Number23 said:

Wow, you really have conflicted feelings about your saviour, huh?

Purely metaphorically, of course. Well?

Yes indeed he can-just look at Prince!

INSATIABLE said:

Grace Jones.

I actually thought he was kinda dull.

of course there are men that are pure and good enough to eventually be canonized

As long as you're completely focused on the other person

It's an interesting point he makes there. I do believe that it's hard to be for example truly unselfish if you're consciously trying to do unselfish things or as you say recognize it in yourself. That's when the "unselfishness paradox" that cynics love to talk about comes into play (you know, that "people only do unselfish actions to make themselves feel good, which is selfish" yadda yadda...). As long as you're completely focused on the other person and their well-being I think you can be purely unselfish.

So yeah, I do think Lennon is right, at least to a certain extent, and I do agree that we should stop looking inward. As for "leading", that should be a side effect of us just trying to live our lives the way we know we should. If we do that, others might follow which might in effect make us into leaders.

absolutely

Ace said:

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you one of the aforementioned cynics. And a rude one at that.

yup.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you one of the aforementioned cynics. And a rude one at that.

evenstar3 said:

Why?

retina said:

"“Cynicism is reality with an alternate spelling.” - Woody Allen

And a rude one at that.

Ace said:

You can trust Woody to say something like that.

By the way, you might want to know that when Bruce Springsteen was in Stockholm recently he spent at least half an hour writing autographs outside the hotel even though it was freezing and he'd just gotten off a ten-hour flight. Then, thirty seconds after he'd gone into the hotel and disappeared, he came back out to give back a pen he had accidentally taken from a fan. I thought that was pretty classy....for an old rock bum like him.

And Sweden loves The Boss and The Boss loves Sweden.

Gackt!

Spookymuffin said:

you are not angelic.

retina said:

So, I guess canonization's out?

Ace said:

True. He has a huge fanbase here and usually has kind things to say about our little country.

Ace said:

I guess you could get shot by a cannon. Close enough?

retina said:

I didn't know you were a Swede. Hang on...