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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 09:53 PM
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1. Translating "don't touch the butt" one possible meaning.
It could be just the McCain photo, But then why always have cat pictures? It could be some silly joke? Or it could be something else. Especially since ideas that go against the self claimed 'in group', are called things that come out of 'the butt' by them. Expelling of foul gases or ideas as they see them, is encoded as crap. Remember the joke about not stepping in it. Same thing. Its part of established code, and been around for along time.

I see that saying in many places.

It reminds me of a few things.

The term 'prison' not the real prisons, but the metaphorical ones that are used for control.

You see if you can get a group that has influence over news, Tv, or other sources of communication. To agree on something. You can sudo imprison a thought. If everyone agrees to not allow an idea to be discussed or shown to people, they imprison that Idea.

This can be done as a form of blacklisting, letting people in the know, know that if they do discuss certain things they will be thrown out of the so called in group. This is the power of the few, fear of not belonging from those who claim power.

Other methods are used also. People with opposite views that have similar attributes are propped up to allow a filtered message to go through. So a person can be created just so that all the people in the know, can see that they represent the original person, but the message can be filtered, with the real message only being seen in code.

Spamming can be used to run messages off boards, people can state they don't want to hear a certain name anywhere, lots of stuff gets done.

Same thing has been done for ages. It usually follows, 'all bite the dog bitten', when that fails, many times a component of fear is even used, since the threat of not being in a group worries some. But who would want to be in a group that tells you what you can discuss and think on. Basically the whole system hinges on being able to discuss things in the open, yet above the heads of most people by wrapping them in code.

you can see these things spoken of all the time. It is the method the few use to try and maintain control and power.

This thought system, the one that wishes to control ideas, creates some of my worst temptations. When I think on one possible interpretation of your post. I have to stay focused on the good things in life to not rise the temptation to be something I do not want to be.

So instead of just doing as you advise, I will ask you,
what do you consider 'the butt'?
why do you call it that name and use negative images to describe it?
What do you fear?

And of coarse no answer might be an answer. But a low level plausible disability answer is usually what is returned if 'don't touch the butt' is encoded.

My temptation is the knowledge of the ability of the total removal of all power from those that choose to restrain the free exchange of thoughts and ideas. Why is it a temptation? because it would make me just like them, so I let them do as they want, and be what they choose to be. And I side step that knowledge by just trusting in God.