Paradise On Demand.

There are not so few little islands in our Blue Planet scattered somewhere in the ocenas where their residents run a happy life on them. In the caressing sunlight they stroll peacefully on the beaches, smile to each other doing the daily routine totally oblivious of the remote surroundings. They don't know about our world - the rat race, rivalry, wars, terrorism, contamination increasing problems, everyday struggle to survive...

What would you do, if ...

1. Easy, egoistic approach:
If you got a chance to move into such places and start a new life, what would you do? Would you drop everything behind you and fly away to live in a blissful ignorance, far away of our brutal current world?

2. Challenging, self-sacrificing approach:
Or maybe would you rather stay putting a bold face, fighting like a noble "warrior" for the better times, for your family and country? (It's not about patriotism, I talk about not escaping from the problems).

Your choice.

I think I would go with number 1.

Since an individual can't change shit in this world, I'll be having a good life out on my island - have you heard about the Palm Project of Dubai? I'll be there one day :P

That kind of view has a sucky part to it as well though. If everybody would be thinking like this, governments could do what they wanted to, because nobody of the people would stand up against it. But I think fighting against all those things that narrow the realization of your interests, or your family's interests can only be DONE (not even won) with a shitload of passion into a certain thing.
Therefore you have people demonstrating for the legalisation of Hemp ... each time they demonstrate they are in danger of getting caught - being put in prison, paying fines or whatever. So you couldn't take all the consequences there are, if you lack passion.

So there are different groups fighting for different things ...

But for me .. as an introverted, individual Individual .. putting efforts in politics, fighting for no speed limits .. is all not worth it. I feel I have enough trouble living life as it is .. I have to get a clear mind on things most people (it seems) have a clear mind on since they were born ... I have to have truth in my life .. the more people I include the untrue'er it gets....

I am glad though there are people who would go with your nr. 2 :)

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I'm sure I would choose number 2. I like gaining knowledge and being aware of what's going on around my surroundings. I don't think I would be contempt in living a life of ignorance as if another part of the world doesn't exist. Anyway option number 1 is what I would call a vacation.

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Originally Posted by Slight

I am glad though there are people who would go with your nr. 2 :)

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I don't know if I would go with nr. 2, well fighting for some noble reasons yes, but certainly not for politics....
p.s. What kind of detail you meant?

To be honest, I'd choose option 1. Call me lazy, but that kind of a life sounds fine to me. If you don't know of the harsh reality that is the word today, you simply don't have to worry about it. Ignorace really WOULD be bliss.
So, it's lazy, it's egotistical (?) but it's the way I'd go.

Hmm, I'm fed up with most of the world, if this secluded island was nice, and good people came along, I'd go for 1)

People on beautiful little island in the great nice blue/green tropical sea have shit lives. It seems all pretty and nice at the start, then it begins to suck.

I do it myself, but you shouldn't focus on where you could or should go and have a great life there, you have to make your life great at where you are Now. Becouse if you don't, then once you have been on that beautiful little island for a few days, you start thinking about a nice cottage in alps or something.

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Originally Posted by Neruo

People on beautiful little island in the great nice blue/green tropical sea have shit lives. It seems all pretty and nice at the start, then it begins to suck.

I do it myself, but you shouldn't focus on where you could or should go and have a great life there, you have to make your life great at where you are Now. Becouse if you don't, then once you have been on that beautiful little island for a few days, you start thinking about a nice cottage in alps or something.
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The grass is always greener on the other side :P I guess its a case of looking at what's better for you

You could still be in the ‘rat race’ of life and still be ignorant, doesn’t take a deserted island to do that to people. Ignorance as in being on a deserted island, is not being aware or what is going out everywhere else, at all. Ignorance as in being surrounded by cities is like knowing what is happening but would rather believe something nicer is happening. For example when a lot of people made a big fuss about Pluto being demoted as a planet? Oh it will upset the children; it would ruin the textbooks. Still knowing that Pluto is pretty much just a ball of ice and still wanting it to remain a planet because it would make everyone feel better would be ignorance, at least my definition of it. (No offence to anyone who wanted to have Pluto as a planet). :)

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You could still be in the ‘rat race’ of life and still be ignorant, doesn’t take a deserted island to do that to people. Ignorance as in being on a deserted island, is not being aware or what is going out everywhere else, at all. Ignorance as in being surrounded by cities is like knowing what is happening but would rather believe something nicer is happening. For example when a lot of people made a big fuss about Pluto being demoted as a planet? Oh it will upset the children; it would ruin the textbooks. Still knowing that Pluto is pretty much just a ball of ice and still wanting it to remain a planet because it would make everyone feel better would be ignorance, at least my definition of it. (No offence to anyone who wanted to have Pluto as a planet). :)
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That's a good example actually. I felt really sad about it :( I guess it's 'cause you're brought up around one concept, then they change it!

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The grass is always greener on the other side :P I guess its a case of looking at what's better for you
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Yeah that kind of sums it up: ' The grass is always greener on the other side'...

Fuck the grass on the other side, put down some concrete with fluffy carpet Here!