tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post8954359096923948851..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: You Wanted a Statement, Mr Higham? You Got OneCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-13444121790080161692008-01-07T13:26:00.000-08:002008-01-07T13:26:00.000-08:00Me too! Let's go. Firstly prohibition is the dumba...Me too! Let's go. Firstly prohibition is the dumbarsedest way to control drug use, its ineffective and hypocritical when all the judges and politicians drink alcohol and their wages are paid by the huge taxes on alcohol and tobacco and it has never worked. Looked what Prohibition of alcohol did to the US, created a lot of criminals that's all. So you may have committed a crime, but not a sin. Secondly, jail is a formative experience, anyone who hasn't been to jail is either too slick to get caught or a mindless robot programmed for obedience. Thirdly, who gives a monkey's (haha) what other people are saying about you if its wrong. You said you didn't like romantically linked blogs "demeaning' I think you said. What is you position on bloggodom slanging matches? Ninthly, where is Phillipino anarchist and is she cute? Viva La Revolution!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-11312517499573010162008-01-07T18:21:00.000-08:002008-01-07T18:21:00.000-08:00Mr. Paul S always has a great take. That's just p...Mr. Paul S always has a great take. That's just part of being him.<br><br>You, likewise, have an angle on things that you go with, one that many people listen to.<br><br>Basically, you have a lot to say and people want to hear it. It's an increasingly held opinion that we are headed toward a critical juncture, and you speak of it with obvious charisma and fervor. This is what people who disagree with you absolutely FEAR, your ability to communicate.<br><br>Oscar Wilde said it best (a rough quote that I'm sure you are familiar with), "the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about at all."<br><br>It's good that you cleared some air with this post, it was probably needed. And if I may, I suggest putting a permanent link to this post under your profile or somewhere on your sidebar with a heading like "In answer to the whirl wind of rumors about this blogger" or "the hottest winds blow around the eye of the storm" or something of the like. You are original, I'm sure you could think of something.<br><br>That way you can always refer people to it, and yet do the greatest damage of all: not talking about this guy, as it would probably break his heart.<br><br>He's a frustrated politician. That could also be said of you or me or a thousand and ten thousand more other bloggers. But you are at your best when talking about what is in your heart and on your mind, instead of what is on another's agenda.<br><br>And what is he doing? Not talking about himself or his own issues--instead, he's talking about you and your subjects of discussion. Politics on the only level he can conduct them. <br><br>You are on his mind, so he blogs about you. <br><br>Let it end with him blowing hot wind. Keep this post near and direct people to it so they can see what the noise is about and that you have credibility, the kind of credibility that only comes through trial and tribulation at the hands of this system that we live under.<br>----------------<br>I've been subject to judgment by my own laws in regards to drug use, so I completely understand where you've been and what you have seen. And it is a shame that they act harsher toward one who alters their own body chemistry than they do at truly sick people who commit crimes against children. That twisted bit of irony has not escaped me, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-41834417971727258612008-01-08T03:10:00.000-08:002008-01-08T03:10:00.000-08:00I have always thought that you wrote about things ...I have always thought that you wrote about things you thought important in a simple and direct way and I enjoy reading what you have to say, even when I do not agree. <br><br>I did know about the conviction of course and it did not bother me particularly. Its really none of my business, though you have written about prison here in a extremely clear and harrowing way and I have learned from that. <br><br>I hope you will continue to write your blog...and will put this row behind you..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-82850990266577807002008-01-08T03:28:00.000-08:002008-01-08T03:28:00.000-08:00Do they not do anything to help rehabilitate you b...Do they not do anything to help rehabilitate you back into the world?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-49448115365084416342008-01-08T06:17:00.000-08:002008-01-08T06:17:00.000-08:00Like Mutley I do not care about your conviction. Y...Like Mutley I do not care about your conviction. You've paid what you owe and learned much along the way. It may sound flippant of me to say but your time was not wasted in prison.<br><br>You sound tired, Ingsoc.