[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Not Dada

[Rob McCallum]

Okay,  I'm not saying that at all.  The whole % thing was a silly thing to
say and it's being misinterpreted.  If it sounds like I'm saying what Bill
just said I said and what Charlie said I said, then I'm not able to express
what I meant.  By "comfortable" I didn't mean "hum drum" and by 1% I didn't
mean those who were more intelligent or enlightened.  All I was trying to
say was that most people structure their lives to be stable and comfortable
(I DIDN'T say unfulfilled, drab, meaningless or anything of this sort), and
some people continually change their lives and take risk.  That's all.  I'm
not saying they're more intelligent or "know what it's all about."  For
instance does someone like Donald Trump fall into the 99% or the 1%?  I
would say the 1%.  Is he more intelligent or enlightened than the 99%?  I
doubt it.  Does he lead an interesting life that people follow on t.v?
Apparently so.  How about Madonna?  99% or 1%?  Is she more intelligent?
enlightened?  .........  How about someone that decides one day to take a
chance and pick up and move their whole family from the suburbs of Baltimore
to Alaska or Istanbul and try and make a go of it?  Do they embrace
stability?  How many people would actually follow through?  Is this family
more or less "intelligent or enlightened" than anyone else?  How about the
woman who took a small boat across the ocean by herself?

Please pardon the non-musical content.  The original quote was not intended
to be posted.

And now back to music,

Rob McCallum


----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Gunter <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <rakmccallum at hotmail.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fw: Not Dada


> Hello Rob,
>
> you done writ:
>
> >we, the other
> > > 99%, "aren't willing to push out past the point where 'our'
comfortable
> > > notions will be challenged (and I'm not saying there's anything wrong
> >with
> > > that), we "suspect" that people who are willing to accept more risk
and
> > > change into their lives, lead more interesting lives, but not enough
so
> >that
> > > we jeopardize our stable situation by introducing more change into our
> >own
> > > lives.  That's all I was saying, just musing at the keyboard.
>
> Let me get this straight. You're saying that only one out of a hundred
> people lead worthy lives while the rest of humanity simply live a drab,
> miserable, hum-drum existance with no desire at all to bring meaning into
> their otherwise worthless and meaningless lives.
>
> Could it be that the actual percentages are closer to 50-50? or 30-70? or
> 45-65?
>
> Maybe it's only one out of a thousand (or even million) who really live
> exciting lives while the rest of humanity wallows in sad, melancholic,
> dejected and unfulfilled days without end.
>
> Or perhaps this is all doo-doo and the truth is more like we're all shaped
> by forces beyond our control and we simply are what we are. Perhaps the
> thing that makes one young, beautiful, exciting and purposeful is actually
> beyond our control.
>
> Perhaps it is the case that if the average IQ is 100 then if you have an
IQ
> of 101 over half the people in your culture are dumber than you.
>
> You know, when I was in college I was sure I was smarter and more vital
than
> anybody else on the North American Continent. I was really convinced that
if
> I were only king of the world I would be able to make everyone see how
> futile their lives were and how they could enrich themselves and be as
> brilliant and perceptive as me.
>
> I few years later it became apparent that I was a total idiot with
> absolutely no conception of how the world worked.  Years and years later I
> learned that not only was I an idiot, but I was also an arrogant one.
>
> And the most arrogant preachment I could possibly imagine today would be
to
> claim that only 1% of the people really know what it's all about and that
> the other 99% percent are sorry drudges with no perception of the wonders
> life has to offer.
>
> Other than that, Rob, you are right on!
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "To Bad You're not all as smart as me!" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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