Comments for Writings on the wall http://www.writingsonthewall.net Green anarchist philosophy politics and utopian dreaming Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Reply to the global warming sceptics by Alicia Meyer http://www.writingsonthewall.net/reply-to-the-global-warming-sceptics/comment-page-1#comment-7889 Alicia Meyer Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:24:57 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=89#comment-7889 Global Warming and Climate Change is the biggest environmental issue that we face these days. the long term effects of these environmental changes to a nations economy is quite damaging. there would be a shortage in food supply as well as on water supply too. Global Warming and Climate Change is the biggest environmental issue that we face these days. the long term effects of these environmental changes to a nations economy is quite damaging. there would be a shortage in food supply as well as on water supply too.

]]> Comment on A rant and a proposal about essential services by Maxine Barry http://www.writingsonthewall.net/a-rant-and-a-proposal-about-essential-services/comment-page-1#comment-7882 Maxine Barry Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=423#comment-7882 I have been astonished and appalled since moving to Hobart from Melbourne, by the profligate way householders here use water - hosing leaves off the driveway, for example. If the new water qango, by providing tangible evidence of water usage, awakens people here to the preciousness of this resource, this will be a benefit. The main thing is that this body must NEVER be allowed to be privatised. I have heard that this was going to be Howard's next push had he been re-elected. Having said that I think the debt idea has a lot of merit - it reminds me of the Grameen bank principle. I have been astonished and appalled since moving to Hobart from Melbourne, by the profligate way householders here use water – hosing leaves off the driveway, for example. If the new water qango, by providing tangible evidence of water usage, awakens people here to the preciousness of this resource, this will be a benefit. The main thing is that this body must NEVER be allowed to be privatised. I have heard that this was going to be Howard’s next push had he been re-elected.

Having said that I think the debt idea has a lot of merit – it reminds me of the Grameen bank principle.

]]> Comment on The ethics of selfishness by Business Ethics Coaching http://www.writingsonthewall.net/the-ethics-of-selfishness/comment-page-1#comment-7590 Business Ethics Coaching Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:51:27 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=106#comment-7590 This is an excellent article about ethics and egoism. I wasn't going to comment as this was written a while ago, but as I have just read it a second time, I thought I say thank you for this great article. This is an excellent article about ethics and egoism. I wasn’t going to comment as this was written a while ago, but as I have just read it a second time, I thought I say thank you for this great article.

]]> Comment on A rant and a proposal about essential services by sian http://www.writingsonthewall.net/a-rant-and-a-proposal-about-essential-services/comment-page-1#comment-7476 sian Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:19:58 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=423#comment-7476 This is true and if the administrative elite of Australia were kept busy in a useful role as you suggest, then they hopefuly would close down all the quangos and empires of nothingness they have created just to control and rip off the people, which they must do to overpay themselves. from:sia2100.blogspot.com This is true and if the administrative elite of Australia were kept busy in a useful role as you suggest, then they hopefuly would close down all the quangos and empires of nothingness they have created just to control and rip off the people, which they must do to overpay themselves.

from:sia2100.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Reply to the global warming sceptics by Tacnet http://www.writingsonthewall.net/reply-to-the-global-warming-sceptics/comment-page-1#comment-7193 Tacnet Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:07:33 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=89#comment-7193 We should be more concerned about Global Warming and Climate Change because Typhoons are getting much stronger and there are greater incidence of Flooding. take for example the recent Typhoon Ketsana which devastated some countries in South East Asia. We should be more concerned about Global Warming and Climate Change because Typhoons are getting much stronger and there are greater incidence of Flooding. take for example the recent Typhoon Ketsana which devastated some countries in South East Asia.

]]> Comment on Reply to the global warming sceptics by Bodydetoxguy http://www.writingsonthewall.net/reply-to-the-global-warming-sceptics/comment-page-1#comment-6980 Bodydetoxguy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:39:02 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=89#comment-6980 the effect of Global Warming these days is even worst. i think every government should pass stricter laws on Carbon Emissions. we should also concentrate more on renewable energy sources and avoid fossil fuels. the effect of Global Warming these days is even worst. i think every government should pass stricter laws on Carbon Emissions. we should also concentrate more on renewable energy sources and avoid fossil fuels.

]]> Comment on The dirty little secret of fundamentalism by Deborah Lockard http://www.writingsonthewall.net/the-dirty-little-secret-of-fundamentalism/comment-page-1#comment-6597 Deborah Lockard Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:38:06 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=140#comment-6597 I asked a Pakistani co-worker what she thought of Afgans ( because I gave her the Kite Runner to read and she returned it saying she didn't have time to read it) and she answerd" Kill them all, just kill them!" My boss was Pakistani also I'm a white woman, and he would dig his butt while looking staight in my eyes, he would tell to not worry about it when at meetings I would make suggestions, and he fired me at xmas time with a lame excuse that I asked a person entering the security gate where his badge was and how did he get this far onsite? Did he come thru the Woods? " My Boss used that as an excuse to fire me, and now here I am. Feeling it was a set up and he gets away with it? Should I see a lawyer ? but because I'm not black I can't use descrimination. Wish I had the money to have an investigation done to find others treated like me. I was the only white woman hired there in three years. anyhoo. boo hoo for me, sorry I digressed. but it felt good to do so. I say fix the U.S.A. before billions being sent to Afghan to pay farmers to not grow poppies? WTF? There goes our health care money. I beleive somthing is going in the world we know nothing about and can do nothing except riot. Be brave like the African Americans, Riot in the rich neighborhoods and on the hill. This war in America has gone long enough, the workers have answerd america what we can do for them, It's high time America answerd us , What can america do about Corporat dcorruption and deregulations? I asked a Pakistani co-worker what she thought of Afgans ( because I gave her the Kite Runner to read and she returned it saying she didn’t have time to read it) and she answerd” Kill them all, just kill them!” My boss was Pakistani also I’m a white woman, and he would dig his butt while looking staight in my eyes, he would tell to not worry about it when at meetings I would make suggestions, and he fired me at xmas time with a lame excuse that I asked a person entering the security gate where his badge was and how did he get this far onsite? Did he come thru the Woods? ” My Boss used that as an excuse to fire me, and now here I am. Feeling it was a set up and he gets away with it? Should I see a lawyer ? but because I’m not black I can’t use descrimination. Wish I had the money to have an investigation done to find others treated like me. I was the only white woman hired there in three years. anyhoo. boo hoo for me, sorry I digressed. but it felt good to do so. I say fix the U.S.A. before billions being sent to Afghan to pay farmers to not grow poppies? WTF?
There goes our health care money. I beleive somthing is going in the world we know nothing about and can do nothing except riot. Be brave like the African Americans, Riot in the rich neighborhoods and on the hill. This war in America has gone long enough, the workers have answerd america what we can do for them, It’s high time America answerd us , What can america do about Corporat dcorruption and deregulations?

]]> Comment on Globalization or slavery? by Deborah Lockard http://www.writingsonthewall.net/globalization-or-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-6596 Deborah Lockard Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:23:16 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/globalization-or-slavery#comment-6596 Oh it feels good to get that all out thank you for letting post that and see it online. If only some people that truly want to join the revolution and deduct all of their work related expenses next tax season would show them how wrong they are! and we have every right to deduct those expenses. When rent is as much as it would be if we could get a loan to buy the house but we can't deduct our rent!!! That is just plain wrong! And the capitalist greedy rules are going to be used against them as much as they use it against us! Be brave truly brave and make this land free again. Free to make the rules work for us and be brave enough to do it! Thank you for letting me rant, now who's with me?and how about a spell checker on this system. :) Sincerely the first inline to take the bullet, Deborah Lee Lockard Oh it feels good to get that all out thank you for letting post that and see it online. If only some people that truly want to join the revolution and deduct all of their work related expenses next tax season would show them how wrong they are! and we have every right to deduct those expenses. When rent is as much as it would be if we could get a loan to buy the house but we can’t deduct our rent!!! That is just plain wrong! And the capitalist greedy rules are going to be used against them as much as they use it against us! Be brave truly brave and make this land free again. Free to make the rules work for us and be brave enough to do it! Thank you for letting me rant, now who’s with me?and how about a spell checker on this system. :)
Sincerely the first inline to take the bullet,
Deborah Lee Lockard

]]> Comment on Globalization or slavery? by Deborah Lockard http://www.writingsonthewall.net/globalization-or-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-6594 Deborah Lockard Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:15:48 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/globalization-or-slavery#comment-6594 Every time minimum wage increases, Everything else around us goes up in price which is tantamount to no raise at all! And the inflation erroneously created to further keep us enslaved and worried about losing jobs, property, cars, a decent way of life is threatening enough to keep us from doing more than complain to our neighbors. When we realize material things are just that, things we decide to sell later on ebay or at garage sales or talked into by realtors that use that to create more money for the market than in our pockets is when the long over do revolution demand that all Government, politions, corporations, grow a conscience and moral values to include the human factor when making decisions for profit and profit sharing not trickle down food crumbs that only keep us alive a month longer to work for their favor.oh by the way, We stupid slave workers forgot to use the IRS law that says all work related expenses are tax deductable, and we have nbot deducted all work related expenses, such all that it costs us to keep ourselves alive and well , housesd, clothed, fed, insurred, informed, in an effort to rent out our bodies trying to earn enough to do just that , stay alive! I'd say at the prices of food etc . that they set and force us to live amongst them paying the prices they fix and fraudulently organize in their favor would cost a minimum wage earner about 99% of their annual salary. Corporations have tons of tax deductions, so called loop holes of legal ways not to pay the government and with the governments blessings. We the slave wage earners have been cheatuing ourselves, and the IRS booklet decalres alot of things as not work related expenses when they sure as heaven are work related expenses, Our human bodie is tool! And If we command our body to work for a capalist that body shall deduct all expenses paid to keep it in good healthy working order! OR The IRS should just come up with a flat tax for all! Every time minimum wage increases, Everything else around us goes up in price which is tantamount to no raise at all! And the inflation erroneously created to further keep us enslaved and worried about losing jobs, property, cars, a decent way of life is threatening enough to keep us from doing more than complain to our neighbors. When we realize material things are just that, things we decide to sell later on ebay or at garage sales or talked into by realtors that use that to create more money for the market than in our pockets is when the long over do revolution demand that all Government, politions, corporations, grow a conscience and moral values to include the human factor when making decisions for profit and profit sharing not trickle down food crumbs that only keep us alive a month longer to work for their favor.oh by the way, We stupid slave workers forgot to use the IRS law that says all work related expenses are tax deductable, and we have nbot deducted all work related expenses, such all that it costs us to keep ourselves alive and well , housesd, clothed, fed, insurred, informed, in an effort to rent out our bodies trying to earn enough to do just that , stay alive! I’d say at the prices of food etc . that they set and force us to live amongst them paying the prices they fix and fraudulently organize in their favor would cost a minimum wage earner about 99% of their annual salary. Corporations have tons of tax deductions, so called loop holes of legal ways not to pay the government and with the governments blessings. We the slave wage earners have been cheatuing ourselves, and the IRS booklet decalres alot of things as not work related expenses when they sure as heaven are work related expenses, Our human bodie is tool! And If we command our body to work for a capalist that body shall deduct all expenses paid to keep it in good healthy working order! OR The IRS should just come up with a flat tax for all!

]]> Comment on The psychology of tribes by prem http://www.writingsonthewall.net/morality-of-groups-1/comment-page-1#comment-6376 prem Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:17:41 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=32#comment-6376 I think we also need to look at tribes dont demonize other tribes so extremely, the existence of a tribe is also dependent on cooperation with other tribes and they take this into account more often I think we also need to look at tribes dont demonize other tribes so extremely, the existence of a tribe is also dependent on cooperation with other tribes and they take this into account more often

]]> Comment on Prejudice against the ugly by Sarah http://www.writingsonthewall.net/prejudice-against-the-ugly/comment-page-1#comment-6260 Sarah Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:19:17 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=411#comment-6260 ...and there are some of us that might be equally uncute, but not even as talented but way smarter than most people that do not even get an opportunity to sing our songs. …and there are some of us that might be equally uncute, but not even as talented but way smarter than most people that do not even get an opportunity to sing our songs.

]]> Comment on The ethics of selfishness by Iscar http://www.writingsonthewall.net/the-ethics-of-selfishness/comment-page-1#comment-5984 Iscar Sat, 30 May 2009 06:16:19 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=106#comment-5984 "The article you have posted is superb! There are so many informative information. This is very knowledgeable article. Thank you!" “The article you have posted is superb!

There are so many informative information. This is very knowledgeable article.

Thank you!”

]]> Comment on Postcard from Paris: The Museum of Invention by martin http://www.writingsonthewall.net/postcard-from-paris-the-museum-of-invention/comment-page-1#comment-3415 martin Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:54:30 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/postcard-from-paris-the-museum-of-invention#comment-3415 Hi Witlehabehite, and thanks! Hi Witlehabehite, and thanks!

]]> Comment on Postcard from Paris: The Museum of Invention by Witlehabehite http://www.writingsonthewall.net/postcard-from-paris-the-museum-of-invention/comment-page-1#comment-3385 Witlehabehite Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:26:39 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/postcard-from-paris-the-museum-of-invention#comment-3385 Hi people As a fresh www.writingsonthewall.net user i just wanted to say hi to everyone else who uses this site ;-) Hi people

As a fresh http://www.writingsonthewall.net user i just wanted to say hi to everyone else who uses this site ;-)

]]> Comment on Alice Walker’s letter to Barak Obama by martin http://www.writingsonthewall.net/alice-walkers-letter-to-barak-obama/comment-page-1#comment-2841 martin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:37:02 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=398#comment-2841 I completely agree, Kimberlee. Whatever Obama can achieve is only a small part of what can be done if we are pushing from below for the sort of society we really want - a turn away from the corporatist police state we've been becoming. I completely agree, Kimberlee. Whatever Obama can achieve is only a small part of what can be done if we are pushing from below for the sort of society we really want – a turn away from the corporatist police state we’ve been becoming.

]]> Comment on Alice Walker’s letter to Barak Obama by Kimberlee Morrison http://www.writingsonthewall.net/alice-walkers-letter-to-barak-obama/comment-page-1#comment-2840 Kimberlee Morrison Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:55:26 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=398#comment-2840 That is a lovely letter! So encouraging and packed with wisdom. I was thinking about how much pressure Obama must be feeling...It's as though the entire country, not just African Americans, are resting their hope of change on him. What so many of us don't realize is that the change has to take place within individuals and it ripples out from there. That is a lovely letter! So encouraging and packed with wisdom. I was thinking about how much pressure Obama must be feeling…It’s as though the entire country, not just African Americans, are resting their hope of change on him. What so many of us don’t realize is that the change has to take place within individuals and it ripples out from there.

