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- meok
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but less solutions; more medicine, but less wellness. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice. We have higher inco mes, but lower morals; we've become long on quantity,but short on quality. These are the times of tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. It's a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to forward this message and make a difference... or just hit delete.
- Bio0
- gabriel_pc0
**delete**
- tfs__mag0
what hippy's website did you copy that from?
- kpl0
boring!
- meok0
It was written by a student from the Columbine high-school where the shooting occured. I got that 10mins ago in my inbox. I thougt it was nice.
- MrDinky0
chain letter.
worth reading ..
- Mimio0
FYI... this bit we're talking about belongs to George Carlin...who says it in almost every stand-up act he does.
- brundlefly0
indeed Mr. Carlin....
a personal hero to the sarcastic like me crowd.
- lnu0
We haven't cleaned up the air! Especially not the american air.
- ER0
idealistic drivle. It wasnt written by columbine student you sapp's.
This is a favorite among "old-navy flag-tshirt wearin, prosac-stoned, chain mail forwardin housewives.
get real.
- ER0
ok, maybe i am generalising, but this stuff drives me nuts!
- whiteSneaks0
trite indeed. based on a false perception of the "good ol' days" that never existed.
- jgjh1510
Don't the people make their world what they want it to be?
Why is it that this is what the world has become?
- brandelec0
some want it to be something other than what it is today.
but what do the people with power want. thats the pickle.
- kpl0
i hate pickles.
- scarabin0
nothing has changed.
humans have always been short-sighted assholes.
- CyBrainX0
That was just a pile of rhetoric. It also was quite the opposite of hippy mentality. I would expect that from a Catholic priest.
So much of that is just not true, more degrees, but less sense?, more experts, but less solutions?, more medicine but less wellness?, That one's the least true.
Come on. We're not more stupid or more materialistic than in the past. The good old days, your pontificating about, did not exist.
- driftlab0
I don't care what it's alleged chain-letter origins may be... there is tremendous wisdom in much of that. Take some time to look at statistics over the last 30 years regarding divorce, school shootings and the rest... might surprise some here.
- steak&liquor0
I smoke 2 joints in the mornin...