[2:17
PM] Mr. Brown:
I've
never been able to figure out my past life stuff
[2:17
PM]
Nothing
suggests itself?
You
seem to have a Civil War fixation.
I've
never had one.
[2:19
PM] Mr. Brown:
I
don't know facts as well as others
Little
this little that
[2:19
PM]
You
don't have to know any facts about the time, just feel a strong
affiliation. On the other hand you'd be more inclined to study it
and would probably discover you know a whole lot you assumed everyone
else knew too.
[2:20
PM] Mr. Brown:
I
always pretended to be a warrior for a long time, fighting the good
fight
[2:20
PM]
What
kind?
I'm
a WWI guy
[2:20
PM] Mr. Brown:
I'm
fixated more on Japan
With
swords and such – always with swords
[2:21
PM]
WW2
can be interesting off-hand, but for that period I mostly like the
music and movies...was too young to go or something.
Or
a woman perhaps... Though I've only ever had one solid flash of
that, and it was a medieval thing.
[2:22
PM] Mr. Brown:
The
only general feeling I get is I fought in a lot of battles
I'm
always getting the urge to fight
Most
of my dreams are of me fighting something
[2:26
PM] Mr. Blue:
Hereditary
Napoleon Complex
[2:28
PM] Mr. Brown:
It
would be strange to have multiple past lives be all warriors of some
kind
[2:28
PM]
One
of my unfortunate deaths was in the Napoleonic wars. Bleah
[2:28
PM] Mr. Blue:
WE
are all probably more likely to be descended from cowards and draft
dodgers than heroes.
At
least ancestrally – but I guess that doesn't mean much for
reincarnation.
[2:28
PM]
I've
had several warrior past lives.
On
the other hand I've also had -- and will have in the future -- some
shamans. I've encountered my first and seen a future post-societal
collapse one.
The first one got irritated and asked to me to stop
following him around and interfering. I didn't realize (as shamans)
we could see each other across the ages.
[2:29
PM] Mr. Brown:
I
was going to join the army then decided not too based on health
[2:30
PM] Mr. Blue:
I
didn't join because I didn't wanna die in Afghanistan
[2:30
PM] Mr. Brown:
I
wanted to be a sniper
I
still have this gut feeling that I should have joined and done
something
Like
it does not feel right that I did not go
[2:31
PM] Mr. Blue:
You
still can
[2:31
PM] Mr. Brown:
With
my health now?
No
Not
going to try
[2:32
PM]
Problem
with my pasts are they're not particularly important to me.
I
mean...there were critical events that affect me now.
I
was a Catholic priest in Ireland for instance
Martyred
to Vikings for the sake of protecting "ceremonial junk" (as
I later called it).
I
revisited the scene during a shamanic training exercise.
Left
me in a raging despair.
When
we reconvened I went back and changed it. I packed all the church
treasures in a box, marched it to the ship and put it in with my own
hands.
“They're
just things! We can get more things! And when they
come back we'll give them those too!”
Everyone
(most of whom survived because of it) hated me.
I
felt better immediately
[2:35
PM] Mr. Brown:
I
have a pretty high level of Scandinavian DNA
LOL
[2:35
PM]
You
probably took the box, ya Norse bastard
[2:36
PM] Mr. Brown:
Ahaha!
[11:36
AM] Mr. Brown:
We
talked a lot about freedom of speech yesterday, Mr. Silver.
[11:38
AM]
What
about Free Speech?
[11:38
AM] Mr. Blue:
"It's
good" was the consensus
[11:38
AM] Mr. Brown:
The
fact that people don't understand what free speech is
Talking
about all the protesters and how other countries control speech
Like controlling hate speech
[11:41
AM] Mr. Blue:
And
subsequent Supreme Court rulings
[11:46
AM]
I
think the conveniently forgotten key to Free Speech is that merely
the US Government agrees it won't stop you from saying what
you want.
It
also doesn't mean you won't get in trouble for it.
Or
that more localized governments...or mobs...can handle it like they
choose
[11:49
AM] Mr. Blue:
That's
what we discussed
There's
no freedom from consequences of your speech - like getting fired
And
also your freedom of speech doesn't extend to private companies like
Facebook
[11:49
AM]
The
Bill of Rights is often remembered as a little kid would learn it in
low elementary grades – as truncated, easy to remember lines.
And
that sticks.
Which
is why so many people think they have the Right To Bear Arms
Which
they don't
[11:50
AM] Mr. Blue:
What
do you mean about guns?
[11:57
AM]
If
you read the text, there's no disputing its referring to communities
forming their own armed security forces.
It
has nothing to do with private citizens owning guns
[11:58
AM] Mr. Brown:
Right.
I have the right to bear arms to protect my community.
[11:59
AM]
You
can do that now.
