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The prime law of all religions seems to be treat others as you wish to be treated....

I get abuse every day at work from "the public" cos they don't like what I've got to tell them.

Now I'm an extremely reasonable man and if you come at me with a smile and a sob story you will get far (but I aint no pushover, I've got a great BS radar!)

Other folks will start to swear at me and call me names because they think they are entitled to as they are "educated" (a lot of our employees are maybe not very intellectual but they are still human beings and have other different smarts) I point out the fact that I am actually an avionics engineer and just because I happen to be wearing an orange romper suit does not give them any right to treat me as less of a human being than anyone else.

I have been married twice man and during both of those disasters I was never called the names that I get in this job and I thought that would take some doing.

I have even been called scum...and get this... by an 82 year old woman! Why? because I didn't jump to her aid when she asked for help..I was in the middle of assisting another woman who was in a panic  and needed immediate help....

First of all the old lady called me brainless....to which I replied "there's no need for that madam after all we're all human beings" she then looked me up and down, paused and came out with the immortal words...You are ALL scum to me....

Hey dudes, I tell yah, across the line! But I replied "thank you madam I'll take that on board!"

I left that situation with more dignity than she did due to my dudeism...Bless her.

In peace dudes.

Well done dude, if there was a Dudeism "Gold Star", you'd be in the semis for sure.

I am well chuffed by your comments sir. ( and in case you miss that in translation it means I am a happy man)

It's the small things in life, like finding that tiny bit of weed or that spare can of oat soda when you thought you'd ran out....or am I rambling again...anyhoo.... thanks for your understandings Reverend Neal. 

You get my blessings to, man! You take it easy with al these people giving you their shit, man! I like your style dude, you've got the whole "fuck it, let's go bowling" thing going!

Ceaser Dude, you are the mark of dudeliness.  And I thought I was good at just letting people wash over me, you've really shown some new level of abide.  To be honest, I could do what you described, but I think it would take a lot not to be hurt and disheartened by such an attack (although not truly personal, as these celft-a'holes don't know you well enough to do that).

I find most of those truly rude people are just not looking for help.  They're looking to lord it over someone because they have a superiority complex.  These people should not be hated, they should always be pittied.  No matter how uptight and unhappy a person has ever been with me, I always know I've given them the best service possible, maybe ten time better than the next man, so I can feel good about myself.  At the end of the day, it's their loss that they can't see that and take some kind of spiritual comfort from it.  After all you've done for them, if they're still not happy, let em suffer in their discontent, and take your reward with that golden attitude of yours.

I salute you man, we all do here! 

I've just submitted my next Dudespaper article ot the Editorial We, and it's on a similar subject: "Levelling - In Pursuit of the Spiritual Bungalow".  Look out for it in a few weeks time, it covers the issue of everyone being on a level playing field, just as you describe "we're all human beings".  Your little story makes my own thoughts feel valid

ps, Although I think JC's words were hugely profound and something I've always tried to live by, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", that's fine if you accept that it'll turn all the masocists into sado-masocists

QuoteYou get my blessings to, man! You take it easy with al these people giving you their shit, man! I like your style dude, you've got the whole "fuck it, let's go bowling" thing going!

Thank you Sir much appreciated.

QuoteCeaser Dude, you are the mark of dudeliness.

Thank you Ed, although I'm not sure I'm worthy of that remark. Just trying to get by here in this sometimes harsh world and this is the best way I know how. I've read your previous articles and look forward to the next one my friend. I'm sure it will be as relevant and up to your usual high standards.

Quoteps, Although I think JC's words were hugely profound and something I've always tried to live by, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", that's fine if you accept that it'll turn all the masocists into sado-masocists

Now that's fucking interesting man. 

Exemplary Dudeism Caesar dude.

I to have worked with the public in local government here in the UK. I ran the reception desk for the Housing department of the Portsmouth City Council for a while (Class comment being "You're as much use as a bloody chocolate fire guard this council is!", or the man that was seriously convinced that he was possessed by a demon that followed him around), and also worked in Pubs and restaurants (alcohol and the general public make for even more interesting confrontations)

I do have one problem. It's the Buddhist argument against "Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself". fine in principle, but what happens when you meet a masochist that believes this, they wish to be hurt or beaten up so by this principle they should hurt and beat up everyone else. Or perhaps a devotee of Sobek the Egyptian crocodile god, whose only purpose in life is to be sacrificed to Sobek, if they lived this way then they would continuously throw people to crocodiles.

