http://www.rarebagsrecycled.com.au en-gb rarebagsrecycled.com.au 2011-11-8T00:00:00Z rarebagsrecycled.com.au http://www.rarebagsrecycled.com.au/page10.htm#106377 2011-11-8 02:20:00 http://www.rarebagsrecycled.com.au/page10.htm#100621 I have been encouraged to try and continue blogs.. I might try and find an easier way than through this website and so im notified when people have commented which i havent been by this way of doing it.. Ive been reading a book called The world as it is. by Chris Hedges. I have found it a great read at times I dont agree with some of his predictions for the future but sections of it Ive swallowed up as confirmations for how I try and live my life. I thought id just quote some of it. Perhaps out of context of the whole book it wont be as powerful but I think its important to recognise the importance of rebellion. So often we feel that if we dont see outcomes the trying wasnt worth the struggle. But the act of trying the act of not being complicit as much as we can in the destruction of the planet is a principle that isnt valued in this society. It is like ethics and morals have become dirty words heaven forbid you should take a principled stance on something. Its like because we... 2011-8-17 03:15:23 http://www.rarebagsrecycled.com.au/page10.htm#82156 Ive always thought of blogs as a completely self absorbed kind of activity... who on earth gives a shit about what im doing at any moment of any particular day... do other people feel like that since when have personal diaries become something that we put out into cyber space where has our privacy gone and why are we so free in giving it up so easily... so im still not quite sold on the whole thing about a blog... but have decided im going to give it a go... partly because i think social media is an effective way of getting the knowledge of both our bags and their messages out there to more people.. partly because im sick of when i get a bit pissed off or depressed by whats happening on the planet i simply add stuff to facebook which i dont much like. a diary for me isnt enough its seems i want people to know im angry and i guess i want others to be angry as well not asleep like it seems the world is.. i want people to be jolted out of the crap that is on facebook and go oh fuc... 2010-12-6 00:04:29