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Flame on!
Well, since I've joined the ranks of the unemployed, I've got some spare time, so I'm game!
Flambe, or quick flash?
I've got some spoons and forks to jab into my eyeballs too for an added effect.
-tg
staring at the microwave while its on gives you cancer
So does staring at the men whilst they are doing the diving a the Olympics, so dont do it!Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
Same here. I'll bring the petrol.Quote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
Im not going to burn my self cos it would hurt but can i watch?
Or turn this into a contest...who gets 1st degree first and i will be ref!!
I'll bring some starter fluid and marshmallows.
Your life is a flaming mess. Snap out of this nonsense before you find yourself in hot water.Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
P.s: I would personally go for swallowing half a kilo of potassium and watch my insides dissolve away. But everyone for their own I guess. :rolleyes:
they already have petrol!Quote:
Originally Posted by KTech
I'll bring a video camera and upload the videos to YouTube.
Please do, so someone can make YouTubePoop out of it.
It's not as bad as it sounds.
I will get my camera. Do you want full motion or still shots?Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
Why always with the fighting?
Fighting kills the boredom.
You haven't played enough Street Fighter 2, or Team Fortress 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
http://games.rapidshare.com/games/20...ull_size/1.jpg
You know if you do it right you could be on YouTube and win a Darwin Award in the process.
You'd be dead, hence invalidating the award.
No, that's the point of the Darwin award.... the thinning of the herd.
-tgQuote:
Originally Posted by Darwin_award
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Sorry to hear that....Quote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
:cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack
Pffth! I'm not worried... two days plus the weekend and already I've gotten a couple of initial interviews with recruiters setup -one today one tomorrow. I'm not sitting idle feeling sorry... I'm looking at this as an opportunity... hopefully to do more .NET development than I was doing at my previous job (where the conversion was moving slower than Mississippi molasses on a cold winter night....)
-tg
Plenty of work out there right now. I was getting 2-3 calls/day when I was off in July and normally July is a terrible time to be trying to set up interviews.
Just don't envy having to deal with the foreign recruiting agencies that call to ask if you can commute daily to a job in Chicago when you live in Tampa.
LOL.... yeah, first thing I got this morning was a recruiter from Redmond, WA asking if I were interested. Had to tell him, that no, I'm not, that I'd like to stay here where I am if I can. But there hasn't been a shortage of calls, that's for sure. Got one meeting this afternoon, and one tomorrow.... hopefully by the end of today I'll have a second one lined up for tomorrow.
-tg
All the best!Quote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
:wave:
Super Saiyans aren't real crptcblade. You can't turn yourself into one that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
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Originally Posted by capsulecorpjx
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What???? :ehh:
Well?Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
*waits patiently*
He's waiting for a sponsor.
I'll chuck in tenpence.
Well what? *smiling politely*Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
I'll sponsor you for $10k. Go ahead and set yourself on fire and know that the check is in the mail.
You're doing it wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
Like this:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...chquangduc.jpg
That's an incredible photo. From the '60's I think during a protest by (correct me) some monks.
It was just the one monk and he was protesting against the South Vietnamese governments represssion of the budhist religion. Apparently he sat stock still while he burned. It's probably the single most iconic protest there's been in modern times (certainly the most iconic I've come across) but it didn't actually affect any significant change - which demonstrates the futility of protest.
I'm going to set myself on fire in the parking lot to protest all the people in this company still using Access.
i dont get it. If this is a technical post, it doesnt belong in Chit Chat forum. :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by KTech
(btw, i am jk...)
Well that monk achieved Nirvana, at that moment he didn't even have the desire to not be on fire. That's the ultimate goal right? To rid yourself of all attachments and desires.Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
[bad joke] so what further steps are needed to achieve Foo Fighters? [/bad joke]
:blush:
Keeping up with Si's series of Bad Jokes... another one here...
Change your signature from
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Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Cry, and you just water down your vodka.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Burn, and leave the rest to us...
Too much ha ha, pretty soon boo hoo.
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, then its just fun.
Then we would unify those without two eyes and let them comfort each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
Its not something you see everyday, but they do see that if you believe strongly enough in something you should be prepared to die for it. I think it was a very noble act. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
Killing oneself as an act of protest is as pointless as it is futile. To do so in a horrific manner is merely self-aggrandisement.
So was Jesus dying on the cross self-agrandisement? I don't really know the motives of the monk but I would give him the benefit of the doubt that they were good. It says in the bible, "man judges by appearances but God sees what's in the heart." So you may or may not be able to fool people about your true motives but you definitely cannot fool God.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaximilianMayrhofer
As to whether the monk's act affected any significant change, again that's hard to judge. It might not seem that it did but it might have had a very real though subtle good effect. To me it suggests that we should overcome our attachment to the flesh and develop a strong mind and soul that isn't so touchy. How many people could willingly put themselves through what that monk put himself through? Not too many. Most people would immediately jump out of the flames. It's a rare soul that has the strength to willingly endure what he did.
Jesus had no choice in the matter, he was killed because he pissed off some very powerful people, so don't even bother trying to draw comparisons. I have no doubt that, given the choice, he would have declined the chance.
And why do we insist on creating martyrs? When someone does an irrational and in any other case wildly stupid thing, in the name of God, it suddenly becomes admirable. This isn't admirable. It was suicide in a very public, horrific way. What gave that monk the right to force the spectacle of his suicide on the whole world?
And how did this monk's suicide by fire reflect in any way on the situation that was being protested? They certainly weren't protesting the right to set themselves on fire.
Well well! MM found his way out of the wilderness. I guess miracles really DO happen!
