ASL as a sanitizer in a mad world.

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The world is crazy. There are not many sane people who would dispute that. I find that the opportunity to play ASL is a sort of escape or retreat from the craziness. A few hours here and there really soothes and relaxes me. It restores some level of sanity. I'm not saying it is a crutch; just that it offers a break before a return to the norm.
 

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The world is crazy. There are not many sane people who would dispute that. I find that the opportunity to play ASL is a sort of escape or retreat from the craziness. A few hours here and there really soothes and relaxes me. It restores some level of sanity. I'm not saying it is a crutch; just that it offers a break before a return to the norm.
Also, in ASL dummies are pretty harmless.

Out there they do a lot of damage.
 

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The problem is that an ASL player likely has a better than average grasp of history, the underlying causes and the final, often disastrous, outcomes. The end result is that the player will see parallels between history and current events and personalities. Knowledge makes stupidity far more apparent. The upside is that so many are elderly and so have a half decent chance of expiring before their worst fears come to fruition.
 

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Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist who believes in the inate good of most people but I can't see the death of society that some are predicting. I find comfort and faith renewed by my kids, my family, my workmates and the people I meet. The arseholes really standout but you can't focus on them.
 

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Who would have thought that Jews would be persecuted again, now the Germans warns the Jews from showing themeselves in puplic.
The rise of the Neo-Socialists to supreme power are for real and yet again supported by Islamist followers.
 

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Who would have thought that Jews would be persecuted again, now the Germans warns the Jews from showing themeselves in puplic.
The rise of the Neo-Socialists to supreme power are for real and yet again supported by Islamist followers.
And yet in their part of the world, Israel has created their very own giant Ghetto.
 

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Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist who believes in the innate good of most people but I can't see the death of society that some are predicting.
I tend to see people as being innately good too. However it does not seem to be enough to stop events from unravelling before our eyes. If it comes to the worst we can see in Armageddon with our favourite CG.
 

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I tend to see people as being innately good too. However it does not seem to be enough to stop events from unravelling before our eyes. If it comes to the worst we can see in Armageddon with our favourite CG.
And in your case, with a quadrupled OB???
 

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I'd advise watching good balanced news channels. BBC channel 4, both worth watching and give the lie to "we're all going to hell in a handcart".
 
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