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   "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
    wrote in message   
   news:e954492e-38c5-451f-af72-aef9723115fd@d24g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...   
   > It's understood that the American Way of Life is practiced at   
   > least by   
   > 90% of the people in America. It's also the way most citizens of   
   > the   
   > world perceive America. Urban Sprawl, SUVs and trashing the   
   > environment are all features of this model, while New York   
   > represents   
   > some social experiment, progressive if you will, where the   
   > quality of   
   > life is better. But you better read on...   
      
      
   New York represents a better quality of life? How is living in an   
   overly dense, human beehive a fucking better quality of life? You   
   are definitely fucked in the head.   
      
   >   
   > On Jul 14, 4:53 pm, Wet Paper Bag   
   >    
   > wrote:   
   >> On Jul 11, 10:34 am, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser   
   >> Philosopher"   
   >>   
   >>  wrote:   
   >> > Sounds familiar? Drivers bitching about bikes. Such is the   
   >> > fate of the   
   >> > little fish in murky waters.   
   >>   
   >> It sounds very familiar Monkey. VERY familiar.   
   >>   
   >> But there is a tick. A flaw. An exaggeration that is so   
   >> ginormous as   
   >> to block the view... there is no way! you want me to believe a   
   >> story   
   >> that starts, once upon a time there was a monkey kayaking in the   
   >> everglades... that would, as you say sound as familiar as   
   >> driving a   
   >> bike in Florida being chased by the agents of Light and Power   
   >> Company.   
   >>   
   >> "Soldier." The other career.   
   >>   
   >> Tim   
   >   
   > Well, things have changed. I'm in New York now and I can't help   
   > but be   
   > inspired by the awesome power of the river running through my   
   > backyard. See, that's why the Indians were happy before the   
   > Europeans   
   > came with their own idea of "civilization." Of course, they   
   > polluted   
   > everything and created obstacles everywhere. The river though is   
   > not   
   > deep enough to do kayaking or anything that you may call   
   > "adventure."   
   > You just sit there, open up your hammock and say, "Nirvana!"   
   >   
   > Going out under your own power is not a smart option since you   
   > share   
   > the road with drivers who may not see you. They are not evil like   
   > in   
   > my hometown, just that there's no space on this winding road.   
   > Blame   
   > the engineers, if you will.   
   >   
   > But the Buddhist monks found around here are smart. They go into   
   > their   
   > retreat and say, "Fuck the world!"   
   >   
   > Perhaps that's the way to go. But New York is beautiful is many   
   > other   
   > ways. I can still say, "I love NY!" without sounding trivial.   
   > They   
   > must be talking about the rest of the country as a weird place.   
   > For   
   > example, I saw no people on my travel by bus from Miami to NYC.   
   > "Where's the people?" A young man from Colombia abandoned his   
   > search   
   > for Utopia in Orlando and came to NYC looking for people, real   
   > people.   
   > He boarded the Greyhound bus and told me that driving two-three   
   > hours   
   > to work is not fun. The problem is not everybody can live in NYC.   
   >   
   > Many people though still think that Disney is the real world and   
   > that   
   > Mickey Mouse is just another character just like the   
   > TibetanMonkey.   
   >   
   > CORRECTION: Some garbage bags run down the river on occasion,   
   > according to a man no less wise than me. Such is the reality of   
   > life   
   > that I care about. But I can not say that "My community is full   
   > of   
   > shit" as I used to say in my community. These are signs of   
   > trouble,   
   > though. Are the Tibetan monks sending these bags down the river?   
   >   
   > But if they did so they would avoid driving two miles to dump the   
   > trash, saving gas in the process, proving that everything is   
   > related   
   > and nobody can escape reality. We can only choose to go with the   
   > flow   
   > or against the flow. And such is my humble proposal. I mean, my   
   > proposal is that we sometimes must go against the flow and find a   
   > solution.   
   >   
   > The question is, "Is the water potable or not?" If it's not some   
   > bottling company is making money by you deciding to buy bottled   
   > water   
   > and another for dumping the bottle, all part of a "throw away   
   > society." But in NY they charge you for the container --and then   
   > they   
   > buy it back-- so the trash is not lying around.   
   >   
   > And that's important if we are talking about quality of life.   
   >   
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