This
“Right” refers to forming a paramilitary group
It
means a town can field an armed militia if they want and the federal
government can't say no.
[12:00
PM] Mr. Brown:
Isn't
there another one that still kinda protects having your own guns
though?
[12:00
PM]
No.
Nothing else about it until you look at state constitutions.
A
lot of the "US CONSTITUTION!!!" NRA propaganda misquotes
that make the rounds online are from state constitutions.
[12:00
PM] Mr. Blue:
“A
well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free
state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed.”
Exact
words
It
does seem to be referencing militias and not individuals.
[12:00
PM]
Seem? There's
no doubt at all that it is.
[12:01
PM] Mr. Blue:
I
think they were okay with individuals bearing arms.
Not
just *only* militias bearing arms
[12:01
PM]
Of
course they were ok with it.
But
one household with some muskets for hunting, pest control and
protection isn't the same as 30 armed guys with an objective.
There
was no law about gun ownership for people until...like...the 1950s
That's
when the current fake interpretation came up.
Bear
Arms is more dated than No Quartering, and nobody talks about No
Quartering.
[12:04
PM] Mr. Blue:
Ah
the 1950s. I see. Just when people could make a boatload of money
on army surplus weapons
[12:04
PM] Mr. Brown:
Most
men of the time when the thing was written already had a gun. So
yeah.
[12:05
PM] Mr. Blue:
A
musket that shot once every 20-30 seconds in kind of … a general
direction.
[12:06
PM]
Broad
side of barn if at 50 yards and the gun was low quality, yes.
[12:06
PM] Mr. Blue:
And
was probably only slightly less likely to kill the operator than
whatever he was aiming at
[12:06
PM]
"Ready?
Point! Shoot over that direction!!!"
[12:07
PM] Mr. Blue:
That's
why they all just stood in a line and fired...concentrated target
area to hit something in even if you didn't get what you aimed at.
[12:07
PM] Mr. Brown:
Well
it was a civilized way.
[12:07
PM]
I
suppose. It's undignified and cowardly to run around and “hide”,
especially in a very nice and expensive uniform.
[12:08
PM] Mr. Blue:
Wasn't
the Revolutionary War one of the first times that more guerilla
tactics were used? With guns at least
I
think the colonists liked to ambush and hide behind trees and stuff
which was foreign to the British
[12:16
PM]
Nah,
that kind of thing is ancient, it just wasn't what a proper army did
in the period.
The
French and Indian War wasn't that long before the Revolution.
The
more outnumbered irregular team used native ambush tactics.
So...we did too.
The
British knew all about it but didn't learn from it in either case.
[12:19
PM] Mr. Blue:
I'm
going to start a political party to return America back to Britain as
a colony
"Taxation
WITHOUT Representation!"
[12:32
PM]
“Royalists
for Colonialism!”
[9:15
AM]
So,
as promised, I went home and looked up this for y'all right away -
https://aeon.co/essays/thinking-positive-is-a-surprisingly-risky-manoeuvre
[9:22
AM] Mr. Brown:
You
know my secret? I'm always anxious.
Kinda
like Bruce Banner's “I'm always angry”.
[9:24
AM]
Brown
Hulk SMASH unsettling situations!
[9:25
AM] Mr. Brown:
I
always think of everything that can go wrong
[9:25
AM] Mr. McGreen:
Me
too - I live by Murphy's Law
[9:27
AM] Mr. Brown:
I
actually used to have a short fuse.
Every
now and then I let it slip
[9:28
AM]
"Mr.
Hulk..."
"Just
HULK! Dad Mr. HULK!"
"Fine.
So, Hulk, the point of this exercise was to write up the 4 sections
to help you articulate your goals, fears, obstacles..."
"Hulk
SMASH task!"
"Well,
yes. But all 4 categories just say 'Hulk Smash'."
"Hulk
SMASH is ALL FOUR! Goal! Fear! Obstacle! Strategy!"
"Oh...Oh
I see. I guess that makes sense. Well done!"
[9:29
AM] Mr. Brown:
"If
thing happen – Hulk smash."
"If other thing happen – Hulk smash."
"Hulk
very happily...unhappy..."
This
is kinda like – if you stand there and look at the whole task in
front of you then you are overwhelmed and don't complete it. But if
you just say “OK I'll do this, then this, and start”, you get it
done fast.
Also
if you get the reward at the beginning you have nothing to work
towards.
There
is a healthy amount of anxiety. People that have it do better.
(Later...
- Mr. Silver)
[10:11
AM] Mr. Brown:
I
CAN'T BELEIVE I HAVE THIS LADY!!!
She
call cause she can't type capital letters!
[10:17
AM]
Brown
Hulk SMASH waste of IT Dept. Call!
Brown
Hulk HATE have to write up report of technophobe bullshit!
