SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Okay, I hear that. & it's good to question things of course, but at what point do we accept that Green is in fact Green?

CalhounSq said:

I don't!

CalhounSq said:

That's the point though, you don't have to accept it and it's okay. A person can conform, because of pressure from society, and call it green to avoid conflict, but it doesn't make it 100% true

Janfriend said:

And still the grass is green

Granted you can choose to call it whatever you want. Verde,Grün, 绿色 , whatever. Still doesn't change the color of the grass (green).

Regardless what we call it, it ultimately doesn't matter. To quote the great philosopher John Mayer; "I don't need another kind of green to know I'm on the right side with you..."

Janfriend said:

So you see it as conforming to avoid conflict, instead of the truth as we know it. But how long does one rail against the rest of the world just because? & in how many areas of ones life? And how tired & irritable will a mf be if they find/seek/create conflict in their lives constantly?

Hell, people can do whatever they want but it seems like a lot of energy just to be on the other side of the fence. At some point you gotta wonder - what does all of the angst mean? & where does it take you? & how does it weigh on a person? Is the angst all they have after a while? Especially after they've alienated everyone in their "nuh uhh!" quest...

I dunno man, I don't have time to let everything under the sun make me mad. I'mma walk across the green grass & keep movin

CalhounSq said:

Correction

JustErin said

Erin, the way you described that was like a condensed version of a romance novel gone bad.

CalhounSq said:

To that I would say who is "we" and what exactly is the "truth" we know? Who gives us this truth? My political science class has opened my eyes to how manipulated we really are

In terms of someone railing against the world, I would say there are many sane people who feel, think, and act differently than the "majority" or "norm." It doesn't make them abnormal, crazy, ignorant, or silly. It makes them an individual who, at some point, decided to stop and think for themselves and be themselves. They tend to challenge others because the others don't like "different."
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ElCapitan said:

The color itself is one thing. The name is another

Janfriend said:

that's what they want you to think...

Janfriend said:

That's all wonderful, & I'd hope that those people who've decided to stop & think for themselves put their energy into things that really matter, not the color of grass By the way, you don't have to be filled with angst & railing against the world to be a thinker - conflict doesn't prove any mental superiority, but it does prove to be a fucking drag eventually...

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

you go sit down some where.....

Janfriend said:

Now you're just argumentative for the sake of it. Lawd...now grass ain't green. Whatever the name is it is recognized as that color everywhere which was the point. You were arguing that point for the hell of it.

My crime example was based on you saying that you don't see this situation happening with girls. That's what it was based on. Just because you don't experience something doesn't mean it doesn't take place was the point.

And once again...because reading is fundamental for some but not all, I said some women Overcome their daddy stuff to lead great lives e.g Ms Paisley that posted. I know I said this over and over...throwin' ya ass a bone because some can OVERCOME this situation but that doesn't mean there aren't many women who still struggle. This has to be the third or fourth time me saying this.



From Cal....this is brilliant.....there is nothing else to say

So let me take my....what was I called....my have to be right, my point is more valid than others, self on.

addin' that to the list:

Jesus Freak
Ungodly
sexually repressed
Obessive

I'm sure there's more

Good luck to you Jan.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

at both of ya'll....

Someone is listening to this song at their desk at my work as I type this.

I busted out laughing as soon as I heard the first chord.

JustErin said:

I know I will think twice before I start a thread about a non-Prince song.

JustErin said:

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Oh please, it's a good thread. Relax

Rhondab said:

JustErin said:

CalhounSq said:

I don't think there's anyone here who is filled with angst and railing against the world. If you think that's me, I would tell you most definitely that you haven't had enough conversations with me to make that evaluation

Rhondab said:[quote]

Janfriend said:

I don't argue for the hell of it. There was a point to that

Yeah, good luck to you too

Janfriend said:

Your point was that grass is not green!

I love ya Jan



I told my sister You can't even believe how people have gone off on that song daughters

*beaming and glowing* Oh, I love it! I can just immagine.

No, go off in a bad way


My sister----->

Whoa, what a thread. Better than anything on GD in quite awhile.

So much for MJB but that whole is grass really green angle was great.

Janfriend said:

I'm sure you're big fun at parties huh...

:lol jackie...that stuff was :Nutty: so stupid to even argue about....@ supa...I love him so though....

Janfriend said:

You're right - maybe I should stop by your soap opera thread, you're probably way more grounded on that one... you know, except for the fact that you watch soap operas

CalhounSq said:

Now don't you be talkin smack on Zoe!

CalhounSq said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

No, that wasn't the point. I never said it wasn't green. I was talking about the name of the color. Basically saying points of view can be different and at the same time not wrong