The will to live?

3 years 9 months ago

"There is no such thing as an original idea or concept but rather all knowledge and wisdom is gained by the reciprocation of the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next. Through the passing of this knowledge, thoughts and ideas are made manifest and we assess a value of truth, thereafter expanding upon, acknowledging, or disclaiming the validity thereof.

Thus to borrow, proliferate and ultimately redefine the ideas that Maslow, Freud, Marx and others before them have expanded upon there is this thought that Maslow introduces with his law. Per Maslow’s law, humanity operates per basic “needs” that build upon or rather drive other needs, I concur but only to the extent of Maslow’s law that we do operate along basic “needs”, the rest of the thoughts that Maslow elaborated upon profusely looses validity solely by the exact conclusion he derived.

The single human need that drives all others is the “will to live” thus this is the absolute underlining motivation that facilitates the primary propellers of life. Though not every person will manifest the “will to live” in the same manner, different facets of every persons life will exonerate this driver. The will to live closely affixiates itself with not only an individual but to all of humanity as a whole.

This can be seen in about every facet of humanity, the “will to live” manifests itself in our fascination with living forever and eternal youth; these concepts have sparked many myths and folklore.

Given the chance for physical immortality is for the moment nothing more than a fantasy, man still attempts and strives for ways to prolong, transplant or create life after death. With prolonging life it can be stated that man will (normally without hesitation), cheat, lie, steal, kill and do about any other thing under the sun to preserve their own life. We create funnel billions of dollars developing medicines to keep us healthy in an effort to prolong our lives, make us look younger (youth being the association with futility and life) and feel younger as well.

Parents use their children as an extension of their own lives making them do the things they never could (play the piano, sports, med-school, etc…) thus facilitating their living on by instilling their failed dreams into their offspring.

Marxism suggests that man even uses religion (a suggestion that religion is man made rather than anyone of them being an actuality) to fulfill this basic need. Man creates religions that either produces the concept of living forever or ones life becoming renewed; Christianity has eternal life after death, Buddhism/Hinduism has reincarnation, etc…

The beauty of this realism is that it directly relates to all of the aforementioned qualifiers but appears so in an indirect manner. Thoughts & Ideas?
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Blue Submarine No 6

3 years 9 months ago

"Yeah I read the plot summary and review from AN but I don't trust their reviews. Anywho if it is like Last Exile (one of my favorite animes) then I am definitely getting it! Thanks for the input people!"
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Blue Submarine No 6

3 years 9 months ago

"I have a lot of anime, which I shall not list as that would be bad and I don't want the mods squashing me now do I? Anyway, I want to know if anyone around here has seen Blue Submarine No 6? I HAVE NOT and am looking to buy it but before I do what do the respectable members around here think about the series? I did a search and couldn't find this topic here so any thoughts would be appreciated! "
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New moderator

3 years 9 months ago

"Congrads on the new status, hopefully it will be fun for you!"
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Have you ever watched Gunslinger Girl?

3 years 10 months ago

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kirim

I think it is one of the best animes there is. To bad they didn't made a second episode

I think you mean second season, which I totally agree. The series is great but really could of used more eps. The artwork is the biggest + in the series as the story line merely was an dabble in character development techniques. The series did present some very intriguing material that provokes mental contemplation. "
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RahXephon: The Motion Picture

3 years 10 months ago

"I actually watched the movie before the series and yes there are quite a few differences, even in the story line. Some things that happen during one point in the series seem to happen at a different time in the movie. Other than that there is little new material and it basically just summarized the series. "
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Count of Monte Cristo

3 years 10 months ago

"Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo is frankly a site to behold, the visuals are amazing. The story is great and to be honest it was the best anime of 2005, Gonzo just keeps raising the bar and I love it!"
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Worstest Anime I've ever seen.