He wasn't promoting himself. He was promoting his message, protesting how Buddhists were being treated.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaximilianMayrhofer
I am not really a religious person but I am quite sure that Jesus upset these powerful people because he believed they were doing wrong. He was given the choice to denounce what he believed and chose not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaximilianMayrhofer
Again I am not a religious person but I am quite sure that Buddhists don't subscribe to the belief of a God. I have only met a couple of Buddhists, taking that into account and the literature I read on this guy, I get the impression that the motif was to raise awareness of their plight.
Well it clearly is suicide but I am sure that most people (apart from crptcblade) don't wake up of a morning and think; "lets go and burn myself to death in the middle of an intersection to make people aware of my disgust toward ...."Quote:
The Vietnamese monk, by burning himself, says with all his strength and determination that he can endure the greatest of sufferings to protect his people…. To express will by burning oneself, therefore, is not to commit an act of destruction but to perform an act of construction, that is, to suffer and to die for the sake of one's people. This is not suicide.
From: http://www.geocities.com/tcartz/sacrifice.htm
This can be compared to the stories of Jesus and the many other similar acts of self sacrifice since. I don't think it is as shocking as the kinds of protest demonstrated in the World Trade Centre attacks or the London bombings.
I know this will anger some Christians. But in my opinion, I think Jesus really thought he was the Messiah and expected God to save him on the cross to prove his divinity to the world. That didn't work out. But the Christians spun it as a triumph where it was planned all along by God.Quote:
Originally Posted by visualAd
I guess some of us can agree to disagree on a few things. I believe Jesus did have a choice in the matter and that he willingly went through what he did. He said that in the gospels. A free soul can leave the body whenever and however they choose to do so. Death isn't imposed upon them. Jesus proved his victory over death by rising from the dead though there will be many that will doubt that.
I believe that Buddhists just have a different approach to God and they may not use the name God but they're seeking a state of perfect joy like all of us are. I think that Buddhists are moving in the same direction that Christians, Moslems, Hindus and computer programmers are. I believe that all paths are paths to God. And if you want to call me a religious fanatic that's ok. I believe that we are all religious in the sense that we are all seeking perfect joy whether we feel it's possible to attain or not. When we go through enough experiences and lifetimes of seeking (yes I believe in reincarnation like Buddhists, Hindus and some Christians do) we'll see eventually that only God can completely satisfy us. You can become a multi-billionaire, super famous, have the most gorgeous lover, all the possessions you could imagine and whatever else and that won't even come close to satisfying your soul because your soul wants something that is a few hundred billion times better than all of that. It might take you an enormous number of experiences to come to that realization but it's worth all the difficulty.
If you think becoming a millionaire or whatever else is going to do it for you then go after that and when and if you do realize that goal you'll still want something else.
Sermon on the VBForums
I have to be careful, I might end up writing some posts like I did in the thread about the God Delusion.
:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by si_the_geek
Oh sorry, was someone talking about religion? I got lost.
From the bible :-Quote:
Originally Posted by capsulecorpjx
(his cup referring to his upcoming crucifixion)Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew 26
Jesus was certainly anxious by the whole deal but believed his martyrdom would be beneficial. If one believes in the rising then his acceptance of death is justified.
How did a thread started by Crpt turn into theology? :eek:
All things are possible in Chit-Chat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foxer
I'm still waiting for crpt to set himself on fire...
When did this theological discussion become about me lighting myself on fire? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
Ever since I spent £2.95 on lighter fluid, now lets get going.Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
Just to be clear, when I said he'd demonstrated the futility of protest, I really didn't want to detract in any way from the nobility of what Thic Quang Duc did. This was a guy who gave up his life in one of the most painful ways I can imagine to bring the plight of his fellow budhists (who were being horribly persecuted) to the attention of the world. He did this for the good, not of himself, but of others. Budhists at the time were being imprisoned and tortured for no greater crime than pursuing their religion. For him to make this sacrifice in the hope of bringing a stop to that situation is neither stupid nor selfish.
I also didn't want to imply that the act of protest was in any way invalid. In fact, I've been a political activist for most of my life. I was involved in the poll tax demonstrations (which sadly descended into rioting but I still hold the police responsible for that rather than the demonstrators - coraling thousands of people trafalgar square was only ever going to have one outcome), I marched against the removal of housing benefit eligibilty from students, I confronted Michael Howard over his immigration policies when he visited Winchester and made the local TV news calling him a hypocrite (he's only second generation himself), I've spent many a happy hour standing in Southampton city centre handing out leaflets for a variety of causes I felt were worthy of my time and I've lost count of the number of minor rallies and demonstrations I've attended over the years,
Rather, I simply no longer believe that protest actually effects change. This is true in the UK and is far more true in the US. This was finally brought home to me in the 'Don't Attack Iraq' demonstration. This was the single biggest protest the UK has ever had... ever! It was world wide. It was attended, not by screaming extremists, but by the moderate, educated and erudite mass of our population. It was entirely peaceful and planned in full accordance with the government's increasingly draconian anti-protest legislation (how dare a government tell me that I can't protest within their earshot?). We followed all the rules. We played the game their way. They ignored us completely. We made no difference at all. OK, I didn't expect to change the way things were going and I was pretty sure the attack would go ahead no matter what I did, but you'd have thought we might have caused some discussion, at least.
Our governments have become so disconnected from us that they couldn't give a toss about our opinions except for a period of about 6 months every 5 years, and then only if you happen to live in a close run constiuency. Our voice no longer has any meaning or any weight. If you think you live in a meaningful democracy, you've already swallowed the opiate.
edit> Crypto, that tenpence is still up for grabs. Obviously, given your propensity for mugging old ladies I don't feel I can trust you with it until after you've burned to death. Will you be able to collect? I don't want to have to stump up for the postage.
I am not reading all of that, someone summarise. :check:Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter