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Ugh... Hippies... I hate them, ...I hate them sooo much

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Posted: Jun 16 2006, 08:07 AM

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Gus Van Horn found a real gem while... shall we say... "picking through" the news.

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Almost every week, [Adam] Weissman organizes an event commonly referred to as "dumpster diving," where he leads an open tour among the various trash heaps and dumpsters of Manhattan to gather discarded food. The activity is part of a larger social movement known as freeganism, which views capitalism as the primary force in destroying the environment and avoids the capitalist structure through such practices as eating discarded food, squatting in abandoned buildings instead of paying rent and refusing to hold a job. Just as vegans are vegetarians who avoid animal products, freegans subsist only on free food found in the garbage as consumer waste. In Manhattan, there is plenty to go around. [bold added]

I think I'll pull out a section of Trey Givens' blog for this one:

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Well, last night at the humor discussion, Dr. Mayhew cited Ayn Rand as saying that there are some topics that are so ridiculous that they cannot be discussed without making fun of them. The specific example given was that of hippies.

Hippies are ridiculous. If you attempt to describe a hippie, with the scent of patchouli, the dirty hands, rumpled clothing, unkempt hair, and the personal conduct of one of the lesser apes, the result, even in basic factual reporting is a portrait of absurdity.

As a result, when one discusses things like hippies, one finds that the discussion is either flatly absurd or hysterically sarcastic.

I'd like to make fun of them; I really would. But when confronted with something like this:

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Just what can I add? What absurdity could I bring to light that isn't patently obvious at even a cursory glance? What cutting remark could I make about them that they haven't already used to self-describe?

Okay, fine. I'll give it a shot.

You are what you eat

-Inspector

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Noble	Posted: Jun 17 2006, 01:56 AM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 48 Member No.: 195 Joined: 31-July 05	What is interesting is the fact that this supposed "Anti-Capitalist" lifestyle is only possible in a capitalist economy. It seems they don't realize that if they were in communist Russia that they would probably be begging to get into a capitalist economy just to be able to eat, garbage can or not. In my eyes this only validates capitalist societies even more. This kind of thinking process doesn't really achieve anything. I suspect it would make most, if not all, rational people believe there is something mentally wrong with the individual doing it rather then blame an economic system.

Inspector	Posted: Jun 17 2006, 05:01 AM
Night Watchman Group: Admin Posts: 3,209 Member No.: 44 Joined: 8-June 04	Precisely. The reliance of Marxism on the productivity of Capitalism to survive couldn't be more stark. I liken these idiots to the more nutty 'Viro's: if you gave them what they wanted, they'd quickly see they are asking for death. Just a bunch of stupid kids. Or man-children. But too nutritionally deficient to do much harm. Except maybe spread diseases. Ah, but great as an example of how silly and stupid these ideas are when actually practiced. -------------------- I am the night watchman; Obstating Principii while you sleep

HaggisHunter	Posted: Jun 18 2006, 09:11 AM
Premier Whisky Writer Group: Super Moderator Posts: 700 Member No.: 12 Joined: 2-June 04	When I was young, a joke used to go around like this: Joker: Have you ever been caught binraking? Me: No. Joker: Ah, you must be really good at it then. Little did I know that binraking would be intellectualised when I got older. -------------------- Do not lead for I may not follow. Do not follow for I may not lead. Do not walk beside me either just f**k off and leave me alone. If at first you don't succeed, avoid skydiving.

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Posted: Jun 18 2006, 09:56 AM

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QUOTE (HaggisHunter @ Jun 18 2006, 03:11 AM)

Little did I know that binraking would be intellectualised when I got older.

"Intellectualized Binraking"

Count that among the list of words I never thought would be strung together.

Like "Cartoon Death Toll."

I just hope that "President Hillary" isn't one of those.

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