets is only next to if not as important as God, but to nonviolent methods of mass civil disobedience and passive resistance.
The much hyped ‘War Against Terror’ is going nowhere, with all the weapons at their disposal the American War Machine has been unable to curb the Al Qaida, has not been able to bring Osama Bin Laden and Mulla Omar to justice and is unable to locate Saddam Hussein, the Taliban are regrouping al Qaida functions freely and the most wanted three remain out of their grasps, so much for the power of violence.
For their belief in violence neither Israel nor Palestine have achieved their goals. Neither is the Israeli citizen safe from terrorist violence nor is the Palestinian any closer to freedom and safety, both live under the constant shadow of death and destruction.
In our own country, we have failed to curb terrorism with violence alone. When violence as the only weapon is used against a forces that believes only in the use of violence we have an escalation of violence. History is witness that total and permanent subjugation has never happened neither have those succeeded who tried to annihilate or obliterate the vanquished. Some may say that we successfully curbed terrorism in Punjab with violent means but this is not true.
In Punjab along with tough police and military actions the reason for the end of terrorism was because the people of Punjab turned against the terrorists and the terrorists could not find recruits for their cause. In the end, in Punjab the terrorists had become extortionists and were harassing the people more than fighting a political cause. After hurting the sentiments of every Sikh by the attack on the Golden Temple and the massacre of Sikhs in 84 it was difficult to bring them back into the nationalist fold, even moderate non-believers in the ideology of Khalistan were hurt and alienated by Blue Star and the 1984 massacre of the Sikhs.
Along with the work of Ribiero and Gill it was the alienation of the Punjab terrorist from the people of Punjab that saw an end of terrorism. Kashmir will also find peace only when both sides bid a farewell to arms and sit down at the negotiating tables with the conviction of finding peace.
The Narendra Modis of this world will never be able to subjugate the fanatic elements in Islam by unleashing the fanatic Hindus. For every Narendra Modi seemingly avenging the carnage at Godhara, there are the Jehadis who will attack Akshardham and Ansaris who will bomb the innocents of Mumbai.
Mahatma Gandhi maintained, “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” If we believe that nonviolence is irrelevant we will leave behind a world on the verge of destruction caused by a mankind blinded by hatred and prejudice.
Hey, I'm new to this, okay! Gimmie a break, oy!
---
Date:Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:'Alok'
Subject:Re: Fwd: Lets remember Gandhiji
To:vermaao@yahoo.com
Interesting editorial, Mona.
I agree that Gandhi Ji's great grandson's view IS utterly Utopian. And although I *hardly* advocate anything the Bush Administration has done in regards to approaching Afghanistan and Iraq and our continued and undefined involvement; without the violence, and if they had been left unchecked, Al Qaeda and the Saddam Regime would have continued their work unabated. (Again, nevermind Bush's arrogant approach of using questionable or false intelligence to make his case about Iraq and steer the entire country into war. 9/11 *DID* happen in the case of Al Qaeda).
Of course it can be said that both cases were born from U.S. Foreign Policy to begin with -- when the U.S. armed militants during the Soviet Invasion in Afghanistan and when we aided the Saddam Regime in their war with Iran -- how could you end the brutal cycle when you have an enemy that at this point in time does not understand any other language BUT the gun?
Although the Clinton Administration claims that they kept intelligence on Al Qaeda and took some action steps to derail the diabolical scheming such as the missle attack on the medicine plant in Sudan in '98 (of course, most believe that was to take the public eye of Monica-gate), for the most part, the U.S. did NOT overtly address either of these fronts head on.
As a result, at least in the case of Al Qaeda, it continued to grow in size and scope unabated during the 90's to the point that it is indeed beyond containment now.
And in the case of Iraq, NON-violent measures such as U.N. Sanctions and embargos did nothing but hurt the innocent Iraqi citizens and make them suffer MORE than they already were under the Sadam regime during the twelves years between Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom.
Unlike Kashmir, Palestine, and even South Africa, where violence was waged for the purpose of attaining justice, or self-determination, or what is perceived to be a God-given right (or land), Al Qaeda's main purpose for violence is the ANNIHILATION of our way of life. A non-violent response would do NOTHING but allow more attacks on our way of life.
Therefore, Gandhi Ji's approach, I can't imagine being effective in either scenario, because compromise was NEVER an option (again, the same can be said about Bush) with either of these characters.
Don't get me started on the actual Palestinian committment to peace and their willingness to commit to the Roadmap.
--
Is Mahatma Gandhi relevant today?
By Tushar A Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi column | Ela Gandhi column | The other Gandhians | Gandhi Home
Is life relevant?
Is truth relevant?
Is morality relevant?
Is life relevant?
Is truth relevant?
Is morality relevant?
It has become a fashion to question the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi today. I suspect the people who ask this question are the ones who are convinced that he is irrelevant and useless. I want to ask them if they feel life, truth and morality are also irrelevant? Because the corner stones of the Gandhian philosophy are life, truth and morality.
In this age of nuclear weapons and the recently popularised term ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ the only philosophy or rather way of life that ensures our longevity on earth is nonviolence.
It will take only a pull of the nuclear trigger to wipe every trace of life from this earth, and turn it into a nuclear wasteland. Today with irresponsible, fragmented and fanatical regimes acquiring nuclear capabilities and delivery systems, how will we create a world where nuclear or any other deterrent becomes unnecessary? It will only come about when we adopt Nonviolence as our creed, our way of life.
Violent and aggressive civilisations have thrived momentarily but in the end they have all met a very violent end, it is the comparatively more humane and nonviolent societies that have been blessed with longevity. It is utopian to imagine a world without violence some amount of violence has and will always exist as long as there is life; but to let violence, aggression and dominance by terror be the dominant principles in life only hastens our slide towards obliteration.
