A question about speaking engagements

[Anonymous]

::  did phasers do speaking engagements at public schools when the "program" was called straight inc?  ::

[Anonymous]

yes, several.

[linchpin]

I even got suckered into doing some telathon interview in 1988..to raise money for straight..
 What the fuck did they need to do fundraisers for anyway? Its not like any kids got charity rides thru that place..
 " Sorry maam, if you want help for lil Johnny, need to re mortgage that house..or something" ~Grin~

[Anonymous]

i spoke at all of the health classes in my high school, even in front of people i had partied with. i look back and think it is pretty odd.

[Dr Fucktard]

Suckers.....  :rofl:

[Anonymous]

:roll:

[starry-eyed pirate]

Yeah...ummm... can I talk about this one time when I was in group an' I was on 5th phase and some staff-member came into the big warehouse group-room, you know, the one with the square tile, linoleum floors, the white cinder block walls and all the red and black propaganda on the walls ??  Well there was an announcement for the group to motivate, to nominate higher phasers to go to participate somehow in some local tv talk show like 'D.C. This Mornin' or sum'fin'.  I didn't want to be be nominated.  I shied away from all publicity while I was in $tr8.  I was humilliated enough just in front of myself and all the strangers around me.  I didn't have no so-called 'druggie' friends in the program.  When Princess Diana and that other bitch came to Springfield they asked: "who doesn't want to be on tv ??" and only a few of us raised our hands.  Those of us who did were moved to the back of group for the Royal Open Meeting.

So anyway someone nominated me to go to the damn fruckin' lame tv show and I had to act like I was into it or somethin' 'cause it was all I could do at the time.  To decline would have brought suspicion upon myself.  There were a bunch of 5th phasers maybe some 4th phasers on the bus ride to the tv studio.  Someone was crankin' Bad Co. on a boom box.  When we all got there and got off the bus we went into the studio.  I sat in the audience and managed to lay low while I watched my comrades take the stage and answer questions.

We have been sacrificed to the beast...

We are stardust, We are golden, We are caught in the Devil's bargain...My goal in life is to be free from all attachment, to be aware of all unknown influence...sometimes I ask myself: "Now...what would I do if I were the only one on the planet ??"  $tr8 tried to create attachments to snare me in.  But I was already hip to their tricks long before they knew my name.  Well I guess that's pretty general...really there is no division between the authority of the public school system and the authority in $tr8.  The former is an acculturation center, similar to a religious institution in many ways, such as the indoctrinating of yout'ful minds into a particular world view, full of prejudice and delusion.  The latter being a re-acculturation center designed to catch all those children with strong willed and independent open minds and blackmail them into submission, until they close.  And make them assimilate even against their will. Make them assimilate the world views and prejudices of the greater society.  The source of the power of the public schools and $tr8 is the same.  Society is a prison.  The prison is on the outside too.  

Actually, my experience in $tr8, painful and fucked up and sick and unjust as it was has helped me to see more clearly and understand more accurately the dynamics and the power structure of this society.  I see it's real values and I am not fooled by their shape-shifting decpceptions and how sick and depraved the whole society really is.  I see how they pervert the meanings of words and grammar and manipulate and brainwash ever'one.  

Orwell.  

Sting is right, '...with words they try to jail ya.'  Fuckin beautiful.  Ever'tin' is a lie.  Whatever they say, suspect the opposite of bein' closer to the truth.  None but ourselves can free our minds.  Fuck $tr8 !!! Fuck all authority !!!  We know what we need to know.  I have become a seer.

::bandit::  ::bandit::  ::bandit::

And R.Y. an Webcra'ler, where's my punk ??   ::stab::     [ This Message was edited by: starry-eyed pirate on 2006-05-15 10:15 ]

[Anonymous]

yes indeed SEP yes indeed. What happens to those of us whose minds are unwillingly trapped in group all these years later? Do we not have control? When and where shall it come?

[teachback]

The source of their power is the same. Society is a prison. The prison is on the outside too.

"We're all our own prisons, we are each all our own wardens and we all do our own time."

"You've drugged me for years, dragging me up and down prison hallways, laying my head on every chopping block you've got, chained me, burnt me, but you cannot defeat me. In all that was said about me, it was not me saying it, and if you see a false prophet, it is only a reflection of your own judgments."  

-Charles Manson

[teachback]

Actually, my experience in $tr8, painful and fucked up and sick and unjust as it was has helped me to see more clearly and understand more accurately the dynamics and the power structure of this society. I see it's real values and I am not fooled by their shape-shifting decpceptions and how sick and depraved the whole society really is. I see how they pervert the meanings of words and grammar and manipulate and brainwash ever'one.

Hmm...take the word "addiction" for instance..

[starry-eyed pirate]

unh-huh.  How I love a good question... but what are the answers ??  

I think that there is a path for each of us, and that society's disease and the one that thay gave us in $tr8,in particular, even in it's mutated forms is in the failure to recognize that each individual has his/her own path to wander in order to get where they are going.  People are part of nature and part of the universe.  We grow as the plants and the animals grow.  We must as individuals be allowed to grow according to our natures.  As long as I'm not hurting someone else I should be left alone to smoke  my ganja and/or get drunk and do fat lines of coke off a womans inner thigh, etc.  ::dove::

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If you would have justice in this world, then begin to see that a human being is not a means to some end.  People are not commodities.  When human beings are just to one another government becomes obsolete and real freedom is born; SPIRITUAL ANARCHY.[ This Message was edited by: starry-eyed pirate on 2006-05-15 10:52 ]

[starry-eyed pirate]

On 2006-05-15 10:21:00, Frank Discussion wrote:

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The source of their power is the same. Society is a prison. The prison is on the outside too.

"We're all our own prisons, we are each all our own wardens and we all do our own time."



"You've drugged me for years, dragging me up and down prison hallways, laying my head on every chopping block you've got, chained me, burnt me, but you cannot defeat me. In all that was said about me, it was not me saying it, and if you see a false prophet, it is only a reflection of your own judgments."  



-Charles Manson"

Very interesting, Frank.  You seem to have an interest in Manson.  I believe I recall that you posted something about him before.  I am interested in his observations of the system.  These are interesting quotes.

[starry-eyed pirate]

On 2006-05-15 10:22:00, Frank Discussion wrote:

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Actually, my experience in $tr8, painful and fucked up and sick and unjust as it was has helped me to see more clearly and understand more accurately the dynamics and the power structure of this society. I see it's real values and I am not fooled by their shape-shifting decpceptions and how sick and depraved the whole society really is. I see how they pervert the meanings of words and grammar and manipulate and brainwash ever'one.

Hmm...take the word "addiction" for instance.."

What do you mean ??  Could you be more specific ?? :lol: I'm so fucked up!

[teachback]

We sometimes stretch the true meaning. An example: Does daily use of mj constitute addiction? To me, addiction is defined by the physical need for a substance. The rest of it (psychological aspects) could be chalked up to a bad habit (so to speak) but not what I would call addiction in the true sense of the word.

[Kurt Rejoinder]

I agree, Frank, the word "addiction" is tossed about so much it almost has no meaning whatsoever.  Personally, I think it refers to a physical need for a substance in order for the body to maintain homeostasis.  Any other use of the word, I believe, cheapens its meaning and definition.