Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate This Thread
Hop To
#3763657 - 04/06/13 05:59 PM Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man..  
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Biggles07 Offline
Member
Biggles07  Offline
Member

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.





Love is a Temple, love a Higher Law.

Last edited by Biggles07; 04/06/13 08:31 PM.

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals".

Sir Winston Churchill
Inline advert (2nd and 3rd post)

#3763676 - 04/06/13 07:05 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. Above us only Sky. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 15,158
No Name Offline
Veteran
No Name  Offline
Veteran

Joined: May 2002
Posts: 15,158
Guy should still be alive. Such a shame.


Mobo ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0)
Memory CORSAIR XMS3 8GB DDR3
GPU 2 EVGA 680 FTW 4GB
CPU Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz)
Drives 2 HITACHI Deskstar 3TB 2 Crucial 256 GB SSD Displays 3 HP ZR30w 30" monitors
UPS Cyberpower PP2200SW
PSU Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200 1200W
Case COOLER MASTER CM Storm Trooper
Drive LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray
CPU cooler Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe
Fans COOLER MASTER SickleFlow 120
OS Windows 7 Premium
#3763698 - 04/06/13 08:40 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. Above us only Sky. [Re: No Name]  
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Biggles07 Offline
Member
Biggles07  Offline
Member

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.

Last edited by Biggles07; 04/06/13 09:51 PM.

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals".

Sir Winston Churchill
#3763734 - 04/06/13 10:28 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. Above us only Sky. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 9,248
U-96 Offline
%!#Stack Overflow#!%
U-96  Offline
%!#Stack Overflow#!%
Hotshot

Joined: May 2000
Posts: 9,248
I think you have to wait till Zefram Cochrane hits Warp 1.0 and the Vulcans get involved.

#3763739 - 04/06/13 10:47 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. Above us only Sky. [Re: U-96]  
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Biggles07 Offline
Member
Biggles07  Offline
Member

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Duly noted.

hahaha


"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals".

Sir Winston Churchill
#3763860 - 04/07/13 04:21 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,383
PanzerMeyer Online centaurian
Pro-Consul of Florida
PanzerMeyer  Online Centaurian
Pro-Consul of Florida
King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster

Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,383
Miami, FL USA
I've always found it a bit funny how a world famous RICH rockstar was singing a song wishing for a world with "no possessions".


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#3763875 - 04/07/13 05:03 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 80
Ziggy Sawdust Offline
Junior Member
Ziggy Sawdust  Offline
Junior Member

Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 80
As much as I am an admirer of Lennon, respected the man and what he stood for, there is just something desperately WRONG in wanting a world where everything is exactly the same for everybody. Sounds just a little too much like Communism and Stalinist Soviet Russia to me... or am I wrong?

#3764103 - 04/07/13 07:23 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 60
Hunziker Offline
Junior Member
Hunziker  Offline
Junior Member

Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 60
England
I drive/walk past Lennon's childhood home daily(as well as Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane)and still get a tingle.

I'm just an old sentimentalist most probably.


Above Us Only Sky
#3764131 - 04/07/13 08:40 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Ziggy Sawdust]  
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 9,163
Murphy Offline
Administrator
Murphy  Offline
Administrator
Hotshot

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 9,163
Northern Michigan, USA
Originally Posted By: Ziggy Sawdust
As much as I am an admirer of Lennon, respected the man and what he stood for, there is just something desperately WRONG in wanting a world where everything is exactly the same for everybody. Sounds just a little too much like Communism and Stalinist Soviet Russia to me... or am I wrong?


+1, well put, I also liked his music, but couldn't figure out how "We can all live together", in reality, when we're just all still a bunch of mixed up humans. Nice thought. But some will always want to dominate others, if allowed to.
Species problem. Evolutionary IMHO.

I can "Imagine" it, but that's about as far as it will ever go.


"Murphy's Law"
#3764154 - 04/07/13 09:16 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Murphy]  
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Biggles07 Offline
Member
Biggles07  Offline
Member

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,474
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Originally Posted By: Murphy
Originally Posted By: Ziggy Sawdust
As much as I am an admirer of Lennon, respected the man and what he stood for, there is just something desperately WRONG in wanting a world where everything is exactly the same for everybody. Sounds just a little too much like Communism and Stalinist Soviet Russia to me... or am I wrong?


+1, well put, I also liked his music, but couldn't figure out how "We can all live together", in reality, when we're just all still a bunch of mixed up humans. Nice thought. But some will always want to dominate others, if allowed to.
Species problem. Evolutionary IMHO.

I can "Imagine" it, but that's about as far as it will ever go.


Sadly, I must agree. A Utopian fantasy. A nice, wonderful fantasy however. Perhaps one day we will learn, and collectively get our act together. We must, because the 'end game' of our violence will be the end of everything. End of story.

That said, I do not subscribe to fatalism, and nothing is inevitable. This can be stopped if people have the will to do so. Won't be holding my breath, but I remain an Optimist. smile

Last edited by Biggles07; 04/07/13 09:26 PM.

