What do you think of this?

[otherlander]

I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I carry the wieght of the world of myself alone without anything or any person being able to lighten it... I am abandoned in the world, not in the sense that I might remain abandoned and passive in a hostile universe like a board floating on the water, but rather... engaged in a world for which I bear the whole responsibility without being able, whatever I do, to tear myself away from this responsibility for an instant. For I am responsible for my very desire of fleeing responsibilities. To make myself passive in the world, to refuse to act upon things and upon Others is still to choose myself.
It's from Being and Nothingness. Agree? Disagree? Opinions? Interpretations?

[HopeHoops]

1. "Hell is other people."

From "No Exit".

Life sucks, and so does death.

[Louisiana1976]

2. "Birth. School. Work. Death."

Song by the Godfathers

[otherlander]

4. Hey, c'mon.

Between bouts of paranoia and depression I was able to contribute a fair amount of hours to a wide-spread effort to uproot an entrenched political machine and radically change the operating structure of an entire urban center. That's gotta count for something.
:shrug:

[kayakjohnny]

3. What was that middle part again?

[otherlander]

5. You mean the parts left out between the ...'s?

Here. If you feel like reading more:
http://books.google.com/books?id=pQq9-D0SLm0C&pg=PA196&dq=sartre+%22i+am+without+excuse%22&ei=mn8IS9CZFpPKywSPsfzMDw#v=onepage&q=&f=false

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. kind of zen

I think ....

[otherlander]

8. We are left with the weight of the world...

And I've http://www.everyday-beat.org/ginsberg/poems/song.txt">been told the weight is love.

[Richardo]

7. My understanding of philosophy is rendered in 1:15-1:45 of the following clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woEP6TMmXNA&feature=related

[liberaltrucker]

9. Heavy, dude

Which is to say-I have no fucking idea.

:smoke:


:shrug:

[otherlander]

10. It kind of makes me want to shoot myself.

But, as the gentleman goes on to say, even that would only be one means among others of being-in-the-world and would not absolve me of anything. :crazy: