klegdixalJul 3
Tim Hergert
#TerryPratchett
Jul 3 at 2:11amWeb
Show threadJoe  Jul 3

@cjust,

Long live our incestuous tribe
on our remote planet
in this forgotten corner of
the Milky Way.

Long live the bonfires
on our beaches waving
to ships from better worlds.

(Joseph Pintauro)

Show threadPortabelloBelle 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 3

@cjust

Rarely has a post been more deserving of a boost

Show threadNikolaus Bösch-WeissJul 3

@cjust what better alternative do we have to make the most of this fragile passing existence? Better to live free and in democracy than as someone else's pawn in their machinations. Right?

But I feel that pterry kinda though similarly.

Show threadArma BellumJul 3
@niko Going by his other texts, I'd say the subtext here is that "they believe in democracy working fairly and/or as advertised", rather than just attacking the concept of democracy itself. @cjust
Show threadSteve Moore Jul 3
@cjust As a percentage of what actually exists, our knowledge is several digits behind the decimal point. The spectrum we chose to live in is parenthetical to that wee bit. And from that wee bit, we devise our guiding principles. 🙄
Show threadcrazyeddieJul 3
@cjust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPS5Yw_YsHA
Death's speech in Hogfather (Discworld)

This is clip from movie Hogfather (Discworld, Terry Pratchet), where Death talks about humans believing in imaginary orders. Compare this to teachings of Yuv...

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