The English Irish dispute did not end till such time as both sides discarded violent means of suppression and retaliation. The accord in Ireland came about when both the sides gave up the gun and started talking to each other.
Closer to home in Sri Lanka till the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Government kept fighting there were no signs of the conflict ever ending. Although a solution is still a mirage, they have moved towards a solution only after both the sides gave up arms and came to the negotiating table. Kashmir will never find peace till guns and bombs are in use.
Nothing can prove the power of nonviolence better than the liberation of South Africa and the fight for civil rights in USA; both happening in relatively recent times, in the age of WMDs, in times when Gandhiji’s relevance had begun to be questioned.
Nelson Mandela started of as a very militant leader and an advocate of violent freedom movement against the Apartheid regime but after he studied Gandhi during his long imprisonment, he brought about a change in his country without bitterness or bloodshed. For long it was believed that South Africa would witness a blood bath when the majority black population would rise and overthrow the brutal apartheid regime imposed on the country by a minority white ruling class. But South Africa became free with a minimal of bloodshed and there was not much witch hunting or cries for revenge either.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission which went into investigating the thousands of brutal crimes committed by the Apartheid regime saw to it that the perpetrators felt true remorse and the victims solace without drawing blood or seeking revenge.
In the US too Dr. Martin Luther King fought against race and colour prejudice and got dignity and equality for his people by resorting not to bombs and bullets, in a country where belief in guns and bullets is only next to if not as important as God, but to nonviolent methods of mass civil disobedience and passive resistance.
The much hyped ‘War Against Terror’ is going nowhere, with all the weapons at their disposal the American War Machine has been unable to curb the Al Qaida, has not been able to bring Osama Bin Laden and Mulla Omar to justice and is unable to locate Saddam Hussein, the Taliban are regrouping al Qaida functions freely and the most wanted three remain out of their grasps, so much for the power of violence.
For their belief in violence neither Israel nor Palestine have achieved their goals. Neither is the Israeli citizen safe from terrorist violence nor is the Palestinian any closer to freedom and safety, both live under the constant shadow of death and destruction.
In our own country, we have failed to curb terrorism with violence alone. When violence as the only weapon is used against a forces that believes only in the use of violence we have an escalation of violence. History is witness that total and permanent subjugation has never happened neither have those succeeded who tried to annihilate or obliterate the vanquished. Some may say that we successfully curbed terrorism in Punjab with violent means but this is not true.
In Punjab along with tough police and military actions the reason for the end of terrorism was because the people of Punjab turned against the terrorists and the terrorists could not find recruits for their cause. In the end, in Punjab the terrorists had become extortionists and were harassing the people more than fighting a political cause. After hurting the sentiments of every Sikh by the attack on the Golden Temple and the massacre of Sikhs in 84 it was difficult to bring them back into the nationalist fold, even moderate non-believers in the ideology of Khalistan were hurt and alienated by Blue Star and the 1984 massacre of the Sikhs.
Along with the work of Ribiero and Gill it was the alienation of the Punjab terrorist from the people of Punjab that saw an end of terrorism. Kashmir will also find peace only when both sides bid a farewell to arms and sit down at the negotiating tables with the conviction of finding peace.
The Narendra Modis of this world will never be able to subjugate the fanatic elements in Islam by unleashing the fanatic Hindus. For every Narendra Modi seemingly avenging the carnage at Godhara, there are the Jehadis who will attack Akshardham and Ansaris who will bomb the innocents of Mumbai.
Mahatma Gandhi maintained, “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” If we believe that nonviolence is irrelevant we will leave behind a world on the verge of destruction caused by a mankind blinded by hatred and prejudice.
Whoa. What a brave new world THIS is.
I have absolutely *no* idea what I'm getting into.
(In a Ralph Wiggum from "The Simpson's" voice): "I'm scared."
But then again, If I had been partially tepid during the outset of Sixdegrees, Zaplet, and Quickdot, what might have happened?
Okay, bad examples.
But, I did jump in head first into FFL, Friendster, and IM. And at least THEY still have their respective pulses. Heck, I could make a rather *weak* case, that the Internet wouldn't have taken off to the degree that it did if it hadn't been for MY initial participation.
Okay, *ahem* at least the scandals that I was an integral player in did a lot to color the Internet. Well, my little corner of it anyway.
"Nothing like egocentric grandstanding to kick things off," is some I always say. Uh, today.
I have absolutely *no* idea what I'm getting into.
(In a Ralph Wiggum from "The Simpson's" voice): "I'm scared."
But then again, If I had been partially tepid during the outset of Sixdegrees, Zaplet, and Quickdot, what might have happened?
Okay, bad examples.
But, I did jump in head first into FFL, Friendster, and IM. And at least THEY still have their respective pulses. Heck, I could make a rather *weak* case, that the Internet wouldn't have taken off to the degree that it did if it hadn't been for MY initial participation.
Okay, *ahem* at least the scandals that I was an integral player in did a lot to color the Internet. Well, my little corner of it anyway.
"Nothing like egocentric grandstanding to kick things off," is some I always say. Uh, today.
So why not me?
Although I must concede, I feel a bit behind the times, actually. What, Alok, late in adopting the latest web technology?
Actually, besides feeling that I'm being a laggard, I question if I have as much captivating material to muse about like I use to.
Well, that I thought I use to, anyway. *sigh* What a dispiriting inception.
Although I must concede, I feel a bit behind the times, actually. What, Alok, late in adopting the latest web technology?
Actually, besides feeling that I'm being a laggard, I question if I have as much captivating material to muse about like I use to.
Well, that I thought I use to, anyway. *sigh* What a dispiriting inception.
