The ASF Ten Commandments

[trainspotter]

Maybe you could put them in the index part of the 10 commandments ? Sort of like a reference guide thingy. Replace rule 8 with:

"Engage brain prior to typing a response."

 

[Sean K]

"Engage brain prior to typing a response."

Added. lol

 

[Trembling Hand]

Going to hell TH!

Hope so . All my friends and all the fun will be there. Who would want to spend eternity with your Auntie and the Pope in heaven??

Give me the wicked any day.:alcohol:

 

[Duckman#72]

1. Turn your gods lest they turn you
2. Never vote on Idol
3. The Lord's name shall not be taken in cricket
4. Black Sabbath is no less holy than Solomon Grundy
5. Never seek you biological father
6. Thou shall not murder Stairway to Heaven
7. Thou shall commit thy adults at the right time
8. Never accept, steal or eye on awe (Chinese adaption)
9. Never bare your neighbours to Jehovah's witness
10. Covet thy neighbour's as surely they were first borrowed hence

These are on the right track but there are some very important ones not mentioned yet.

11. Thou shall ALWAYS leave the last Saturday afternoon in September free.
12. Thou shall never pick Freo in a footy picking competition
13. If you find yourself playing for Essendon in an AFL preliminary final against Carlton, and you are down by 1 point with 10 seconds remaining, and you have the ball in the centre square DON"T TRY AND EVADE THE OPPOSING PLAYER, kick it long to your talls (say someone like LLoyd and Lucas in the peak of their careers).

This is a fantastic thread Kennas. If these "more modern" rules of life were more widely published say 10 years ago the Bombers would have had another flag by now.

Duckman

 

[gav]

11. Thou shall ALWAYS leave the last Saturday afternoon in September free.

My brother is getting married this year on the 26th of September (last Saturday of September). But he barracks for Essendon too, so it's not like he'll have anything else to worry about on that day! :

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

These are for ASF right?

I have two:
1. Don't propagandise that which is charlatanistic.
2. Don't attack opinions and the poster. Provide argument for the topic only.

 

[Sean K]

These are for ASF right?

I have two:
1. Don't propagandise that which is charlatanistic.
2. Don't attack opinions and the poster. Provide argument for the topic only.

This has taken a turn due to the ambiguity of the title.

It originally was:

'The Secular Ten Commandments'

But I didn't want to alienate the God bothers. Too much.

So, I changed it to the ASF Ten Commandments, which has opened it up for interpretation.

Not a bad thing, the thread will go where it goes.

I am hoping it gets back to my intent though, which was to devise a list of moral rules suitable for inclusion in a top 10 best ways to act and think in the 21st century.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

This has taken a turn due to the ambiguity of the title.

It originally was:

'The Secular Ten Commandments'

But I didn't want to alienate the God bothers. Too much.

So, I changed it to the ASF Ten Commandments, which has opened it up for interpretation.

Not a bad thing, the thread will go where it goes.

I am hoping it gets back to my intent though, which was to devise a list of moral rules suitable for inclusion in a top 10 best ways to act and think in the 21st century.

Thanks Kennas.
Here's another then: Don't believe big grand stories which are ruses so gullibly. They are normally subterfuges.

 

[rederob]

These are for ASF right?

I have two:
1. Don't propagandise that which is charlatanism.
2. Don't attack opinions and the poster. Provide argument for the topic only.

If we are to be ASFcentric then:
1. Expose imposters
2. Cut through the crap
3. Ignore irrelevances
4. Seek understandings
5. Post on strengths
6. Own your position
7. Don’t pussyfoot
8. Challenge stupidity
9. Serve morons on a platter
10. Treat moderators with the respect they deserve

 

[Sean K]

Thanks Kennas.
Here's another then: Don't believe big grand stories which are ruses so gullibly. They are normally subterfuges.

Added Snake.

Personally I think this concept can be in a top ten ways to live. Just depends on how you want to word it.

Like:

Don't believe everything you hear.
Research everything to find the truth.
Make up your own mind.
Don't mistake fairytails for doctine.

There's probably other ways to describe what you are saying. I like it as a top ten.

 

[Julia]

Originally Posted by trainspotter :
Who really gives a **** if the spelling is not up to scratch

Heresy!!!

This could be the start of a great schism in the Church of ASF!

Yep. You need to delete that bit, Transpotter. Unacceptable.

These are on the right track but there are some very important ones not mentioned yet.

11. Thou shall ALWAYS leave the last Saturday afternoon in September free.
12. Thou shall never pick Freo in a footy picking competition
13. If you find yourself playing for Essendon in an AFL preliminary final against Carlton, and you are down by 1 point with 10 seconds remaining, and you have the ball in the centre square DON"T TRY AND EVADE THE OPPOSING PLAYER, kick it long to your talls (say someone like LLoyd and Lucas in the peak of their careers).

This is a fantastic thread Kennas. If these "more modern" rules of life were more widely published say 10 years ago the Bombers would have had another flag by now.

Duckman

Hmm. I suggest instead:
All references to any version of football should be banned.
(Sorry, Duckman.)

I like: Appreciate the value of simple kindness.
This could include not getting cross with 2020 Hindsight.

But this might be covered in the "Do unto others" bit.

 

[2020hindsight]

how about
"All extremists will be shot"

also :-
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=251517&highlight=desiderata#post251517

Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself
and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss... and when.
Consider that two wrongs never make a right... but that three do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all erridity and disallusionment,
and despite the changing fortunes of time,
there is always a big future in computer maintainance.

Remember the Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.
Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
especially with those persons closest to you...
that lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth,
birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan,
and let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.
Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese,
and reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot,
it could only be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the Universe.
You have no right to be here,
and whether you can hear it or not,
the Universe is laughing behind your back.

Therefore, make peace with your god,
whatever you conceive him to be:
hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
the world continues to deteriorate.

Give up.

 

[trainspotter]

#1 RULE :- No personal abuse. It causes threads to be closed.

# 2 RULE :- Read rule number 1.

 

[2020hindsight]

yep, I'm predicting we won't be hearing from rederob for a week or three

 

[trainspotter]

EDIT : Let's stay on the topic and have a healthy discussion. I umpire kids football on weekends "Fair BUMP, play on, you are all in it !" I say.

 

[nunthewiser]

nothing wrong with heated debate, we post in a public forum .


personally think the use of abusive words in that debate is a sure sign of mental defeat

 

[trainspotter]

Once you got them espousing expletives you can be pretty sure that the logical debate with facts and pie charts and other useful thingys is over.

 

[white_crane]

I take these quotes from The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, p17.

"...there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft...When you kill a man, you steal a life, Baba said. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness."


Brilliant book btw

 

[Timmy]

Don't log in when you are supposed to be at work.

 

[nunthewiser]

Don't log in when you are supposed to be at work.

dont go to work if logged in ?