<br><br>Learn to let things go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-16207298116122900072008-01-08T07:29:00.000-08:002008-01-08T07:29:00.000-08:00Lot of words but your own quotes condemn you. Fac...Lot of words but your own quotes condemn you. Facta are pesky things. Still, you won the first battle. Now let's see what happens next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-53954789698399159022008-01-08T08:33:00.000-08:002008-01-08T08:33:00.000-08:00I don't know about that revolution people are too ...I don't know about that revolution people are too selfish evil nasty trecherous etc ever to drop those vices you speak of<br><br>it always amazed me how the people who were most uptight tended to go the most mentalistly hugsome on E<br><br>let the E wear off and they're denying they said any of those things<br><br>as for prison everyone I know except me seems to have been in there it is the big reason why I didn't go for a career in shoplifting I couldn't bear to be parted from my drugs even for 12 hours let alone 12 months<br><br>i think i know what your name means "crushed by ingsoc" nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-26398561467737260022008-01-08T08:37:00.000-08:002008-01-08T08:37:00.000-08:00I have read your post and it seems all rather sad....I have read your post and it seems all rather sad. You sound very angry and mixed up. <br><br>I don't know how old you are, but to have feelings for a blog, cannot be anything like a father towards his child...How can they be?? And as for your grandmother not knowing your number or where you are seems rather strange to me.. <br><br>I think you need to stop blaming the "woman" all she did was to be there for you and listen, also being on the end of the phone is "real life" just because you cannot see a person doesn;t mean they don;t exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-10358040100056480542008-01-08T11:16:00.000-08:002008-01-08T11:16:00.000-08:00Paul- My argument on prohibition of drugs. If all ...Paul- My argument on prohibition of drugs. If all drugs were treated as alcohol is, my criminal record consists of a caution for saying the 'f' word to a police officer as a student.<br><br>No, I never saw it as a sin, and I agree what you say about it being a formative experience.<br><br>Oddly, getting through it is one of the things in my life I'm most proud of.<br><br>Http://klitorika.blogspot.com. It's in tagalog, so I don't understand it, but I operate a reciprocal links policy. God knows how she found this blog.<br><br>I actually with the bits of it I understand for the most part.<br><br>Eric- 'This is what people who disagree with you absolutely FEAR, your ability to communicate.' In this case, I think so.<br><br>I'm a mixture betwen Jim Jones and Charles Manson apparently.<br><br>But yes, a lot of what I believe is because of what I've seen. I learned to stop walking round with my eyes shut.<br><br>Mutley- Well, that's what I aim to do. Strip the mystique from thing, look at what's actually happening and show MY conclusion. It's then up to others to offer their conclusions.<br><br>Prisin is no good. It's an evil system, and you have to be in it to see how nasty it is. When you actually look at the concept, it really is primarily based on the idea of punishment, eye for an eye.<br><br>It ruins lives, it breaks people up and turns people out either broken shells or permanent recidivists.<br><br>Yes, I will still continue to blog. <br><br>Oestrebunny- Not a lot. And I wasn't exactly a priority. University degree, good CV, graded by the resettlement office as Minimum risk of reoffending, high emplyment prospects.<br><br>I was one of those who was dropped from probation supervision early.<br><br>The World Cup was my rehabilitation :)<br><br>E-K- I don't think it was either. I got really interested in a lot of things, and my study of human power matrices is a lot of it based on watching how they naturally create themselves in such an environment. Believe it or not, I really studied human interaction on the wing.<br><br>James- Well, I'm always going to be condemned in your eyes, because of the prism you insist on viewing 'facts' through.<br>The Nazis did that with Darwin.<br><br>'First battle'. You see, my point. I'm having debates with people, you're having battles.<br><br>Gledwood- I disagree. This is what people find so hard to grasp about Communism. It didn't work in 1917, because the time wasn't right.<br><br>In OUR state of technicaldevelopment, it BECOMES THE SELFISH OPTION.<br><br>Once the money system collapses, it becomes THE MORE EFFICIENT system, therefore the one which serves all our SELF interest better.<br><br>As for heroin, the gaols are awash with it. It's actually cheaper in there than cannabis, because it's easier to smuggle in.<br><br>Anne- I'm not actually that bitter, really. I'm quite lively socially, in fact, that's an understatement.<br><br>They are in a sense like feelings for a child. I can remeber how I felt, briefly, about the child I never had.<br><br>I've watched my baby grow here, when I count up the hours that have gone into it, it's a lot. It has been a bit like watching a child grow.<br><br>My grandmother doesn't know my number, because if she did, she would ring me several times a week. By not having my number, I have complete control of contact with her. I like to keep it that way. I see her in the home as often as I can, but sometimes it can be a couple of months.