http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/should-poetry-be-open-source/
http://www.sbpoet.com/poem_dancing/index.html
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-copyleft.html
http://ma.tt/2007/08/open-source-poetry/
http://opensourcepoetry.org/
Part I: Collapse
1. Deadly Sharing
The horror
How could it be described in any other way?
The original poem slowly being stripped away
In the name of Sharing!
2. Angst
Watching death
Slowly unfold
My creation
To be sold
Wretched apart for the masses to hold
3. Unimaginable must close-eyes
Open source horror
This monster that started out right
turns left, turns right
As only a blight
Terror! In the hands of many
4. A shell of greatness
And as the winds die down
Fragments of the true work rebound
Shaint as a shallow wind
They're ghosts
As an imagination of themself
5. Abyss
Lost, lost to the crowd
Genius dead, this we dread
Recognition lost
6. Curtain
And so it ends
Part II: Playful Child
1. Up
Heavenly stare
Joy glare
Holy batman!
2. Wow
Disrupted from my sleeping
I see a crowd peeping
We're part of a band
of joyous rogues
3. Premature interruption
We're sleeping, we're peeping
and oh-my-god we're leaping
IF ONLY THE AUTHORS WEREN'T SUCH PRICKS!
They're such intolerable dicks!
4. Excuses?
We just took a step this way,
took a step that way
And tip-toed the rest of the
way,
it's not as if our mission was to slay...
5. Ignoring
We're dancing,
we're prancing,
and oh-my-gosh we're laughing
It's such a joyous time to have
fun with others and rhyme!...
6. Rebuttal
But it can't last,
but it can't last...
Part III: Crash
1. Military
Copyright, copyright!
Wrong, wrong!
Left, left?
2. Drums
The marching band plays its
drums (expecting a payment)
For the writers who need to
be paid
The amateurs have not given their
dues
They need to be slayed
3. Phh. Amateurs
The amateurs are in "fair use"?
But why are the writers not paid?
Amateurs!
4. Lack of scope
You take without realizing!
You take without effect!
You spoil your own writing
with theft!
5. The reason
Copy for intent,
copy for purpose;
sometimes it's about money,
sometimes altruism.
6. Money money
You amateurs misstep!
You realize not your own backlash!
Create without me, and you're nothing! Nothing!
And I require my due payment.
7. Focus of money
Recognition? Yes, recognition.
In cognition recognition is obliteration
so many little fetters that schizophrenically matter
8. You suck
Don't understand? Don't know?
Well, please, keep to what you do.
Us professionals here do our job right, unlike you.
9. Professionals lack also
Professional writers taking up alms against
amateur writers whose inspiration comes from
the professionals yet who also propel forward
the professionals.
Long-winded-ass stanza - must be from an amateur -
STAMP! No money for this one. Too clumsy.
10. Sad
Chagrin chigran,
now for a depression;
for a lot of suffering,
and some manic tension
11. Down
Is it worth anything?
What is worth?
My poetry no good?
Well then I'll kill myself
12. Devilish grin
No no! Don't kill yourself
Manic thoughts -- fame through suicide.
We're the great ones much aided by being
dead?
13. Star!
Rush of fame!
Man threatens suicide!
Now professional!
Now ego-stroking maniac who becomes a copyright tyrant!
Yay!
14. Icky, friends are
But then faces his used-to-be-friends amateurs
Ruddy of-the-muck friends who aspire but ...
well ...
are too "independent".
But they're friends, and they're there for you when it matters.
15. Rush
They're sued after inspiration strikes,
but had taken one of their poems (he was better than me)
and had stolen it and propped self up as the writer.
Awareness of this, but it didn't matter.
16. Thin line
Betrayal.
Choose.
Friends, fame?
(either-or, really? wtf)
Enjoyment of self with others but in poverty?
Or high-times but often faking and not enjoying self?
Which less evil less unpleasant?
17. Dichotomy?
Sell soul to devil?
Keep soul but condemned to poverty?
18. One line
One.
Suicide.
It's on the newspapers, but it don't matter.
Sleepless nights, but because dead.
It's a new life.
Much sorrow. Adieu. *tips hat*
19. Possibility
Two.
Sell.
If only I could keep my friends, too...
but I stole his poem. Staying with these
people more means that of getting more
exposure, but at the cost of being with
them...
Why can't I have both? Why?
But I stole it. Credit him? At the risk of
losing my rep?
20. Further along
Two point one.
Don't reveal it. Later for film will
admit it, and then go back with friends,
the "morally right thing to do" and so
ends a good film.
21. Risky
Two point two.
Reveal. He's a great poet, y'know.
And yes, I stole it. I'm sorry about that.
(would you like to work with me?
No. Well fudge!...)
(would you like to work with me?
Yes? Awesome! I'll be the public
guy and you write the stuff.
But you want recognition?
But you're a terrible people person.
You don't care? Well it's sort of
pointless then because you've gotta
have an alright person-... fine.)
22. Hmm...
So, say it's alright. Cool beans,
but a lesser affect. Fame stops,
perhaps. Or does it? Don't know.
23. Confused
Three.
Don't sell. What is it to sell anyways?
Go back into the shadows and have
the poem published under someone
else's name, 'cause they "stole" it from
you. Pick the bugs from your feet.
A has-been? Why the dichotomy?
Part IV: Rest
1. Pull push
Back and forth, forth and back.
Why not both?
Screaming it to a wall.
Of course it won't listen.
That's not the point.
2. Prayer?
That prayer wall.
Maybe I should do a prayer.
Meditation stuffs might help.
3. Annoying...
Now I lay me down to sleep
a light sleep where I think keep
And if I don't wake up,
I pray that I don't rest on the wall
'Cause it's really pokey looking
4. Must there...?
Cute as I may be,
I have a question for my non-conscious self to see
Why can't I have lots of fame
without having the pains of
loss of friends?
Is it a true dichotomy,
or simply an area where there's
a lack of understanding?
5. Sky
But for now I'll rest my pretty little
head,
as I imagine days of dread,
days of pain,
days of enjoyment,
and days of rain.
6. A little trinket
Raindrops on my hats right here,
as I drift off to sleep watching
these reindeer
Hallucinating something not there
A dead poet's poetry is much helped
7. Starry Night
But that's a wish.
It's a wish.
Who knows what life will have to dish.
I know I may, I know I might
If only I could figure out life
8. Fi-nale
The head drooped,
the body relaxed
and there sat at the wall
a man asleep
*curtain*
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Failed Vendetta
He sat, brooding. Brows forming a V as they strode down the highway, he reflected on his own irony. Value did not exist except that which was perceived. In aims to make money, people would forget the origin and reason for money: people. And him most of all.
What could he complain about celebrities like Michael Jackson or Britney Spears? Ultimately, too, they became a pawn of the public just as before they had been gods.
The car sped on, and he reflected on Rand's excellect pacing and how he could replicate it, as he drifted off to sleep in the warm afternoon breeze of the car.
What could he complain about celebrities like Michael Jackson or Britney Spears? Ultimately, too, they became a pawn of the public just as before they had been gods.
The car sped on, and he reflected on Rand's excellect pacing and how he could replicate it, as he drifted off to sleep in the warm afternoon breeze of the car.
The Media Philosopher
The philosopher sat in his room, pondering the mysteries of the universe. He tweeted the grand thought he had just had, and 20 of his facebook friends commented on it:
“OMG thts deep!”
“U rock man!”
“what inane emo bullshit”
“Nice”
“What u tlkin bout”
He referenced wittenstein, pwning them all. His sharp wit would stand no bullshit. Sleepless nights he had taken to writing, and this dribble was what he got back. Where was his equal?
He took a moment off to clean his toenail and tweet about it.
“Ewwwwwww!” Came a reply.
“Well fuck off. Unfriend me.”
“Ur such a dick.”
How could his torment be understood by these underling fools? Did they not comprehend? What was the worth of life? We are all dead in the end? Why taking care of the dishes, care for which clothes for which day, and annoying burden to go through? Where was thought for eternal questions, proofs alien to the whims of the masses? He was the philosopher, but no one would pay heed. Call him an emo, call him stoneage, but nay, never question your assumptions about yourself!
He sighed and tweeted a thought:
“Why am I such a deluded prick?”
An answer came:
“Do you believe in god but also think a lot?”
“...um, ya.”
“There's your problem.”
“OMG thts deep!”
“U rock man!”
“what inane emo bullshit”
“Nice”
“What u tlkin bout”
He referenced wittenstein, pwning them all. His sharp wit would stand no bullshit. Sleepless nights he had taken to writing, and this dribble was what he got back. Where was his equal?
He took a moment off to clean his toenail and tweet about it.
“Ewwwwwww!” Came a reply.
“Well fuck off. Unfriend me.”
“Ur such a dick.”
How could his torment be understood by these underling fools? Did they not comprehend? What was the worth of life? We are all dead in the end? Why taking care of the dishes, care for which clothes for which day, and annoying burden to go through? Where was thought for eternal questions, proofs alien to the whims of the masses? He was the philosopher, but no one would pay heed. Call him an emo, call him stoneage, but nay, never question your assumptions about yourself!
He sighed and tweeted a thought:
“Why am I such a deluded prick?”
An answer came:
“Do you believe in god but also think a lot?”
“...um, ya.”
“There's your problem.”
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Vegetarian topic organized, part 2
****Ethics
20. (Hypocrisy and lack of self-reflection)
"No place to argue that it's the
vegetarian who needs to see the
nutritioinst." Interesting.
11. (Defending talking about ethics)
"Ethics is what killed slavery."
18. (Hypocrisy and lack of self-reflection)
Comparison of deaths of lack of
meat and of over-meat:
13a. "When it's convenient for us ... look back ...
how barbaric..."
12. (Morals unique to humans; choice)
"because it is only humans that can have
ethical regard..."
9. (Unethical to attack with ethics)
Absurd attack with ethics.
7. (Ethical measurement)
Heirchy of reasons:
6. (Ethics as emotional and confusing;
preference and chaos) Emotional component:
pushing switch, pushing people;
-5. (Using imaginary concepts) Emotional response:
suffering,
rights.
3. (Plants suffer less than animals)
If plants suffer, still argument for vegetarianism.
2. (Sentience and emotional connection;
preference chaos)
Sentient (1b) - pets VS non-pets,
emotional connection (b1)
1b. (Morality of the gaps)
Suffering, morality - magical
****Economy
13b. (the marginal meat)
I'm thinking that "the pleasure of our taste
buds" outweighing the morality is similar
to that of being taxed
8. (anarcy ref.) Meat normal (7a) because of The State.
****Pleasure
14. (taste, addiction, McDonald's)
Craving for meat.
15. (fake? lesser? dangerous?)
Meat-identicle substitute
****Health
19. (fake, artificial, proof that you need
meat - ethics with that, meat VS pill (taste issue
again))
B-12 deficient: take a suppliment.
1a. (meat provides) protein
****Other
16. (what's the dif?)
Vegetarian or vegan?
17. (maybe answered already)
Check other and older videos
before asking about protein
10. (They WERE the droids they were looking for!
(ethics as being a confuser))
"These are not the droids you're looking for"
4. (YouTube stuff) Video response (I'll just have to remember to
go into it each time).
20. (Hypocrisy and lack of self-reflection)
"No place to argue that it's the
vegetarian who needs to see the
nutritioinst." Interesting.
11. (Defending talking about ethics)
"Ethics is what killed slavery."
18. (Hypocrisy and lack of self-reflection)
Comparison of deaths of lack of
meat and of over-meat:
13a. "When it's convenient for us ... look back ...
how barbaric..."
12. (Morals unique to humans; choice)
"because it is only humans that can have
ethical regard..."
9. (Unethical to attack with ethics)
Absurd attack with ethics.
7. (Ethical measurement)
Heirchy of reasons:
6. (Ethics as emotional and confusing;
preference and chaos) Emotional component:
pushing switch, pushing people;
-5. (Using imaginary concepts) Emotional response:
suffering,
rights.
3. (Plants suffer less than animals)
If plants suffer, still argument for vegetarianism.
2. (Sentience and emotional connection;
preference chaos)
Sentient (1b) - pets VS non-pets,
emotional connection (b1)
1b. (Morality of the gaps)
Suffering, morality - magical
****Economy
13b. (the marginal meat)
I'm thinking that "the pleasure of our taste
buds" outweighing the morality is similar
to that of being taxed
8. (anarcy ref.) Meat normal (7a) because of The State.
****Pleasure
14. (taste, addiction, McDonald's)
Craving for meat.
15. (fake? lesser? dangerous?)
Meat-identicle substitute
****Health
19. (fake, artificial, proof that you need
meat - ethics with that, meat VS pill (taste issue
again))
B-12 deficient: take a suppliment.
1a. (meat provides) protein
****Other
16. (what's the dif?)
Vegetarian or vegan?
17. (maybe answered already)
Check other and older videos
before asking about protein
10. (They WERE the droids they were looking for!
(ethics as being a confuser))
"These are not the droids you're looking for"
4. (YouTube stuff) Video response (I'll just have to remember to
go into it each time).
The Vegetarian Talk is long from Over, and that's good
Upon counting how often each subject was mentioned,
ethics won, easy peasy:
(Or it could be that I just found the ethic
topics more interesting)
1. Ethics
111111111111
2. Economy
11
3. Pleasure
11
4. Health
11
5. Other
1111
Most of my gripes were with other items,
but mostly to do with health and economy.