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals".

Sir Winston Churchill
#3764170 - 04/07/13 09:54 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 9,163
Murphy Offline
Administrator
Murphy  Offline
Administrator
Hotshot

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 9,163
Northern Michigan, USA
We need Optimists Mr. Biggles. Glad to have you. smile


"Murphy's Law"
#3764173 - 04/07/13 10:01 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Pooch Offline
Hotshot
Pooch  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Orlando, FL
As my sig shows, I am very much in agreement with the late Beetle.


"From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace."
Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia

#3764191 - 04/07/13 10:38 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,413
Cold_Flying Offline
6079 Smith
Cold_Flying  Offline
6079 Smith
Member

Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,413
Quebec, Canada
Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
I've always found it a bit funny how a world famous RICH rockstar was singing a song wishing for a world with "no possessions".


Genius is not without fallacies and foibles, but it's still genius.


Question everything!
#3764208 - 04/07/13 11:05 PM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Murphy]  
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,383
PanzerMeyer Online centaurian
Pro-Consul of Florida
PanzerMeyer  Online Centaurian
Pro-Consul of Florida
King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster

Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,383
Miami, FL USA
Originally Posted By: Murphy


I can "Imagine" it, but that's about as far as it will ever go.
Once you have a world where every single person on the planet has the same economic status then maybe what you imagine could become a reality. wink


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#3764239 - 04/08/13 12:14 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,413
Cold_Flying Offline
6079 Smith
Cold_Flying  Offline
6079 Smith
Member

Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,413
Quebec, Canada
Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer

Once you have a world where every single person on the planet has the same economic status then maybe what you imagine could become a reality. wink


Equal economic status isn't required as not everyone has the same economic needs or desires. I know some who are happy with little and want little more, and some who are happy with much and yet still want much more. And people who are miserable with both.

Everyone having enough to eat, clean water to drink, and a warm place to sleep would be a tremendous start. It would probably be a trememdous end as well.


Question everything!
#3764247 - 04/08/13 12:24 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Pooch Offline
Hotshot
Pooch  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Orlando, FL
We're talking economics here, but that wasn't what Lennon was writing about. He simply was saying how wonderful the world could be if we could get rid of all the things that made us hate each other. Borders, religions, money...etc. He knew it wouldn't happen as well as we all do. The song is a man dreaming out loud.


"From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace."
Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia

#3764250 - 04/08/13 12:26 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 9,163
Murphy Offline
Administrator
Murphy  Offline
Administrator
Hotshot

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 9,163
Northern Michigan, USA
Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted By: Murphy


I can "Imagine" it, but that's about as far as it will ever go.
Once you have a world where every single person on the planet has the same economic status then maybe what you imagine could become a reality. wink


Well, in my "imaginary" world, we're ALL rich, and have whatever and as much as we want.
As long as it doesn't interfere with someone else.
That's why it doesn't go very far, it's impossible.
But a nice thought.
Like, 'Why can't everyone just get along'....a nice thought, but it just doesn't work that way.


"Murphy's Law"
#3764263 - 04/08/13 12:42 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 18,549
piper Offline
Veteran
piper  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 18,549
Raleigh,NC
Biggles is an optimist, one of the reasons I enjoy his posts. He also has great musical taste!

The Imagine song...I like, but remember John married Yoko.

#3764274 - 04/08/13 01:13 AM Re: Imagine . Its easy if you try. No need for Greed or Hunger. A Brotherhood, of Man.. [Re: Biggles07]  
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 49,716
Jedi Master Offline
Entil'zha
Jedi Master  Offline
Entil'zha
Sierra Hotel

Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 49,716
Space Coast, USA
John wasn't singing about a world that could happen tomorrow, or next year, or next decade, but rather one that he would've liked to have lived in.
As he said "you may say I'm a dreamer/but I'm not the only one/I hope some day you'll join us/and the world will live as one."
So if everyone could think like Lennon and his fellow hippie/flower power idealists did, it would be possible.

It will require a fundamental alteration in human behavior to make it happen, but there's no reason why such a thing CAN'T happen.

It's just very, very unlikely.




The Jedi Master


The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter

Moderated by  RacerGT 

Quick Search
Recent Articles
Support SimHQ

If you shop on Amazon use this Amazon link to support SimHQ
.
Social


Recent Topics
Carnival Cruise Ship Fire....... Again
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:58 PM
Baltimore Bridge Collapse
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:51 PM
The Oldest WWII Veterans
by F4UDash4. 03/24/24 09:21 PM
They got fired after this.
by Wigean. 03/20/24 08:19 PM
Grown ups joke time
by NoFlyBoy. 03/18/24 10:34 PM
Anyone Heard from Nimits?
by F4UDash4. 03/18/24 10:01 PM
RIP Gemini/Apollo astronaut Tom Stafford
by semmern. 03/18/24 02:14 PM
10 years after 3/8/2014
by NoFlyBoy. 03/17/24 10:25 AM
Copyright 1997-2016, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.0