<br><br>I was glad that the woman listened. But unfortunately, she didn't react well to my attempts to gain space. Due to time constraints, I couldn't waste an hour an evening listening to her, not if I was to post, visit blogs, and get out of the flat before ten o'clock.<br><br>I guess I thought she would understand, understand why we had to stop contact, but she couldn't and she started using the threat to publish the things I've posted here.<br>I was forced to keep in contact, when I just wanted never to hear from her again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-22531710527304557492008-01-08T12:20:00.000-08:002008-01-08T12:20:00.000-08:00Now I understand so much. I'm so sorry you felt y...Now I understand so much. I'm so sorry you felt you had to write this for us all to see. <br><br>You're proof of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Keep on keeping on. <br>regards<br>jmbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-88788042559194799492008-01-09T03:41:00.000-08:002008-01-09T03:41:00.000-08:00Gosh, Crushed, this post must have been incredibly...Gosh, Crushed, this post must have been incredibly difficult for you to write. I'd gathered before you'd been in prison but I didn't know it had been for so long. All the best people go there!! You have learnt from it and I think reading this will actually help a lot of people. I can understand your feelings about your blog. Dunno about the revolution, though... not in my lifetime , I thinl. but maybe in yours - who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-57907213338263674172008-01-09T06:30:00.000-08:002008-01-09T06:30:00.000-08:00I would just like to thank you for explaining it a...I would just like to thank you for explaining it all to me. Now I think I understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-73718674280590987342008-01-09T12:25:00.000-08:002008-01-09T12:25:00.000-08:00jmb- I often used that quote in there, and I've us...jmb- I often used that quote in there, and I've used a lot since. Generally I found it not wise to talk about Nietzche too much in there. He's not an idea that should be shared with some of those types.<br><br>But certainly, it's a bit like the army. It certainly makes a man of you, if it doesn't break you. And like with ex-soldiers, that will always make you different. You've got through stuff most people never face, and knowing that in yourself, empowers you in a funny kind of way.<br><br>Welshcakes- Needs must, I guess. It was a long time, certainly. Longer than any relationship I've had, longer than the longest I've worked ny place. Longer than I've lived in the sam place since graduation. Two thirds of my time at Uni, which you never forget, all your life.<br><br>At the end of the day, as I used to say in there and most people agreed it was sense 'It's not a game. You can't just wander down to the wing gate and say 'Well, it's been interesting but I think I'll go home now. Not happening. Look at your papers, se when you're going home. Till then, you're doing it, simple as. Get over it.'<br><br>Because if you don't do that, it WILL be hell. But the thing is, you can still have a laugh and joke, play backgammon, word association games, chess, still read, still get caught up in a good film. Life goes on, even in there, and sometimes, you laugh so much even in there, you laugh breathless.<br><br>OOh, and don't you just love it when you can treat yourself to a jar of coffee and a cigar!<br><br>You learn from everything, though what can vary. In this case, some very interesting things indeed.<br><br>Anne- Glad to have been of assistance.<br>The world is never simple and nor are people.<br>That's partly why life is so interesting :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-31951964318467035482008-01-10T13:22:00.000-08:002008-01-10T13:22:00.000-08:00I'm sorry, Crushed. I've never been to prison but ...I'm sorry, Crushed. I've never been to prison but I know it must be a miserable experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-9823964331168697782008-01-11T00:52:00.000-08:002008-01-11T00:52:00.000-08:00I feel like I need to take a few deep breaths afte...I feel like I need to take a few deep breaths after reading that.<br>Thanks for having the courage to open up. I know that all of this drama has forced you to open up about a lot, probably a lot more than you would have chosen if gotten the opportunity.<br><br>I admire the fact that after having your name raked in the mud, you open up to your faults, and keep on, because you truly believe in what you're saying. And even if I, or others, don't always agree in the content, that conviction is something to be admire, and no one can take that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-53608302587818718402008-01-11T01:19:00.000-08:002008-01-11T01:19:00.000-08:00Okay, after being nosy and reading up further on t...Okay, after being nosy and reading up further on this drama...<br>... why have you never tried to seduce me or recruit me into your cult, Crushed?<br>I feel a little rejected that I haven't even been deemed a suitable minion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com