Accordingly, that the health and economy
issues may be generally resolved, does
not close the topic.
Indeed, I even made the video about a topic
to do with morality and ethics: Hypocrisy.
Accordingly, also, as has been pointed out
by confederalsocialist/fringeelements,
morality is the cause for a lot of confusion,
since it is hard to define and is often more
based in emotion. I suspect, additionally,
that the economics of the matter, along
with the convenience, go alongside
the ethics of it:
'Meat tastes good, I'm busy, it's
convenient, don't bother me!'
The second highest topic was other,
which also dealt with things not too
clear. Not surprisingly, problems
with YouTube was one of those things.
ethics won, easy peasy:
(Or it could be that I just found the ethic
topics more interesting)
1. Ethics
111111111111
2. Economy
11
3. Pleasure
11
4. Health
11
5. Other
1111
Most of my gripes were with other items,
but mostly to do with health and economy.
Accordingly, that the health and economy
issues may be generally resolved, does
not close the topic.
Indeed, I even made the video about a topic
to do with morality and ethics: Hypocrisy.
Accordingly, also, as has been pointed out
by confederalsocialist/fringeelements,
morality is the cause for a lot of confusion,
since it is hard to define and is often more
based in emotion. I suspect, additionally,
that the economics of the matter, along
with the convenience, go alongside
the ethics of it:
'Meat tastes good, I'm busy, it's
convenient, don't bother me!'
The second highest topic was other,
which also dealt with things not too
clear. Not surprisingly, problems
with YouTube was one of those things.
Vegetarian topic organized: 1. Ethics, 2. Economy, 3. Pleasure, 4. Health, 5. Other
****Ethics
20."No place to argue that it's the
vegetarian who needs to see the
nutritioinst." Interesting.
11. "Ethics is what killed slavery."
18. Comparison of deaths of lack of
meat and of over-meat:
13.
13a. "When it's convenient for us ... look back ...
how barbaric..."
12. "because it is only humans that can have
ethical regard..."
9. Absurd attack with ethics.
7. Heirchy of reasons:
6. Emotional component:
pushing switch, pushing people;
-5. Emotional response:
suffering,
rights.
3. If plants suffer, still argument for vegetarianism.
2. Sentient (1b) - pets VS non-pets,
emotional connection (b1)
1b. Suffering, morality - magical
****Economy
13b. I'm thinking that "the pleasure of our taste
buds" outweighing the morality is similar
to that of being taxed
8. Meat normal (7a) because of The State.
****Pleasure
14. Craving for meat.
15. Meat-identicle substitute
****Health
19. B-12 deficient: take a suppliment.
1a. protein
****Other
16. Vegetarian or vegan?
17. Check other and older videos
before asking about protein
10. "These are not the droids you're looking for"
4. Video response (I'll just have to remember to
go into it each time).
ladyattis: focus on obfuscation effect
of talking about morals.
Jacob: focus on that they are in agreement
and that the arguments are, in general,
in favor of vegatarianism, and also that
it's a preference
(anarchy)
20."No place to argue that it's the
vegetarian who needs to see the
nutritioinst." Interesting.
11. "Ethics is what killed slavery."
18. Comparison of deaths of lack of
meat and of over-meat:
13.
13a. "When it's convenient for us ... look back ...
how barbaric..."
12. "because it is only humans that can have
ethical regard..."
9. Absurd attack with ethics.
7. Heirchy of reasons:
6. Emotional component:
pushing switch, pushing people;
-5. Emotional response:
suffering,
rights.
3. If plants suffer, still argument for vegetarianism.
2. Sentient (1b) - pets VS non-pets,
emotional connection (b1)
1b. Suffering, morality - magical
****Economy
13b. I'm thinking that "the pleasure of our taste
buds" outweighing the morality is similar
to that of being taxed
8. Meat normal (7a) because of The State.
****Pleasure
14. Craving for meat.
15. Meat-identicle substitute
****Health
19. B-12 deficient: take a suppliment.
1a. protein
****Other
16. Vegetarian or vegan?
17. Check other and older videos
before asking about protein
10. "These are not the droids you're looking for"
4. Video response (I'll just have to remember to
go into it each time).
ladyattis: focus on obfuscation effect
of talking about morals.
