If you ‘protest to save lives in Gaza’ by hitting women with sledgehammers, I am very, very relaxed about you going to prison for hopefully many years.
@ZackPolanski Bloke with a sledgehammer broke a woman’s spine & you’re jubilant??
I sincerely hope you NEVER get close to power of any kind.
You’re dangerous.
In 2016, Yousuke Yukimatsu was diagnosed with brain cancer, on that same day he quit his job as a construction worker to become a DJ.
His Boiler Room set had nearly 9,000,000 views in less than two months.
Determining the meaning of your life by purpose is actually really dangerous
Why?
Because most people think of purpose as something which you're working towards (some ultimate goal)
That's a very dangerous way of framing meaning:
If you never reach it–your life was meaningless
And if you do, the sense of meaning often vanishes once it’s achieved
There is something more important:
Orientation
Purpose can be very egocentric (what I most want to have)
Whereas orientation is reality-centric:
What do I most need to be in order to be in touch with reality?
To be deeply in touch with myself (with other people) and with the world?
I hope I'm wrong.
But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn't even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.
Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.
I didn't feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump's life. If I had to rationalise why I didn't, I guess it's because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.
But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.
Charlie's death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don't pray often. I am praying for them tonight.
But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.
I hope I'm wrong.
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