I'm going to be gone for about three days--maybe, possibly, if by random chance and accident the weather gets stable here--checking in for a few seconds at a time, as with the past three weeks.
Anyway.
I'm really curious about something.
Other than their lack of rabid fanatical 0bamism, do the Pitcairn Islanders strike anyone as being much different from the primitives on Skins's island?
(For the uninitiated, "Pitcairn Island" is the oldelmtree message-board, to which many primitives have swum from Skins's island, seeking refuge from rabid fanatical 0bamism.)
As most here know, I myself don't pay much attention to Pitcairn Island, because it seems an inevitable unfortunate consequence of my paying attention to something, all sorts of mischief breaks out--and I surely have nothing against Pitcairn Island.
But there's plenty of members here, who row over to Pitcairn Island as much as, if not more than, they go sight-seeing on Skins's island.
With the exception of rabid fanatical 0bamism, though, are the Pitcairn Islanders just like the primitives on Skins's island? The same? More reasonable? Less reasonable?
I've only ever superficially examined Pitcairn Island, but one thing does seem to stick out.
Whereas one can depend upon the primitives to betray a surprising range of characters and interests, contrasting personalities and values, all the Pitcairn Islanders seem to be cut from one mold (or cookie-cutter).
That might be an unfair assessment; remember, I've only ever superficially examined Pitcairn Island.
Whereas the primitives, besides being political junkies, tend to be junkies of other sorts too--cooking and baking, drugs, welfare, communing with nature, &c., &c., &c.--Pitcairn Islanders seem to be purely political junkies, and nothing more.
If one stuck a pin into their finger, they probably wouldn't bleed anything but politics.
Going out on a date with a Pitcairn Islander must be a real trip; they don't appear to cook and bake, to read, to indulge in sports, to collect stamps or coins, to listen to fine music, to have a cat or dog, to carouse, to paint or sculpt, to have fantasies or dreams, to try something new and different, to have a life outside of politics.
They seem just 100% pure politics, nothing more.
Again, that could be an unfair judgement.
Those of you who know Pitcairn Island and the Pitcairn Islanders better than I do, what do you think? Are they equal to the primitives on Skins's island? Less entertaining? More entertaining? Are they "in to" anything other than politics?