AnalogBoy's Journal: BiblioDot - 1 Penguins

Bibliodot
First scroll of the Wisdom of Penguins

One day as I strolled along the cold beaches of my homeland, pondering my last conversation in the forum of my life; I laid down into the sand. I awoke in a dream to find myself in a cold, white place, confronted by a council of penguins. Their grand sage, a tall Emperor of the name Tuxedo Rex, beckoned me to speak

Lo, he said - you have come to the beaches of enlightenment; ponder the wisdom of the forum; ask what thy will of us; we shall answer.

Now I had, for many suns, been a member of this forum; And a UID I had of not the minimum, but not of the maximum either; the behavior of some among us brought many a question to my head.

                        of the types of member..
1:4 I feel I must tell you of this land before we go any further.

1:5 Herein lies the Enlightened, who watch and rarely speak;
1:6 The editors, who know not the language;
1:7 The trolls; who may or may not be among the most enlightened, for they are silenced and able to be heard only by those with the most open of minds;
1:8 Those who are afraid to speak; for fear of retribution
1:9 Those who are loud, yet who's words are empty.
1:10 Those who are on the verge of enlightenment, yet shy away from the public; Some may wear the mask of the anonymous;
1:11 The trolls of the forever winter; and the Dark Lord of the Wide Orifice, Klerck;
1:12 The evil empire, from which much good has flown - The empire of the dwarves, the miniature and flaccid, with the lord Gates on the throne;
1:13 The avatars of those that make themselves visible first and foremost in the forum;
1:14 Those who's words fall on deaf ears;
1:15 Those who's minds are closed, the locks welded securely in place by the sands of time;

1:16 Now this forum has a method to separate thy wheat from thy chaff; yet those who most have this power use it to separate the chaff from the wheat;

1:17 Therefore the noise of this place may be deafening; the greatest minds drowned out by the mediocre and ignorant;

1:18 In this place of purported enlightenment, the ignorant and intolerant are loud.

2:1 Now, in this place, your worth rests in the hands of the others, as you're words are judged by the value they hold, not to the justness of the world; but to the mind of the one who holds the staff of the moderator

2:2 Now the methods used to select this moderator are odd indeed; no true method of knowing the criteria of which you are judged, or the stature of those who are judging you; Be you judged by your peers or by a youth who's face has not
yet cleared of acne and whos mind has not yet reached maturity

2:3 For these moderators of which I speak are often not of sound mind; Between their
inquiries of requests of the holy fried potato, they will judge you;

2:4 Whilst holding staff in thy hand, dreaming of the Queen of fantasy, they judge you.

2:5 While not yet completing the study or the acknowledgement of the wisdom of their forbearers; they will judge you.

2:6 Now I ask the penguin my first question - Why has the forum dropped into disarray?

2:7 The penguin responds to me: The masses have become caught up in a wave of fanaticism - Ignorant to this fact they are; yet they harp on thoughts given to them by others; not dissecting those, but claiming them for their own;

2:8 For these individuals would not know their own thoughts if one occurred to them; Any such occurrence would surely be the speediest of trips;

2:9 These persons believe their lives to be defined by their causes; which may be the case; however their cause has not been chosen in a firm basis; for this firm basis must be found in the study of the elders;

2:10 They rally around the teachings of freedom and utopia; yet know not the dangers of either; While the blind attempt to lead the sighted into oblivion;

2:11 The sighted do follow; for it is the way of youth to follow that which is popular

2:12 The masters of academia sit back and watch; rarely striking a match to light the flames; for they have known for much time their worth to these persons is naught;

2:13 From this we can establish that the forum has fallen into disarray because of the quality of the mind inside of it; Ignorance flourishes under bigot sunshine; Grave crimes are propagated by this forum.

2:14 Therefore I ask the penguin: I am of the forum; the forum focuses around you; yet you speak of their crimes. What crimes has this forum committed?

2:15 The forum respects not law, nor power, nor those who wish to make money from their works, nor the good that intrinsically comes from evil.

2:16 The forum has become the counterculture. Feel with your heart, don't think with your head. Abolish 5,000 years of civilizations evolution to justify thyself as right.

2:17 The forum is their temple. The zealots and the faithful gather regularly and converse, yea, the zealots lead. Sensationalism is their call, and welcome it they do;

2:18 They remove themselves from the restrictions of thy laws seen as unjust. For some laws will be unjust; and the wrongs lie in the law, not what the law abolishes; yet, some laws will be just, and good for the many; yet those who wish not to let go of their purse in pursuit of their gratification will call these laws evil, and unjust.

2:19 Thy enlightened ones shall have their thoughts called off the topic of the conversation; for the general topic is ignorance and enlightenment is counter to ignorance; Some will have their comments called heresy, and therefore that they bait the flames of others; Some will even be labeled as the Trolls of the Pit;

2:20 These posts, which make thy brain spark, are against this new order; yet they are the basis of this new order. The spark of the mind must be extinguished; lest the spark occur in the same manner of thy judge;

2:21 Within this forum; there are no areas for the conversation of the masses on topics other than those approved by the hierarchy;

2:22 In summary, the greatest crimes procured by the forum is that of ignorance and theft; The Promotion of Ignorance and intolerance being the greatest crime of all; The gods and idols of this forum instructed not about ignorance, nor intolerance; alas, they are silent on this issue; allowing the baser instincts of the voices to take hold of the baser instincts of the listener.

3:0 But, I said, much intolerance has been associated with their idol;

3:1 Their idol, said the penguin, is not of an intelligent nature - it has become a figurehead, a mascot of ideas. Its intrinsic worth has been marred by the attitude of the forum and its members; Its respectability diminished by
those who support it; They are so caught up in the cacophony of their own voices; they have no idea the harm they cause themselves; they are blind to it

3:2 The actions of the followers mar, beyond repair, the perception of the good;

3:3 More, I said, on the subject of those known as the editors; What are your thoughts on them?

3:4 The editors are each their own person; acquiring traits over time. These editors; like so many of the day; are not concerned with expousing the truth or enlightenement; but of assuring the expansion of their wallets;

3:5 While I have discussed in the past the importance of capitalism; a forum that carries such importance in the community owes itself respect ; and it owes its parishioners the truth;

3:6 It is ironic to say the least that, while these editors have learned many things, not among the least of which is intolerance, or a façade of intolerance, against their devil; the entity known as Gates, and his legion of followers; great in number; Again I state that it is classic of the counter-establishment movements common throughout history.

3:7 The irony lies in the fact that they lave learned many things; except a mastery of the English language;

3:8 Among these editors lies one who is exceptionally verbose, yet empty in meaning; the one known as Katz; He does not follow the idol; yet he is used to stir the kettle of sensationalism. Posting on major world events; his philosophies may very well be dangerous to those who cannot hold two conflicting ideas inside their heads and continue to function.

3:9 At this time, we must separate; Call upon my guidance again, young learner; for now you must go to work;