The Wit and Wisdom of Cancer.

[tom_paine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyexBlqFo-U

Thanks to DUer stuntcat for turning me on to this amazingly "ecologicus" and perspective-enhancing video; I have known of Abbey's famous quote "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell," for two decades now, but this video goes well beyond...

VERY worth watching. I give THREE thumbs up.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

And you do NOT want to know what I am using for that third thumb!

:rofl:

Merry Christmas, Happy Channukah, Good Kwanzaa, and a Happy Festivus to us all!

:party: :toast: :beer: :party: :grouphug: :beer: :party:

[mucifer]

1. Thanks!

K and R.

[Berry Cool]

2. Makes you think, doesn't it?

And yeah, I know what it's about in the larger sense...but I also wish people would remember it when they hear about some distasteful person being stricken with cancer.

That's what those cells are really like, folks. No, they don't really talk and drink and go to nightclubs, but, as you said, their basic ideology is expressed here. They don't think. They just pop into existence, and once they pop, they can't stop. They have no idea whose body they're in and they don't give a damn. They don't choose who to pop into based on some progressive person's notion of "karma" or who "deserves" them most. And I really wish those kinds of sentiments would not be expressed here.

Enjoy your holidays, if you have 'em! If not, good things to you anyway!

[tom_paine]

5. What you say is true. I have sadly sometimes succumbed to that kind of vindictive thinking.

Thanks for saying what I and probably everyone sometimes needs to hear, especially in these days where so many are so pissed off.

They have no idea whose body they're in and they don't give a damn. They don't choose who to pop into based on some progressive person's notion of "karma" or who "deserves" them most. And I really wish those kinds of sentiments would not be expressed here.

I have occasionally in the past voiced those kinds of sentiments. But when I hear the clear sense spoken in your post, I feel shame for doing so.

[Berry Cool]

8. Bless you, tom_paine.

May the universe be kind to you. It takes a big person to say something like that in a public forum.

If you celebrate them, happy holidays to you, and if not, enjoy anyway!

[GliderGuider]

3. If we're going to anthropomorphize bunny rabbits, why not cancer cells?

The lessons sure cut a lot deeper... Very nice seditious little video :-)

And a Happy Solstice to you too.

[tom_paine]

4. HEY! DON'T FUCK WITH ME about anthropomorpicizing animals! My kitty is a PERSON

and I will hear no evidence to the contrary!

:rofl:

Just kidding, Paul.

But, how could I forget to add the Solstice to my Season's Greetings?

[GliderGuider]

6. Don't anthropomorphize animals. They HATE that! nt

[tom_paine]

7. ROFLMAO!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

9. How dare you pretend Miss Precious Perfect is no better than an animal!

:rofl:

[GliderGuider]

10. A message from the Queen:

[Gregorian]

11. I must have posted this video before. Extremely good. I think this was also Stuntcat inspired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-hdLKITZA&feature=related

It's good to know there are a few of us out there. But I'm still in too much of a rage to laugh about it. Well, I try.


A cancer cell walks into a bar. And splits.