Do you believe in Dystopic or Totalitarian future regimes?

I am sorry to point out that the 'half glass' is a slick buiness training con. Think, if the landlord is filling my glass as it reaches the half way point it is half full. If he stops pouring and asks for the full price it is half empty. Wether I am optimistic or not is beside the point.

"Get a life!" that is a bit harsh, considering what I have been through over the years. The picture I may present may seem of a negative look, but I try to "hide" negativity with a positive one - I do not see or believe in such 'archaic' things because information is travelling far too fast these days.

Regards,

Les.

Please would you expand the last sentense. I have not got my mind round it.

George

I can see what you mean by democracy and protesting, going back to Athens. Mankind may have learnt his lesson well. Let’s look at this from a different perspective, we all know that there are in excess of 4000 known religions, yet they all believe in ‘one true god’ in the case of polytheism.

Now look back, every religion is replaced at some point in time. The Greek gods whom never showed up, so the belief died out. Then the Romans, again the gods never showed up. We are now under Christianity and Islam, as well as Judaism, except none of these will be replaced by a millennium religion, but rather by logic, reason and knowledge, these things are what religions try to keep suppressed.

Hopefully, I have explained myself correctly.

Regards,

Les.

Story of my life "nothing responds"....lol

That is great. It is by exploring nuances of meaning and identifying where differences lie that we get a living discussion. You may be right; I may be right; we might both be wrong. Anyway on with the discussion.

That is superb. You see the Enlightenment continuing to the point it becomes the dominant philosophy replacing the three main religions in the West and Middle East. I see a European political system emerging as a quasi democratic system under which the present EU difficulties will grow into chaos. Out of that chaos a dictator will arise and restore order to the relief of the population. That dictator will harness the new World Religion in support of his dictatorship and rapidly dominate all the remaining political systems in the world.The World Religion having served the dictator's purpose in dominating the world will set himself up as the god of the World Religion and require all men to worship him on pain of death. Essentially he will be the new Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Caesar to be deified while still living. Mankind I believe has an insatiable appetite for religion and mystery and a poor and fickle appetite for logic and reason. They also delight in a dictator who gives them security with food and entertainment, as did the Caesars of  Ancient Rome.

A good example of this can be found in many hospital wards where patients have undergone operations, especially life threatening ones. The recovery rate is improved when a patient has a positive outlook a belief in the success of surgery, and follows that by doing all possible to help the body recover as recommended by medical staff.  Those who think the worst and are feeble in attitude to recovery tend to take longer and not to regain their former self.

This has nothing to do with drink whether in a pub or anywhere else.

the business training speak that a person's description of a vessel part filled with liquid and part with air has any bearing on their recovery time.

Drink happily has not really been part of the discussion. So we are now converging quite well.

Your example, is not quite correct - but this is from my own experience, no one elses.

On a Tuesday afternoon, I was rushed into hospital with alot of pain, in the ambulance which was on a 'code blue'. They had already given the maximum amount of morphine, but it made no difference to the pain I was in, they done a few checks and decided to take me down to surgery, they removed about 50cm of my instestine which was gangrene. I come around a few hours later but in a lot of pain where it was joined back up.

A few days went by, but instead of becoming better I became worse, throwing up bile - they rushed me back down to surgery, I could not even sign the consent form: My wife was contacted and told not to visit due tio sudden surgery that was required. They open me back up and found part of the gangrene had spread to other areas, all of which was removed. I spent 3 weeks in hospital trying desperately to get out, by doing everything they asked eventhough I was in pain, from the operation. The full recovery on that operation took over 10 months,

I lost a lot of weight because of nil by moiuth was nearly 2 weeks.

That is one operation I will never forget, after being told I nearly died twice.... feeble in attitude was far from my thoughts. I beat cancer previously, and still in remission now.

Regards,

Les.

So your preoccupation with any business aspect is taking a narrow view.

As it is not good practice to direct attention to a specific online reference here then try looking at the Wiki entry. I have used it in the philosophical sense; it is not the only expression but one that is generally recognised and understood. To imagine that there is any literal interpretation is to miss the point. 

