reply to post by Sys_Config
Yes, my Friend… you are reaching the conclusion, grasping a bit perhaps, but have gone further than all others. Kudos and accolades. But, sad to
say, no booby prize as of yet.
Nevertheless, the thrill, as they say, is in the journey. Like others before you, and those to come later, a path is worn, trodden and true, but
where it leads – well – for that we need more clues…
Faithful to your M.O., Sys, you’ve raised some interesting, and, imHo, insightful observations. Unfortunately, in many respects, this is the
saddest truth of all: The gullibility (and, more significantly) the
“guile ability” of man is paramount in our beloved/berated drone meme
counter-motivational exercise.
You see, gentle and astute ATSers alike, though we may walk the valley of dread, we are not tired, and we will not falter – but we will be targeted,
and we will be challenged, and we will stand strong to as we confront the quandaries and dilemmas before us. The answers will come, the revelations
will manifest, in the end, I hope, we will have our vindication. In the meantime, however…
Sys is definitely zeroing in on the mindset, if not the embodiment, of our meme-nemesis. Crucial is the transparency found in the weaknesses of man,
and the power that a diabolical mind can engender, i.e.,
..even machines will never be as creative as man when it comes to deception…
Yes indeed, at least for the short term. Even more so, since man is so easily deceived, the temptation to deceive is insurmountable for many
deceivers. Like an addictive narcotic, the drug of conquest-by-deception is one characteristic of man that must surely disgust the more benign
visitors as they may be. Yet, the rest of us take little baby steps to evolve, overcoming the temptation to gain from the credulity of others.
Perhaps we will only be accepted into the family of the galactic sentients when we can conquer this en masse, rather than individually. As it is, as a
specie, we are barely beyond:
… [I] read a story once that what killed neanderthal man was not the passage of time, but that coexisting with the modern, it was greater
ability at lying, deception by the latter.that did him in..I can certainly understand that now.
The fact that you can understand it is commendable and worthy – now if we can only get the admittedly minority members of our homo sapien brethren
to subscribe to, and positively act upon, such understanding, we’ll be able to claim some collective progress…
Until such time, we are faced with what we have today. No, it’s not just the drone-meme heresy (which, in and of itself is barely a drop in the
proverbial cesspool).
It’s almost glaringly obvious to nearly all casual observers and commentators now that the whole drone/Isaac/CARET drama is a yarn spun for and by
us all for some as yet to be determined purpose. The CGI arguments have been raised, beat to death, and withered. The LMH-variety of pundits have
embraced, hugged-and-kissed, and moved on to greener pastures. The sleuths have dug plenty of dirt, thrown a bunch at the wall, some of it stuck,
some of it missed completely, and the rest is slowly sliding down or drying in place. The philosophers among us ponder and absorb, digest and
regurgitate and eliminate, and hopefully extract some meaningful, memorable, permanent sustenance, all as nature intended.
In the end, perhaps all we will learn that there is an entity out there, man or beast , or a collection of the same, that is conducting, or
propagating, as Sys reminds us,
…and something else... quite different... a treasure hunt....who[/]what is the treasure…[?] yes someone is definitely oyster
shucking…for pearls… or mining for diamonds in the rough…
Are we the oysters or the diamonds, Sys? Or, perhaps, we are simply the gritty beds of coral and silt at the bottom of the sea in which oysters,
pearls, and rarely, diamonds are found. Perhaps that is it, my friends. The campaign is merely (memely) a method of farming. ATS is the farm. We
are the sea floor. I hope that one day good folks like SYS, and Vic, Schuyler and Springer, Suicide and October, and all the rest of you ---- are
given some credit for providing the Pearls of meme-wisdom our harvester is after. Hats off to you'all - you are the best this planet has yet to
offer...
And now – in other news…