A Perfect World.

[m1469]

*This little light of mine ... I'ma gonna let it shine*

Okay.  So, you are in charge creating all of life.  What are you going to do ?  How's it going to be ?

Thanks,
*This little light of mine ... I'ma gonna let it shine*

[aewanko]

let it rot.

[m1469]

hmmm ... that is your "creation" ?  Let it rot ? 

[gaest]

*This little light of mine ... I'ma gonna let it shine*

What little light, who does it belong to, and why is it so little?

I'd rather have a grandeous light that can slay darkness, not a pitiful light that struggles just to shine. 

Okay.  So, you are in charge creating all of life.  What are you going to do ?  How's it going to be ?

Well, I'd like to say I'd be a dictator and create life that could only obey me... but then I'd probably be vilified by all my other god-like buddies, so to look good I'd grudgingly give my creation free will.  Because it was only grudgingly that I gave them free will, I would most likely be angry and would torment them like a kid with an ant... but then they'd probably become "god-fearing" and worship me even more, which is kind of annoying and counter-productive as far as "free will" goes.  So maybe I'd take a backseat instead and never show my face, you know, sit back and eat popcorn and just watch... except then, they'd just torment each other and end up cynically disillusioned about humanity (or creationity?), and thus turn to me as a source of salvation... which is annoying too, because like I said before, what's the point of creating them with free will if they all end up becoming mindless drones who depend on me for everything?

On the other hand, if I stripped all my creations of negative emotions that could cause them to torment each other, there's even less point.  Who wants to see a bunch of creations running around all happy and singing and dancing all the time?  And is happiness even possible in the first place if they are capable of no other emotion?  Maybe it's not "happiness," then... instead, it'd just be a bunch of little creations running around acting like they're high all the time, which could get even more annoying than the two scenarios up above.  Just considering that gives me a headache.

In the end, it's all rather a huge waste of effort.  Speaking as the introvert I am, I'd almost rather keep the peace of an existence without creations.

Although if I get annoyed I could always wipe the slate clean and start again.

[maul]

m1469 definitely consumes illegal substances.

[thalbergmad]

She keeps posting the same sentence.

Either on drugs or maybe infected by some tambo bangers.

Thal

[communist]

a perfect world is a communism

[m1469]

What little light, who does it belong to, and why is it so little?

Oh, you know ... *this* one ... *points to tummy*  ... it's in there somewhere .  I don't know why it's so little.  I think it's not actually little, I think actually it's huge, but right now it just only peeks up over the mountain ridge in the east.

I'd rather have a grandeous light that can slay darkness, not a pitiful light that struggles just to shine.

 

All in good time .

[Bob]

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[thalbergmad]

Sounds like Foxy is gonna have cubs

[Derek]

a perfect world is a communism

you'd have to make the perfect world inhabited by perfect people for that to be the case...so is that what you'd do? Create perfect people who never falter and who have no flaws?  It is a very interesting question....one that I don't think I'm really prepared to answer...

[Bob]

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[m1469]

Sounds like Foxy is gonna have cubs

No 

Bob's basic plan for creation : Delegate !

[Bob]

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[gaest]

Huh?  Delegate?   But then the underlings have to be competent enough too.   They have to have some incentive to do your work for you. 

The promise of eternal salvation?

[pianowolfi]

Okay.  So, you are in charge creating all of life.  What are you going to do ?  How's it going to be ?

I think, differently than some of the posters before, that creation and creativeness have actually nothing to do with power. A god, if he/she exists, I do imagine not as a powerful but as a loving being that creates out of love and not because he/she wants to be mighty. How that practically works is a mystery though, to me. As long as I feel that I am not able to be a responsible and loving creator, I would rather not create a world or any beings. And, I would *ask* them "first" *IF* they really want to be created, if that makes sense. Because, after all, I miss this element in the current creation. Who of us has been asked if he/she wants to be created?

[Bob]

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[pianochick93]

If I created a perfect world, chivalry would definately be present, as well as common sense, manners, morals (though not too many of them, then it would be boring). People that do crazy stuff with cars would not be allowed, nor would people who didn't have a respect and tolerance for most styles of music. If they don't like it, that's fine, but everybody else doesn't need to suffer their complaints.

Also in my little perfect world, animals would not be harmed unnecessarily (food is necessary, I'm not going to go vegetarian on you), and cats would rule!!!