3 years 10 months ago

"Boboboboboboboboboboboboboboboboobobobobobobo or something like that, mark my words I will kill myself before I waste my brain cells on that crap...#2 would be samurai gun...man that was utter crap too."
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Geek Gangs

3 years 10 months ago

"As I alluded to earlier who says a geek gang has to take a physical manifestation? Take the knights on the wired in SE: Lain. They were by the terms of a gang, such a group on the wired in that series. Much the same terror and fear is not a physical thing it is mental and any one is subject to it. If I could make you think, by fabrication of evidence, that I could pin a serial murder or rape case on you, would you not be scared to death? What difference is there in that and what say the Bloods or Crips do in a physical form?"
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Why you join AnimePaper?

3 years 10 months ago

"An opportunity to be part of another online community and make new friends within the realm of anime!"
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New Years Resolution...

3 years 10 months ago

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i guess i should reduce my spendings for anime stuff. i bought a lot last year so i guess i'll just cut the cost this year to give way for other stuff :)

That is almost blasphemy :ashamed:!Just try to find a way to get the anime stuff cheaper, lol "
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Geek Gangs

3 years 10 months ago

"Umm last I checked a gang was an identifiable group of people (highly organized or loosely structured) who form an alliance for a common purpose, which identifies with or claims territory in the community. Members engage either individually or collectively in antisocial or unlawful activity/activities and frequently create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation. So given a territory could apply to say the Internet, yeah I could definitely see a geek gang being a force to rival with. With the advent of technology one can mask themselves and thus hide their identity making physical strength completely not admissible or even a factor. "
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New Years Resolution...

3 years 10 months ago

"I don't make any for the new year. Personally I feel that one should find ways to better themselves on a day in day out basis and not once a year. Plus it makes it easier to abide by those resolutions because you are at a higher level of self awareness."
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If anime woulds be banned what would you do?

3 years 10 months ago

"Run for the govement and then un-ban it. Really simple. If it got banned again after I got out of office then I would use my influence to get someone in office that would simply un-ban it again. Thus and so forth until I died.

What!? What if I didn't get elected? Come on if I ran I am so winning, I mean look at the staff for the last 20 years who couldn't beat them lol."
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Best Music Ever!!!

3 years 11 months ago

"Cowboy Bebop has the most music that I favor but I tend to like only certain (is so picky) tracks from various series. Some of my favorites:

Anime: Metropolis
Artist: Ray Charles
Track: I can't stop loving you

Anime: Wolf's Rain
Artist: Maaya Sakamoto
Track: Gravity

Anime: Cowboy Bebop
Artist: Steve Conte
Track: Rain

Anime: Appleseed
Artist: Basement Jaxx / (feat. Lisa Kekaula)
Track: Good Luck
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How long will you watch anime?

3 years 11 months ago

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i'll watcch anime until i die:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I plan on taking my entire collection with me "Beyond the Grave" (for you Gungrave fans, lol). Seriously I plan on never growing up in the sense I am too old to wacth anime. I mean why should I? You are as old as you feel and I plan on being as young as I am now (23) forever. Plus I really don't see what age has to do with whether or not it is ok to watch anime (well maybe if you are too young to watch like Elfen Lied) but otherwise no."
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Purpose of Life

3 years 11 months ago

"The meaning or purpose of life is nothing more than you taking what you have been given (life and opportunity) and making the best you can with it. To me that means working hard, making lots of friends, finding love, making a family and spreading love to all those you come into contact with. In the end nothing else will matter."
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Newbie......

3 years 11 months ago

"Hello world of animepaper, yes I know another newbie has leeched themselves onto your site. But know this, not all newbies are bad! Sometimes the newbie is just new to your site and may be a vet at others (which I would like to think myself as, though under a different UN). So they may be very beneficial to the community. Personally I suck a drawing and am trying to learn about making really good wallpapers (is a slow learner). So I may not be very helpful to the community in that aspect but I tend to think myslef an intellectual so the forum discussion area will be my primary home! I HAVE read the rules (by the way I really love that flash by Lunchtimemama it is such a classic) and look forward to making new friends and having wonderful intellectual communication with you all."
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