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Ustwo · 11-04-2007, 08:38 PM

I used to spend a lot of time alone in the woods.

Once you are in them you are no longer a creature of civilization, but just another creature.

There were three real dangers, three director actors. Bear, moose, and of course man. Of the three the most likely would have been a bear, though I did encounter a moose (which can be deadly in the mating season), and the nature of the land had not many men, and few you would consider dangerous to a fellow woodsman.

But whats interesting is your danger sense increases. A million years on the savanna don't just disappear from your genes. You listen more, you look more, you note things which seem out of place.

What can happen though is you get spoked. Suddenly every shadow seems ominous, every anomaly seems malicious. You jump at every bird call, you keep thinking you hear branches breaking just out of earshot.

Undoubtedly there are some real conspiracies out there. Some dark and secretive, and its good to look for those, the problem is that once someone thinks they find one, they seem to get spoked. If THAT was true, what about this one? Everywhere they look, they peer into murky shadows, ignoring whats in the light.

In the woods, when you get that spooked feeling, that feeling of dread, I like to sit still and listen. You start to hear the squirrels climbing the trees, the birds calling, and the wind blowing. It resets your danger sense, you relax a bit, you no longer feel suffocated by the trees.

I recommend the same for the conspiracist. If every dark place you look seems to contain a conspiracy then sit down and think a bit. Yes there are dangers out there, yes there are dark places you should be afraid to go, but most of it is nothing so dark, even if you don't know the entire story. Look for the bears, but don't assume the bears must be there just because you can't see to far.

11-04-2007, 08:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	I used to spend a lot of time alone in the woods. Once you are in them you are no longer a creature of civilization, but just another creature. There were three real dangers, three director actors. Bear, moose, and of course man. Of the three the most likely would have been a bear, though I did encounter a moose (which can be deadly in the mating season), and the nature of the land had not many men, and few you would consider dangerous to a fellow woodsman. But whats interesting is your danger sense increases. A million years on the savanna don't just disappear from your genes. You listen more, you look more, you note things which seem out of place. What can happen though is you get spoked. Suddenly every shadow seems ominous, every anomaly seems malicious. You jump at every bird call, you keep thinking you hear branches breaking just out of earshot. Undoubtedly there are some real conspiracies out there. Some dark and secretive, and its good to look for those, the problem is that once someone thinks they find one, they seem to get spoked. If THAT was true, what about this one? Everywhere they look, they peer into murky shadows, ignoring whats in the light. In the woods, when you get that spooked feeling, that feeling of dread, I like to sit still and listen. You start to hear the squirrels climbing the trees, the birds calling, and the wind blowing. It resets your danger sense, you relax a bit, you no longer feel suffocated by the trees. I recommend the same for the conspiracist. If every dark place you look seems to contain a conspiracy then sit down and think a bit. Yes there are dangers out there, yes there are dark places you should be afraid to go, but most of it is nothing so dark, even if you don't know the entire story. Look for the bears, but don't assume the bears must be there just because you can't see to far. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.