Things would be as they were in the courts of the middle ages, beautiful dresses, handsome men (yes I know not all of them were handsome), chivalry and courtesy...but without the diseases and poor living conditions. People would earn what they deserved to, and there wouldnt be taxes. (after all, if I was to create it, I could create enough money for people to do what they needed to do, for the people and the governments.

There would be no third world countries, or starvation, or famine. Though once in a while there would have to be something to lower the population rate. Perhaps a few national disasters.

Visible body piercings would be limited to ears (up to 2), nose (if you really must) and bellybutton (again, if you really must)
No tongue, lip, or eyebrow peircings, they are just stupid.

I'm not sure what else I can write...but the whole middle ages thing comes from a childhood desire from wanting to be a well-born lady of the middle ages. Though I should probably add that people should be free to marry who they want to, regardless of gender.

[ahinton]

One in which performance/broadcast royalties get paid within three months of the event, perhaps? Er - maybe not; that's not so much a perfect world as a mere fantasy one...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Things would be as they were in the courts of the middle ages, beautiful dresses, handsome men (yes I know not all of them were handsome), chivalry and courtesy...but without the diseases and poor living conditions.

Yes, i would have liked to have lived in Medieval England, but it would have been too early for pianos, snooker tables & banjos.

At least i could have got a cheap good quality longbow made from local wood and the arrows only cost 3 pence a hundred. In addition, i could have shot as many Scots as i liked and got paid for it.

Sounds pretty good to me.

Thal

[ahinton]

Yes, i would have liked to have lived in Medieval England, but it would have been too early for pianos, snooker tables & banjos.

And too early even for Virginalstreet...

At least i could have got a cheap good quality longbow made from local wood and the arrows only cost 3 pence a hundred.

You don't say what you'd have done in Medieval England in order to earn sufficient funds to ensure sufficient net disposable income after tithes and all the rest of it to be able to afford these things, even at a mere 3 half groats a time.

In addition, i could have shot as many Scots as i liked and got paid for it.

Sounds pretty good to me.

Or more likely you could have shot at as many Scots as you liked and missed - and don't forget that, in those days, you'd have had to take up residence somewhere in the vicinity of Hadrianopolis in order even to attempt this, since in those far-off days there were very few Scots immigrants in Gravesend. Anyway, do remember this when next you visit a Scottish island, won't you?...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

and don't forget that, in those days, you'd have had to take up residence somewhere in the vicinity of Hadrianopolis in order even to attempt this, since in those far-off days there were very few Scots immigrants in Gravesend.

The Scots Army once got as far as Derby before being defeated by a far superior force, so I would not have to have gone that far.

Archers were very well paid, so disposable income should not have been a problem.

My next visit to a Scottish Island could include another attempt to shoot an arrow from the Scarista Guest house, into the sea. The last attempt failed by a few yards.

Thal

[pianochick93]

Or more likely you could have shot at as many Scots as you liked and missed
Best,

Scots can't be that hard to hit, especially from a close distance. Hide in a tree, one walks underneath you, shoot it. If they were wearing a helm of some kind, it may be a little more difficult than that, bt in the Middle Ages, they had armour piercing arrows, so that would be alright.

Not that I'd want to shoot one though, they have awesome accents. English people do as well, but not quite as awesome.

[thalbergmad]

in the Middle Ages, they had armour piercing arrows, so that would be alright.

Indeed they did. I am having some replicas made so i will need a suitable target.

Thal

[ahinton]

The Scots Army once got as far as Derby before being defeated by a far superior force, so I would not have to have gone that far.

Well, even certrain Scots can surely be forgiven for making misjudgements; why might they have wanted to go to Derby, one may wonder?

Archers were very well paid, so disposable income should not have been a problem.

The success and longevity of a so-called "classic" English soap might suggest that they still are being well paid, yet notwithstanding this fact there can be no successful (or even unsuccessful) Archers without Bowyers - so please don't forget to come along to Glasgow University Memorial Chapel to hear the Master Bowyer of all time play my Pansophić for John Ogdon and the first (and by far the shortest) movement of Sorabji's Second Organ Symphony on the evening of 3 February next...

My next visit to a Scottish Island could include another attempt to shoot an arrow from the Scarista Guest house, into the sea. The last attempt failed by a few yards.

This rather reminds me of my remark anent Anthony Payne's splendid orchestral piece Time's Arrow, mindful of which I once observed

I shot Time's Arrow into the air
It fell to the ground
Hit Berkeley
Square.

Best,

Alistair