Jacob: focus on that they are in agreement
and that the arguments are, in general,
in favor of vegatarianism, and also that
it's a preference
(anarchy)
Difference between Vegan and Vegetarian? A quick search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism
"The Vegetarian Society, founded in 1847..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism
"The Vegan Society was founded in 1944 by Donald Watson and Elsie Shrigley, in response to the broadening of the term vegetarian to include the eating of dairy products.[11]."
The "11" note directs to:
http://www.vegansociety.com/about/history.aspx
which has as part of the text:
"The Vegan Society, the world's first, was born in November 1944 - after a lengthy gestation. As early as 1909 the ethics of consuming dairy products were hotly debated within the vegetarian movement. In August 1944, Elsie Shrigley and Donald Watson (a conscientious objector later to be acclaimed as the Vegan Society's Founder) agreed the desirability of coordinating 'non-dairy vegetarians'; despite opposition from prominent vegetarians unwilling to even consider adopting a diet free of all animal products.
In November, Donald organised a London meeting of six like-minded 'non-dairy vegetarians' at which it was decided to form a new society and adopt a new name to describe themselves - vegan derived from VEGetariAN.It was a Sunday, with sunshine, and a blue sky, an auspicious day for the birth of an idealistic new movement."
Thus, it appears that the difference between veganism and vegetarianism, at least from this quick study, is that
vegans have angst about the ethics of any possible animal use or abuse, as since "diary products" seems to be what the issue is. Accordingly, since vegetarianism is alright with diary products (which was an issue due to the "lack of protein" question), the question then becomes more aimed at vegans:
How do you get your protein? Which is to say, how do you stay healthy; do vegetables provide all that is needed? And, if it's a lot of work to become a vegan, do you expect those who do not share your moral qualms about animal use or abuse to join you? How would this not resemble, if not in slight bit, a Christian-like cult, in regard to the morals, if you prosthelitize, because of how hard it would be to be "faithful" to the diet?
Interestingly, there are also subsets:
"There are a number of types of vegetarianism, which exclude or include various foods.
"The Vegetarian Society, founded in 1847..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism
"The Vegan Society was founded in 1944 by Donald Watson and Elsie Shrigley, in response to the broadening of the term vegetarian to include the eating of dairy products.[11]."
The "11" note directs to:
http://www.vegansociety.com/about/history.aspx
which has as part of the text:
"The Vegan Society, the world's first, was born in November 1944 - after a lengthy gestation. As early as 1909 the ethics of consuming dairy products were hotly debated within the vegetarian movement. In August 1944, Elsie Shrigley and Donald Watson (a conscientious objector later to be acclaimed as the Vegan Society's Founder) agreed the desirability of coordinating 'non-dairy vegetarians'; despite opposition from prominent vegetarians unwilling to even consider adopting a diet free of all animal products.
In November, Donald organised a London meeting of six like-minded 'non-dairy vegetarians' at which it was decided to form a new society and adopt a new name to describe themselves - vegan derived from VEGetariAN.It was a Sunday, with sunshine, and a blue sky, an auspicious day for the birth of an idealistic new movement."
Thus, it appears that the difference between veganism and vegetarianism, at least from this quick study, is that
vegans have angst about the ethics of any possible animal use or abuse, as since "diary products" seems to be what the issue is. Accordingly, since vegetarianism is alright with diary products (which was an issue due to the "lack of protein" question), the question then becomes more aimed at vegans:
How do you get your protein? Which is to say, how do you stay healthy; do vegetables provide all that is needed? And, if it's a lot of work to become a vegan, do you expect those who do not share your moral qualms about animal use or abuse to join you? How would this not resemble, if not in slight bit, a Christian-like cult, in regard to the morals, if you prosthelitize, because of how hard it would be to be "faithful" to the diet?
Interestingly, there are also subsets:
"There are a number of types of vegetarianism, which exclude or include various foods.
- Lacto-ovo vegetarianism includes animal products such as eggs, milk, and honey.
- Lacto vegetarianism includes milk but not eggs.
- Ovo vegetarianism includes eggs but not milk.
- Veganism excludes all animal flesh and animal products, including milk, honey, eggs.[15]
- Raw veganism includes only fresh and uncooked fruit, nuts, seeds, and vegetables.[16]
- Fruitarianism permits only fruit, nuts, seeds, and other plant matter that can be gathered without harming the plant.[17]
- Su vegetarianism (such as in Buddhism), excludes all animal products as well as vegetables in the allium family (which have the characteristic aroma of onion and garlic): onion, garlic, scallions, leeks, or shallots.
- Macrobiotic diets consist mostly of whole grains and beans."
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