2024.02.27 07:00 - stay On Topic

The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: Good Morning Adams ㋡
Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
Adams Rubble: Greetings

Adams Rubble: Is there any way we can get on and stick to a topic?
Riddle Sideways: oh, will try
Adams Rubble: I am having a bit of trouble staying focused
Riddle Sideways: a bit of an issue with the toughest of the current topic
Adams Rubble: yes, let's try to stay clear of that
Adams Rubble: a real problem in our local community
Riddle Sideways: "what is an Israel - Palestine solution"
Riddle Sideways: what is your local problem?
Adams Rubble: great division on that topic
Adams Rubble: some people are over there fighting
Adams Rubble: so many not able to see both sides
Adams Rubble: no compassion
Adams Rubble: not able to see that hate makes more hate
Riddle Sideways: and War is Not the answer
Adams Rubble nods
Riddle Sideways: each side only watchs/listens to their friendly News
Riddle Sideways: no distancing to view the Whole picture
Riddle Sideways: which local or distance or total issue are we discussing ? ㋡
Adams Rubble: how we can have compassion and not annoy our neighbors :)
Adams Rubble: war always involves dehumanizing your opponents
Riddle Sideways: talking is a good start
Adams Rubble: usually
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: meant 'conversing' not talking 'at'
Adams Rubble: hard to talk when people are dug in

Agatha Macbeth: Greetings :)
Riddle Sideways: Good morning Aggers
Riddle Sideways: shhhhh Beel
Agatha Macbeth: I almost forgot what day it was
Riddle Sideways: easy to forget
Adams Rubble: Hello Agatha :)
Agatha Macbeth: One of the downsides of no longer having a work schedule, all days are alike

Riddle Sideways: We are going to try something different today and attempt to stay on one topic
Agatha Macbeth: Rotsa ruck
Riddle Sideways: yep
Adams Rubble: compassion in times of polarization
Riddle Sideways: how to have compassion
Agatha Macbeth: Com pa shun
Adams Rubble: too many wars
Riddle Sideways: locally, it helped to enter conversation by offering a plate of cookies,
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: take a loaf of fresh bread to the neighbor dugging post holes on my side of A line
Agatha Macbeth: Do they do that often?
Riddle Sideways: border disputes
Adams Rubble: fences don't always make good neighbors
Riddle Sideways: nope
Agatha Macbeth: He said don't take offence, so I took the gate instead
Agatha Macbeth slaps herself
Riddle Sideways: what if US (gosh, the arrogance of naming our land us) showed up at a border with 5,000 trucks of bread
Adams Rubble: gates make good metaphors
Adams Rubble: opening to reason
Riddle Sideways: hmmm
Agatha Macbeth: And run into a wall

Agatha Macbeth: Springtime Adams?
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: almost.
Agatha Macbeth: Oh
Agatha Macbeth: Choir girl
Riddle Sideways: so have a wrap close if gets cold
Agatha Macbeth: Does it get cold in the golden state?
Adams Rubble: You have some good instincts Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: yes. We have places with 10feet of snow
Riddle Sideways: nice ski resorts
Adams Rubble: Riddle
Agatha Macbeth: Oh my
   --BELL--
Adams Rubble: bringing offerings
Agatha Macbeth: Is that up in the mountains?
Riddle Sideways: yes
Adams Rubble: small gestures but with love
Agatha Macbeth: I know there are lots of mountains round there
Riddle Sideways: here, mainly on the plain. Saturday was in the 70F. Yesterday was in the 40F
Agatha Macbeth: And a long plain down the middle

Adams Rubble: conversation starters
Agatha Macbeth: Like Magi?
Riddle Sideways: well, we did forget to start the session which local weather reports
Riddle Sideways: our coast road was going to open to traffic in July-August, but more rocks slid down and it will take more time
Agatha Macbeth: :(
Riddle Sideways: There was a time (back in the 80's) that the world could have done something about the Climate damage.
Riddle Sideways: But, there was no profit in it
Riddle Sideways: now millionaire mansions are going into the sea or underwater
Riddle Sideways: as the wealthy get affected the issue becomes more important
Agatha Macbeth: Isn't into the sea the same thing as underwater?
Riddle Sideways: technically
Agatha Macbeth: La cathédéral engloutée
Riddle Sideways: poetically, nah
Agatha Macbeth: Beware Greeks bearing gifts, like wooden horses
Riddle Sideways: Which Python movie had the "We built a castle, but it sunk. So, we built another and it sunk. So, we built another on top of it ..."
Agatha Macbeth: Holy Grail presumably
Riddle Sideways: these are ramblings, but are all sides of compassion and results of lack of compassion
Riddle Sideways: Compassion: noun 1. Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it.
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Riddle Sideways: maybe e.g. voters in Mich. voting to send message about Palestine
Adams Rubble: may they be free from pain and suffering
Adams Rubble: may they be free from fear and anxiety
Adams Rubble: both sides
Riddle Sideways: thank you, much better then was almost written
Riddle Sideways: whoops, topic stopper
Adams Rubble: difficult topic
Agatha Macbeth: But a worthwhile one
Riddle Sideways: very few answers and not enough listening
Riddle Sideways: first small step is to listen
Adams Rubble: or to open ones heart
Riddle Sideways: *and
Adams Rubble: if it was a local fight might have to wait until both are battered and bloody before reason prevails
Adams Rubble: doesn't work so well when so many innocents are being slaughtered
Riddle Sideways: seems to work in the movies
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: genocide is not the answer
Riddle Sideways: War is not the answer
Adams Rubble agrees
Riddle Sideways: Doing Nothing is not the answe

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Adams Rubble: however must leave SL for the other world
Adams Rubble: where all this stuff is happening
Adams Rubble: have a good week Riddle and Agatha :)
Riddle Sideways: suggest ignoring that Other world
Riddle Sideways: thank you both
Agatha Macbeth: TC Adams ♥
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Agatha Macbeth: And Rissle
Riddle Sideways: bye All