When I mentioned 'dystopic society', there are numerous socities not just a single one, I can see that could be confusing, if that is what you are referring to? I was trying to find what post you mentioned.

Regards,

Les.

I am assuming you are referring to this statement I made " I do not see or believe in such 'archaic' things because information is travelling far too fast these days."??

I am actually referring to Logic, Reason and Knowledge which are the 3 things that religions try to surpress, but because information is transfered these days it is making these become more impossible to hide. Seeking a scientific stance rather tham a religion.

Regards,

Les.

George

Not sure I follow your drift from the first sentence above. Do not be surprised when I do not respond immediately - my wife is home after open heart surgery and she must take precedence over all else!

As for Orwell, he was simply a writer with imagination and a keen sense of parody, particularly concerning the political scene. His writing was so strong that there were some who really thought 1984 would follow his book. A bit like H G Wells and that explosive radio adaptation.

Frustrated

Then one day I stopped dead in my tracks in utter astonishment. It was the moment I first realised that I knew, already knew, that Jesus Christ and all that was written about him in the Bible is true. That knowledge changed my life far, far more than the day I understood I had locally advanced agressive prostate cancer which turned my life upside down in July 2014.

Yes frustrated. It is not about organisations, ecclesiastical buildings, evening clubs and pretty wedding photos. It is about the eternal fisrt cause who is Jesus Christ, Lord of Lords and King of kigs (idiams for supreme Lord and supreme King) and saviour of mankind (that is both a title and a description). Yes frustrated it is about the man who is God, the one who puts hope into hope to make it hopeful.

Hope you do not mind me asking about prostate cancer, what is the actual remission period for this version, or are you still under treatment?

Regards,

Les.

No I don't mind. Indeed I am glad you asked. I believe strongly that men by age 40 need to know about prostate cancer so they can take an intelligent and proactive part in regular screening. Should signs of risk arise they need to manage the avoidance of unnecessary treatment and the dangers of late diagnosis. Early fully informed diagnosis greatly increases the achievement of a CURE. Late diagnosis can make a cure less likely and even not possible, the worst first diagnosis. Strangely, I would urge all women to educate themselves in prostate cancer. They may help save the life of the man in their life. 

There are no prognoses for prostate cancer. There are some statistics by they are sketchy and although no statistician I find then to be devised to be encouraging rather than informative. The vaguest encouragement derived from statistics is 'You are more likely to die with prostate cancer than of it." Well maybe, but that is little use to a man newly diagnosed. Complacency and ignorance are deadly. If a cure is not achieved the outcome is likely to be measured in years rather than months. Statistics are usually expressed in terms of survival at 5 and 10 years. There are also many quality of life issues.

Now to answer your question. My screening was !missed for follow up' in 2011and 2012 and it was not until July 2014 my elevated risk of having prostate cancer followed up. By then I had locally advanced prostate cancer of an agressive sort. I am right at the eleventh hour for radical treatment but a cure is possible in such cases but not achieved as frequently as less developed cancers. As I said, no prognosis can be given in any individual case. The variations in response to treatment are too varied.

I hope this answer is helpful to you and to others. Men generally have a lifetime risk of a diagnosis of prostate cancer of about 1 in 7. For men with a father, son or brother with prostate cancer the lifetime risk is about 1 in 3.

Next comes a biopsy. This, too, is a bit hit and miss as if there is cancer in thr prostate it may be in any part whereas a biopsy can take a 'good' sample for analysis. From my knowledge of my own cancer and regular visits to the clinic and oncologist even if a biopsy is 'clear' I would continue to have regular tests of PSA and seek action if that is rising, especially when that is at about 45 degrees on a graph.

Surgery, radiotherapy, HRT and other methods of tackling the cancer are being supported by newer treatments. Hopefully a better solution will be found soon given the very high rate of this cancer among men, although many will die naturally or of other ailments not from the cancer, unless it is one of those regarded as a tiger - that is fast growing and spreading.