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Without doubt Yadda. Who wouldn't jump on a good idea?
Before the days of patents, the idea was most probably usurped leaving the originator with little or no credit.
The focus of the inventer may or may not have been to outdo his/her peers. I'd say not.

The point is: There is a difference between those who focus on making themselves a person of importance to those who focus on what is important.

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Hmm.. I reckon it most probably originated in China by the first ever hoon named Long Wee Lee.

Amadd wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2013 at 9:37pm:





Every last one of us is defeated by our nature, to some degree.

We are all [to some degree] defeated by our passions, and by [our 'love' of] 'the world'.

It could be said that;
Though [in this life] we may come to possess many things, it is our possessions which possess us [...and make us the slaves].

And yet, in the wider measure of the struggle against our baser nature, we find that the expression of the measure of that 'struggle' is surely another normal distribution curve.
i.e.
most of us give up 'the struggle', but some of us continue to seek to improve ourselves - against our nature.
but after our 'surrender', most of us do not spend a single moment to consider the implications [upon us] of our 'bondage'.


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We are all defeated by our 'care', for what the temporal world can 'give' us.

But imo, to be aware that we are defeated by the world, can be regarded in itself as a small personal victory.

Our love of the temporal, is a vanity [i.e. foolishness].

To come to that knowledge is at least something, imo.



Dictionary;
temporal = =
1 of or relating to time.
2 relating to worldly affairs; secular.

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In a way I suppose it is a fixed game.

Everybody has to rise above their fears and their "Coonbies"(Coonbe fkuced that is) at least to some extent.
For some, just holding a spider on their palm is facing their greatest fear, for others it's something else.

As a kid I used to have regular nightmares about being in an air disaster, but it didn't stop me from getting on planes, and now I love flying them myself.
I hope it's not a self-fulfilling prophecy 
But still, there's many more fears which I haven't faced.

You might say that facing your fears is going against your nature. Or is it?
Most especially for young blokes 18-25, it's completely natural...it's in the genes you might say. We may not have survived as a species if this weren't so.

So what made us like this in the first place? Was it God, or did we survive because of the random chance of how our species just happened to develop?

I already know your answer and I think you know mine 

muso wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 6:48pm:




The evil of manipulation of man[kind], by religion/priests,    ...according to muso.

Yes ?




Are you going to write a treatise muso ???             

The current predicament of postmodernity.

It would be interesting to see if 'genetically modified humans' would lead to a culture of vigour and vitality. I have my reservations because 'experience' is key tool in a noble life. Being genetically modified might prepare you for overcoming hardship and pain, but you need the actual physical/mental experience of struggle to enhance your resistance to pain and hardship. Being simply genetically prepared you wouldn't have a wealth of experience to draw on. So, the socio-political climate needs to be one of high tension and resistance.