I been watching MJ videos from the 80's and there was still life in the streets.

Joanne98

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:26 AM
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I been watching MJ videos from the 80's and there was still life in the streets.

Compared to now when everything is property values and living things aren't allowed.

The corporations and banks have turned our country into a lifeless shopping mall and it shows.

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Buzz Clik

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:29 AM
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1. Where do you life that has no live in the streets?

Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 08:33 AM by Buzz Clik

That really is sad.

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Joanne98

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:32 AM
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4. As compared to what it used to be. I don't consider consumer activity to be life.

Life as in natural life.

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Buzz Clik

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:36 AM
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7. Lots of natural life where I live.

And exactly how does one live without consumer activity? Even if you live in a grass hut and eat berries and raw squirrel meat, it requires consumer activity.

Sorry to be a stick in the mud, but Michael Jackson doesn't make me pine for anything but a return to sanity, and the 1980s was a bizarre decade.

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MilesColtrane

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:31 AM
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2. Yes, and we all moonwalked to our jobs making parachute pants and leg warmers for the masses.

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fascisthunter

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:31 AM
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3. It's true... the inner city had much more life

Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 08:33 AM by fascisthunter

until it got gentrified, that is here in Boston.

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Joanne98

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:33 AM
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5. Everywhere had more life. Now it's just corporate controlled death.

It's really sickening.

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fascisthunter

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:35 AM
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6. true...the US has become a parking lot

every mall is the same. All chain-stores.... alot of shit in each store.

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The2ndWheel

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:38 AM
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9. Mass produced efficiency

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fascisthunter

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Fri Jun-26-09 09:01 AM
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14. ironically it's become inefficient and wasteful to society

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Buzz Clik

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:38 AM
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8. I just don't get it. Would you mind defining "corporate controlled death"?

I don't know how many here live in the inner city, but every in big city I've seen, the residential areas are always buzzing with activity. Some places are unsafe after dark, but that's because crime is a problem; I don't see that as "corporate death."

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Joanne98

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:48 AM
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10. It's the essence of emptiness. It's everywhere. There's nothing natural

Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 08:53 AM by Joanne98

about human gatherings. People go to work, go to store, go out to eat, go to movies, shop for clothes. Nobody just hangs out anymore. If they do they're considered criminals. It's subtle but in control.

I don't know how to explain it better. I've been seeing it for a long time. It actually started in the eighties. People from the sixties used to complain about the corporate eighties but now they look good. It shows how far we've sunk.

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Fri Jun-26-09 09:06 AM
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15. ROFL

So when everyone comes over for poker Saturday night ( my turn to host ) I'll be sure to explain how odd it is we are "hanging out" - in my garage, with the door open, and the grill going-

Also will tell that to each neighbor I see walking the dog down the alley :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh, and those kids walking home from school who I let pick peaches off my tree. I'll tell them how unnatural that is and how they should be walking like zombies and not noticing the fruit :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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sufrommich

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Fri Jun-26-09 09:09 AM
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16. Plenty of life in my neighborhood. People working in their

yards,kids playing outside,old people out for a walk. Sounds like you live in a depressing place.

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Joanne98

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:50 AM
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11. It's been interesting watching the discussions Americans are having about Iran.

We would have NEVER been allowed to gather like that. If you're not in the act of consuming something you have to stay home.

This county is a corpse.

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rockymountaindem

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:53 AM
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12. Yeah, like that time the Army opened fire on the Million Man March

:sarcasm:

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LeftinOH

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:59 AM
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13. There weren't as many cable TV stations back then; less crap to watch.

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