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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Nothing in excess
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Here
Posts: 7,496
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I believe that actions have consequences so I think we have a lot to learn from the idea of karma in some respects, especially in the buddhist tradition.
The Western Christian interpretation of karma -the idea that bad people get their comeuppance- I find to be a load of rubbish and bears no relation to reality. Besides, it contradicts that old Christian edict that a good deed is done with no expectation of reward. Whether you believe in an afterlife where everything is put right in the end or a metaphysical dimension to our world where ambitious, power-hungry people suffer on a spiritual level (it's lonely at the top as they say), physical life is a Darwinistic absurdity where plenty of people do bad things and get away with it.
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off?
- Chris Morris - The Absurd World of Martin Amis
Last edited by BB_Eye; 24-07-2010 at 06:02 PM.
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