Iconoclasm, Part Deux

Well, here's the deal. I've found somewhere that will host 1100Kb of images and stuff for me. Anyways, as such, I wanted to do another Poll, this time with all my Icons in for the running, and you all voting on which 10 icons go with which 10 Keywords.

Unfortunately, I have 64 icons up for the match, which makes things difficult. And so, I think what I'll do is break my 64 icons up and have ten seppareate polls in the next few days. Each poll will have one Keyword and a set of Icons I think might fit it. Then, you, The People, vote which one matches best.

Uhm, I would really appreciate it if everyone would take part in these polls. I could easily just pick ten, but I'm interested in hearing your opinions.

Right, maybe I'll start that t'morrow. I think I'll get to bed before 1am t'night.

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In lieu of doing the polls, I've gone ahead and changed [most of] my icons again. Once again, commentaries are solicited, but what's more, so are suggestions. You can go Here to see all 64 of the icons I have right now. For those of you who understand them, it's an 8x8 matrix, and you can refer to each icon by row,col. For those of you who don'g get matrices (I try not to assume anything), just lemme know which you like as best you can.

Or something.

If I can find other pictures (preferable non-Vash) I may develope new Icons. Does anyone have pictures from K9 or NekoconV?

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Yeah, I wish for Whirled Peas too.

Er, I mean, World Peace.

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One thing that I enjoy about Kincaid, and I admit is likely what drew me in the first place, is that she can often times put into words those things which I stumble over inside my head, let alone on my tongue. Recently she made one such post, though sadly she locked it, or I would link there for Reference. Doing so would only suit myself, however, and possibly those few other friends of hers who might find my journal.

In any case, she had been inspired by a colleague's comments on 'social-niceties' and our preoccupation with the opinions of others. I myself claim to be unconcerned with what people think of me, but the lie in that is told by the myriad collection of things I often find myself 'unable' to say. Which is the exact point that Kincaid was touching on.

There were two comments when I read it, one from Koogrr and one from LivingFire. Koogrr made the point, which I've encountered before, that you must ask what the telling would accomplish. If the person can not or will not act on the information provided, then it's a useless effort. LivingFire underlined Koogrr's key points, quoting the like "Honesty, without compassion, is brutality," which I have also heard before, and is really the key determinant to how 'Honest' I try to be with people. I'm a big advocate of being truthful, but I haven't yet found that balance between cold-truth and needed-compassion.

Anyways, I just felt I wanted to say something on the subject in my journal.

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So, I've been thinking about this whole war thing...
And I haven't yet decided what I think...

Just a little bit ago, I made a tongue-in-cheek post wishing for world peace. And I'm all for it, myself -- as an Idealist, I believe we can, eventually, in an ideal world have peace. As it is right now, though, I'm not exactly sure how far we have to go to get there, nor am I sure of the means we should use. It could be argued that Communist Russia had national peace, but I wouldn't be one to stand by it. And, skimming over the Originator's post, it seems like the sort of hippy-ish group that tends to make me uncomfortable.

Don't get me wrong. Being that I have familiar ties all over the military, I stand to be affected much more than many people. And while I am, generally, of the opinion that soldiers are meant to fight, it's what they do, that's what they signed up for. But at the same time, one does have to question the justification and 'rightness,' for lack of a better word, of this War. Like I said, I haven't kept up enough to really know anything either way, but....

-shrugs-
One of these days I'm sure I'll make a post with a point.
I don't think today is that day.

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Somehow, I think it's useful to say that I'm not against War itself. War, like Fire, is not intrinsically evil. Yes, it has a dark side, but it can also be a useful tool for Good. I am undecided, generally, on whether this war is worth it. There are arguments against pre-emptive defence (I still laugh at that), but... Well, from what I've ever heard of Hussein, and granted it may be tinged a darker shade than it actually is (that's what the media does) -- that standing, I think I can support the war until I'm shown otherwise.
Or something.