Burning Bridges and Accepting the Loss
August 21st 2011 01:21
Lemongrass and Ginger can be very therapeutic, when consumed at the right time and place. So can adapting to the herd mentality of criminal opportunism, as long as everyone else is doing it.
It can be almost too easy to compare the 2011 London riots to the same place and political persuasion of the 1980's version thereof. Hey maybe its just a case of the kids aspiring to take a similar rite of passage as their parents. The older generation would say the code of conduct was "Smash the State." The younger seem to have a new code, something more street level.
Accepting the breakdown in class communication has led to a great loss of opportunity and hope for the lower rungs of society, and the practice of giving as good as you get was demonstrated with aptitude by the 2011 rioters. Yet to consider it happening at street level, knowing the character of the players, the middle and upper echalons might question the intentions.
"Mother****er do I owe you something?"
On the flipside, the same question could be asked to BIG time companies, the types to accept your payment for the platform to release original music - and somehow get a response saying "Give" again. iTunes receipts could be mistaken for charity donations, although unfortunately we cannot claim it on tax.
In this case, it was I who burnt the bridge and accepted the loss. We all find ourselves in such a situation at times, and there is always a question of intent when the big boys are providing the spark, and pointing at the person giving it oxygen.
We know its childish to play the blame game, so the breakdown in connections and community is met with silent gravity. And when the receiving end of the stick becomes too long, somewhere along the line it will have to be shortened again. Humanity is like a pendulum. Maybe I should use one for the next recording session
It can be almost too easy to compare the 2011 London riots to the same place and political persuasion of the 1980's version thereof. Hey maybe its just a case of the kids aspiring to take a similar rite of passage as their parents. The older generation would say the code of conduct was "Smash the State." The younger seem to have a new code, something more street level.
Accepting the breakdown in class communication has led to a great loss of opportunity and hope for the lower rungs of society, and the practice of giving as good as you get was demonstrated with aptitude by the 2011 rioters. Yet to consider it happening at street level, knowing the character of the players, the middle and upper echalons might question the intentions.
"Mother****er do I owe you something?"
On the flipside, the same question could be asked to BIG time companies, the types to accept your payment for the platform to release original music - and somehow get a response saying "Give" again. iTunes receipts could be mistaken for charity donations, although unfortunately we cannot claim it on tax.
In this case, it was I who burnt the bridge and accepted the loss. We all find ourselves in such a situation at times, and there is always a question of intent when the big boys are providing the spark, and pointing at the person giving it oxygen.
We know its childish to play the blame game, so the breakdown in connections and community is met with silent gravity. And when the receiving end of the stick becomes too long, somewhere along the line it will have to be shortened again. Humanity is like a pendulum. Maybe I should use one for the next recording session
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