nnnnnn nnn nnn nnn $ $$ $ $$ $$b $ $$ $$nd$b .d$$b. $`$b $ .d$$b. .d$$b. $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $ `$b $ $$ $$ $$ $$ nnn $$ $$ $$ $$"""" $ `$b$ $$"""" $$ $$ """ nSSn nSSi SSn "Sbnn" nSn `SS "Sbnn" "SbdS" .nP"=$$ $P nnn TM $$ "" `n' n$$nnn $$ .d$$b. $$$nd$bnd$b nnn $$$nd$b $$ .d$$b. $$$nd$b $$$nd$b $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ S$ $$ $$ $$ i$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$"""" $$ $$ $$ "SbndS" "SbdS" nSSi SSn SSn nSSi nSSi SSn "Sbn" "Sbnn" nSSi nSSi SSn .......... ......... ........ ....... ...... ..... .... ... .. . . . . . . . . .. ... .... ..... ...... ....... ........ ......... .......... t h e n e o - c o m i n t e r n e l e c t r o n i c m a g z i n e I n s t a l l m e n t N u m b e r 9 5 LANOITANRETNI ht5 EHT ERA EW - WE ARE THE 5th INTERNATIONAL 0002 ,ht11 yraurbeF - February 11th, 2000 CMB :rotidE - Editor: BMC :sretirW - Writers: CMB - BMC d""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""b. ;P Featured in this installment .b $ $ $ I Will Not Take A Number!- BMC $ `q p' `nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn' EDITOR'S NOTE Well, it has recently come to my attention that today is the Neo-Comintern's second anniversary. I think that is pretty neat, don't you? But really, if I could do anything in the world, I would go two years into the past and chenge the date of the first release to Valentines day! Then I would also change the title from The Comintern to The Love, and Cog never ever would have been able to talk me out of it. Dammit! I can't believe that ever I let that fellow talk me out of doing that! Cause you know what? You can't tell me what to do! You can't tell me anymore! You're not the boss of me! I can do whatever I want and I will! So all I have to say is LA LA LA February 14th haHAhHAAH THE LOVE THE LOVE, motherfucker! THE LOVE! LOVE IT! in joy. qn, d&&&&&&&&P ;P d&&& . ;P d' d' d' d' `b ;P ;&,e&q, .c&&q, ;P ,c&&q, d&&P &b .c&&q, d' dP~ `b ;P' `& d' ;P' `d && dP ;P' `& ;P ;P ;P dB&&&&P ;P d P && dP dB&&&&P d' d' d' &, , d' d' &, .,d' &&,P' &, , d&&P &&& &&& `&&&P' d&&&&&&&&P `&&&P' &P' `&&&P' d""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""b. ;P I WILL NOT TAKE A NUMBER! .b `q by BMC p' `nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn' I'd like to take a few minutes of your time to tell you what I think of numbers. Most people hold a neutral view on them, but I am strongly opposed to numbers because of the problems they cause in our society. You may think me naive for discussing it, but I am very serious about this and I believe that my hatred is well justified. I remember the days before they created numbers. Children were safe on the streets at night and if you needed shelter there was always an open door. Life was good. One day someone came into town and started singing the praises of some new thing called "numbers," and we were all doomed. He taught the children about numbers first, because the older folk were set in their ways. As the word spread, though, everybody got in on the action. Unfortunately, by the time the people found out what they had given into society had already crumbled. Most realized the problems that had been caused, but a certain mob-mentality existed that made the masses smite any who opposed the system. Well, society, the time is now, so revolt and we will see a drastic change in our surroundings! The first thing we would lose would be the menacing creature that we call time. Though many consider it ridiculous to hate the concept of time, I am completely convinced that our lives would be fuller if we lived without it. I have been informed by a brilliant sciencetist that human beings are on a 25 hour cycle and that our days are only 24 hours long. A human being is supposed to have 16 hours of consciousness followed by 9 hours of sleep. Repetition of this pattern would have us waking up an hour later every day. Every twenty-four days we would be waking up at 8:00AM. If we got rid of numbers we got rid of time we would finally be able to live our lives in health and happiness, but apparently Mr. Number-Man wasn't concerned with that when he made them. Then we'd get rid of temperatures. This would be great, cause then radio and tv shows would spend more time playing songs and showing movies instead of the boring stuff. Plus this would cut down the terrible small talk people have in the summer. Instead of saying, "It's supposed to go up to 35 tomorrow but I think it will go up to 36," they will just say, "God damn is it ever hot." Us celcius folk don't really need thermometers anyway as long as we know when water is freezing and when it is boiling. We'd have to get rid of waist measurements on pants, so I suppose that we'd have to either try everything in the store on or maybe just start wearing togas and loose robes like they did in the old days. Either that or we'd all be naked. It doesn't really matter either way to me. All I know is that is seems to cost too much for a pair of pants, so screw it anyway. Screw all money. Did the guy who created numbers know that he was creating crapitalism? And I think we all know what is wrong with this economic system, so I will not dwell on it for fear of being berated for slanging rhetoric. But since we are on the topic of man versus man, we can take a look at scoring systems. Games are a waste of time and should not be played by any but the high ranking government officials, but for some reason they have been legalized and made popular in our society. Games instill a sense of competition in players and spectators, and these tendancies carry through into the real world. We could do a better job of surviving as a species if we shared with each other instead of competing to gain materials in excess of what are actually need. For some reason people seem to want more. More food rotting in the fridge, more money sitting unused in a bank account, more cars in the driveway than there are people in the house. Or we could give the things we need to those who do need them. Ahh, but why bother? We'd get rid of percentages on tests and I could go to school and study hard and be rewarded with a greater understanding of the subject I have taken and either a passing or failing mark. My sociology professor has informed the class that 90% of the students in our rather large class are going to recieve marks between sixty and sixty-five percent on every test from the beginning of the year to the end, so that basically means that taking the class will make our overall averages drop no matter how hard we study. We'd lose the concept of age, and I would welcome it very much. No longer would we make a judgement about someone based on the amount of moments they have spent on the Earth in comparison to our own. This would be nice in a relationship, because instead of judging compatibility in terns of age difference we could base it on things like interests, intelligence levels, and emotional maturity. This may seem ridiculous to some, but I do believe that age does not make a difference when falling in love or making a decision to pursue a relationship with someone. Maybe I'm just fucked in the head though. Most people seem to think so anyway. After we get rid of time, temperature, heat, pants, percentages, scores, money, and we will be in a new dark ages. In fact, they will be much darker than the original dark ages because we'd have to get rid of all of our technology and head for the caves. It would be fun though, because there would be no concept of zero so we would have no desire for anything that was not in our presence. The next step would be to get rid of language, and the final step would be to cease reproducing altogether. Yeah, I freely admit that I am a genious, and if you want to e-mail me for more enlitenment you know the address. .d&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&b. ___________________________________________________ |THE COMINTERN IS AVAILIABLE ON THE FOLLOWING BBS'S | |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | BRING ON THE NIGHT (306) 373-4218 | | CLUB PARADISE (306) 978-2542 | | THE GATEWAY THROUGH TIME (306) 373-9778 | |___________________________________________________| | Website at: http://members.home.com/comintern | | Email BMC at: thebmc@home.com | |___________________________________________________| .d&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&b. 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