CHAT: oh uh, I**A (IKEA!) [wasRe: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.]

In a message dated 2004:02:25 01:57:35 AM, a.rosta@V21.ME.UK writes:

>Tristan:
>> I have a job at IKEA.
>
>I'll thank you not to mention such unspeakable things!
>
>If I ever organize an international terror network
>of mujahideen sworn to destroy the canker that destroys
>the fabric of virtuous society, its target of targets
>will be that swedish fount of evil. Like most people,
>I used to be mildly pro-Sweden until I was cast into
>the inferno that is I**a. Now blue and yellow -- and
>the Scandinavian style consensual egalitarian social
>democracy embodied by that den of iniquity -- fills me
>with unutterable horror.
    ROTFLMAOSHIH  ouch   ouch  Sacre Merde Bleu!
---
Hanuman Zhang, _Gomi no seito/sensei_ [Student/Master of junk]

    "To live is to scrounge, taking what you can in order to survive. So,
since living is scrounging, the result of our efforts is to amass a pile of
rubbish."  - Chuang Tzu/Zhuangzi, China, 4th Century BCE

"The most beautiful order is a heap of sweepings piled up at random." -
Heraclitus, Greece, 5th Century BCE

    "...So what is life for? Life is for beauty and substance and sound and
colour; and even those are often forbidden by law [socio-cultural conventions].
. .Why not be free and live your own life? Why follow other people's rules
and live to please others?..." ~Lieh-Tzu/Liezi, Taoist Sage (c. 450- 375 BCE)

    "Taoism in a nutshell: Shit Happens. Roll with the Punches. Hang 10 - Go
with the Flow!" - anon. California surferBeatnik, c.1950's/1960's

    Voices of the Past:
http://advancement.uark.edu/pubs/Research_Frontiers/fall_2001/05_Feature1.html


    At its peak, the Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE) of China a mixture of cultural
influences were reflected in the music of the times.People traveled from
other countries, including Japan, Mongolia, India, Korea & Turkey, to learn about
the Tang culture.But the multi-racial, multi-cultural era waned at the end of
the Tang.China,one of the greatest cultural & military powers in history,
began to close in on itself, the rulers closed the country's borders - fearing the
destruction of their civilization.The rich, diverse music of the Tang, along
with that of the surrounding cultures, was lost or destroyed. Bits have been
found & the rest is theory & re-construction...

    "The whole world of musics and instruments lives around us....I am
interested in a 'transethnic,' a planetary music."  - Lou Harrison ("...Europe is a
region he called Northwest Asia...")

    The power of education & culture to transcend social and political
differences is still largely untapped...

    Proud to be a Race Trader! Race & Culture Mixin' is the Future!