]]> Comment on Superstrings by s kaapoor http://www.writingsonthewall.net/superstrings/comment-page-1#comment-2144 s kaapoor Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:52:36 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=396#comment-2144 AUM or OM According to Hindu philosophy(see Mandukya Upanishad), the letter A represents creation, when all existence issued forth from Brahma's golden nucleus; the letter U refers to Vishnu the god of the middle who preserves this world by balancing Brahma on a lotus above himself, and the letter M symbolizes the final part of the cycle of existence, when Vishnu falls asleep and Shiva has to breathe in so that all existing things have to disintegrate and are reduced to their essence to him. More broadly, Aum is said to be the primordial sound that was present at the creation of the universe. It is said to be the original sound that contains all other sounds, all words, all languages and all life......and we are just embarking on this journey AUM or OM
According to Hindu philosophy(see Mandukya Upanishad), the letter A represents creation, when all existence issued forth from Brahma’s golden nucleus; the letter U refers to Vishnu the god of the middle who preserves this world by balancing Brahma on a lotus above himself, and the letter M symbolizes the final part of the cycle of existence, when Vishnu falls asleep and Shiva has to breathe in so that all existing things have to disintegrate and are reduced to their essence to him. More broadly, Aum is said to be the primordial sound that was present at the creation of the universe. It is said to be the original sound that contains all other sounds, all words, all languages and all life……and we are just embarking on this journey

]]> Comment on Hope, poverty, and fuck you by Linda http://www.writingsonthewall.net/hope-poverty-and-fuck-you/comment-page-1#comment-533 Linda Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:35:01 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/?p=3#comment-533 Well Said! Well Said!

]]> Comment on The myth of selfishness: Part 1 Ancient Economics by Writings on the wall » Blog Archive » The myth of selfishness: Part 2 - The Rise of Capitalism http://www.writingsonthewall.net/the-myth-of-selfishness-part-1-ancient-economics/comment-page-1#comment-384 Writings on the wall » Blog Archive » The myth of selfishness: Part 2 - The Rise of Capitalism Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:01:20 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/the-myth-of-selfishness-part-1-ancient-economics#comment-384 [...] Much of this has a European focus, and I apologise for that, especially because colonialism and its devastating effect on the world are consequently not given proper attention. The focus of the article is narrow and designed as a contrast to the situation described in Part 1 - Ancient Economics. By the way, I’m no expert on capitalism or economics and I’ve used the term with deliberate carelessness, to stand for a loose idea. [...] [...] Much of this has a European focus, and I apologise for that, especially because colonialism and its devastating effect on the world are consequently not given proper attention. The focus of the article is narrow and designed as a contrast to the situation described in Part 1 – Ancient Economics. By the way, I’m no expert on capitalism or economics and I’ve used the term with deliberate carelessness, to stand for a loose idea. [...]

]]> Comment on Globalization or slavery? by Writings on the wall » Blog Archive » Who is the leisure class? http://www.writingsonthewall.net/globalization-or-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-248 Writings on the wall » Blog Archive » Who is the leisure class? Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:23:45 +0000 http://www.writingsonthewall.net/globalization-or-slavery#comment-248 [...] To me, this neo-colonialism amounts in many cases to slavery. If sweatshop workers in Bangladesh are in such desperate straights that they must accept unsafe work for $10 cents per hour, so that we in the west can have clothes so cheap they’re hardly worth cleaning, then we have become slave owners. Globalization has been perverted (or was always intended) to allow multinationals to exploit the labour and resources of the developing world, and we sit back and reap the benefits… For a little while, at least - the great monster capitalism eats its hard-hearted children too, as we have begun to see. The icons submit this story to these bookmark and link sites. Tags: consumption , development , globalization , poverty [...] [...] To me, this neo-colonialism amounts in many cases to slavery. If sweatshop workers in Bangladesh are in such desperate straights that they must accept unsafe work for $10 cents per hour, so that we in the west can have clothes so cheap they’re hardly worth cleaning, then we have become slave owners. Globalization has been perverted (or was always intended) to allow multinationals to exploit the labour and resources of the developing world, and we sit back and reap the benefits… For a little while, at least – the great monster capitalism eats its hard-hearted children too, as we have begun to see. The icons submit this story to these bookmark and link sites. Tags: consumption , development , globalization , poverty [...]

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