Email I got

[JMEaT]

I'm sure this has been around for like 3 years now, but I figured I'd post it.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have

taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider

freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,

but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have

bigger houses and smaller families, more

conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees

but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment,

more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but

less wellness.


We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too

recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get

too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read

too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our

values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate

too often.


We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.

We've added years to life not life to years. We've

been all the way to the moon and back, but have

trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.

We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've

done larger things, but not better things.




We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.

We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We

write more, but learn less. We plan more, but

accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to

wait. We build more computers to hold more

information, to produce more copies than ever, but

we communicate less and less.




These are the times of fast foods and slow

digestion, big men and small character, steep

profits and shallow relationships. These are the

days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier

houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick

trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night

stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do

everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a

time when there is much in the showroom window and

nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can

bring this letter to you, and a time when you can

choose either to share this insight, or to just hit

delete.




Remember, spend some time with your loved ones,

because they are not going to be around forever.




Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to

you in awe, because that little person soon will

grow up and leave your side.




Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you,

because that is the only treasure you can give with

your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.




Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and

your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and

an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep

inside of you.




Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for

someday that person will not be there again.



Give time to love, give time to speak,! and give time

to share the precious thoughts in your mind.



AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:



Life is not measured by the number of breaths we

take, but by the moments that take our breath away.



If you don't send this to at least 8 people...

who cares?



George Carlin

[Top Wop]

Seen many different versions of that e-mail, with the top part being the same but the bottom one differing here to there. But regardless, the message is true (the non-changing part).

[Mobius]

and pray too seldom.

Thank Goodness too: the less the better.

We've conquered the atom

ABSOLUTELY FALSE.

We conquered outer space

Maybe in 10,000 years of so.

We write more, but learn less.

Actually, it would be nice if people actually COULD write.

This whole thing is written by an 80 year old neo-luddite who makes about 2 good points in his excessively anti-human diatribe. He craves "The Good Old Days"(tm) where people were GOOD and times were BAD.

Shame the "Good Old Days" actually sucked something fierce, and there's never been a better time to be alive than RIGHT NOW.

[DCrazy]

Let me be the first in this thread to say:

STFU Mobius.

[Fusion pimp]

Mobius,
I suggest praying more rather than less. The more you pray the less you can talk or type. If you don't believe in God, do us all a favor and pretend.

B-

[JMEaT]

Making its appearance for the 1st time in months!



And maybe since I didn't write that, change the quote tag to: "An 80 year old neo-luddite who makes about 2 good points in his excessively anti-human diatribe wrote:"

Kthx.

[Stryker]

Here's a new one for the archives.

[Avder]

[Avder]

Woah Crap

[Avder]

triple post over a quarter hour period?

Thanks, laggy DBB.

[Vertigo 99]

although the email does bring up some very true points that are definitly worth consideration, im going to have to say that mobius's post does have some truth.


i personally would rather not waste my time reading a long, lengthy essay about how corrupt everything around me is.

[Ferno]

Drop the bombastic, 'I'm smarter than you' attitude Mobius.

[BUBBALOU]

Mobius must be single again... has been gone for a while

[Tetrad]

I can't believe you people are actually defending the falsely-attributed tirade in the first post.

[Stryker]

It seems that people are either highly in favor of it, hate it, or just want to post all their "STFU MOBIUS" pics.

[MD-2389]