I think it is better to live your life as an example. As you have done in your confrontation mentioned here.

Please don't get me wrong I'm not an "anti-christian". I'm not against Dudeist christians. I do continue to worry about the (unintentional) incursion of many christian ideologies. There are some very fundamental reasons I am not a christian and remain avidly and militantly a Dudeist Pagan.

Abide.

Hey Meekon,

I'm a pagan too my friend and as stated elsewhere, with some druidic tendencies thrown in. NOT a Christian in any shape or form but it aint just JC that said the do unto others thing.

I should have used  the wiccan reed of "an it harm none do what thou wilt" Soz mate.

Oh and thank you for your kind words.

Rev. J.

I think wisdom is wisdom, no matter what doctrine it comes from, religious or otherwise.

As you can see, Meekon and I both seperately hit upon the masochist issue, that's universal wisdom in action!

ps, Meekon, nice to meet a fellow male receptionist, we seem to be so rare a breed.  Last time I did that job it was down at Portsmouth Naval base, where I was thrown into cover without any real training, making me the chocolate fireguard

Quote from: Ed Churchman on February 22, 2010, 09:52:20 AM
ps, Meekon, nice to meet a fellow male receptionist, we seem to be so rare a breed.  Last time I did that job it was down at Portsmouth Naval base, where I was thrown into cover without any real training, making me the chocolate fireguard

Lucky for me I'd spent years having people attempt to intimidate me in pubs so Housing reception was never any real problem. in fact the housing officers liked it when I did the desk because they got less shit through. 

Caesar Dude, you are one cool cat. Or, to put it another way, one hoopy frood (White Russians to all who get THAT!).

Yes, wisdom can come from any place. That's because truth is universal. Truth is, what you do will come back to you. That's in many religious faiths.

Treat others as you would be treated is the core of karma.

Yes, some will abuse you for it. Take advantage of you. But, rest assured, they are all bums, and the bums will always lose.

Keep abiding, Caesar Dude. It'll only bless you later.

QuoteOr, to put it another way, one hoopy frood (White Russians to all who get THAT!).

One of my favourite boooks of all time! Now it sure would be interesting to find out how many folks here have read the trilogy in 5 parts...(in fact six now because I believe Eoin Coiffer has just written a follow up in the same style)...I see there are already a few Pratchett fans here too....we dudes have much in common.

Thank you Reverend Rightous for your comments.

Peace.

Quote from: Caesar dude on February 23, 2010, 03:23:25 AM

QuoteOr, to put it another way, one hoopy frood (White Russians to all who get THAT!).

One of my favourite boooks of all time! Now it sure would be interesting to find out how many folks here have read the trilogy in 5 parts...(in fact six now because I believe Eoin Coiffer has just written a follow up in the same style)...I see there are already a few Pratchett fans here too....we dudes have much in common.

Argh the Coiffer volume is sacrilege!

I heard the radio version, I bought the records (yes vinyl), I bought the books, I bought the video (VHS, then DVD) of the TV series, and even own the film on DVD.

A sad loss to the world. I will always know where my towel is.

HHGTTG!  I grew up on the TV series and the Radio series (1-2).  My other half has read the books and I bought a big bible-like version of the original 5 I will get around to reading at some point.  Saw the film recently, was far too detatched from the original for me.  Coiffer is one of her favorite authors, so she'll probably read it, I won't.

Mark Wing-Davey is one of the original space-dudes.  And Adams and Pratchett are certainly two of the great modern brit-dudes.

ps... DON'T PANIC! (aka, abide)

Caesar dude kudos to your dude attitude. I think I would have had some problems with that lady, you know, Walter crying to come out.
As regards the Golden Rule it is only half the rule, due to those Catholics reactionaries who needed to keep the population quiet and calm, especially in the Middle Age when Catholic Church ruled over Europe. The real Golden Rule is: Treat others as you would like to be treated, but if needed treat them as they treat you. That is if they try to cut your johnson you have the right to throw a bowling ball to their nuts. What is usually forgotten is that JC kicked paraquats in their asses, He didn't give them kisses and flowers. He was killed because He was a reactionary.
And let's not forget that the Dude himself was ready to fight with DaFino before knowing he was a compeer.