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29 Jul 2018, 3:20 pm

When the law makes you shut down some exchanges, you know the law sucks. Let's just not mention what shan't be mentioned, please.

She doesn't seem to have posted again. Does anyone know if she's fine?

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Eu nasci há dez mil anos atrás / I was born ten thousand years ago
Raul Seixas

Um dia, numa rua da cidade, eu vi um velhinho sentado na calçada, com uma cuia de esmola, e uma viola na mão. O povo parou pra ouvir; ele agradeceu as moedas e cantou essa música que contava uma história, que era mais ou menos assim:
One day, on a street in the city, I saw an old man sitting on the pavement/sidewalk, with an alms bowl, and a viola/guitar in his hand. The people stopped to listen; he thanked them for the coins and sung this song that told a story, which was more or less like this:

Eu nasci há dez mil anos atrás,
E não tem nada nesse mundo
Que eu não saiba demais.
É, eu nasci há dez mil anos atrás,
E não tem nada nesse mundo
Que eu não saiba demais.
I was born ten thousand years ago,
And there's nothing in this world
That I don't know too much.
Yeah, I was born ten thousand years ago,
And there's nothing in this world
That I don't know too much.

Eu vi Cristo ser crucificado,
O amor nascer e ser assassinado;
Eu vi as bruxas pegando fogo
Pra pagarem seus pecados.
Eu vi!
Eu vi Moisés cruzar o mar Vermelho,
Vi Maomé cair na terra de joelhos,
Eu vi Pedro negar Cristo por três vezes
Diante do espelho.
Eu vi!
I saw Christ being crucified,
Love being born and murdered;
I saw the witches catching fire
To atone for their sins.
I saw it!
I saw Moses crossing the Red Sea,
I saw Muhammad falling to his knees,
I saw Peter denying Christ thrice
Before the looking glass.
I saw it!

Eu nasci [...]
I was born [...]

Eu vi as velas se acenderem para o papa,
Vi Babilônia ser riscada do mapa,
Vi conde Drácula sugando o sangue novo
E se escondendo atrás da capa.
Eu vi!
Eu vi a Arca de Noé cruzar os mares,
Vi Salomão cantar seus salmos pelos ares,
Eu vi Zumbi fugir com os negros prà floresta,
Prò Quilombo dos Palmares.
Eu vi!
I saw the candles being lit for the pope,
I saw Babylonia being torn off the map,
I saw Count Dracula sucking new blood
And hiding behind his cloak.
I saw it!
I saw Noah's Ark crossing the seas,
I saw Solomon singing his psalms through the air,
I saw Zumbi fleeing with the black people to the forest,
To Quilombo dos Palmares.
I saw it!

Eu nasci [...]
I was born [...]

Eu vi o sangue que corria da montanha
Quando Hitler chamou toda a Alemanha;
Vi o soldado que sonhava com a amada
Numa cama de campanha.
Eu li!
Eu li os símbolos sagrados de Umbanda,
Eu fui criança pra poder dançar ciranda,
E quando todos praguejavam contra o frio,
Eu fiz a cama na varanda.
I saw the blood running from the mountain
When Hitler called all Germany;
I saw the soldier dreaming of his beloved
On a camp bed.
I read 'em!
I read the holy symbols of Umbanda,
I was a child so I could dance ciranda,
And when everybody cursed the cold,
I made my bed in the veranda.

Eu nasci [...]
I was born [...]

Não! Eu tava junto com os macacos na caverna,
Eu bebi vinho com as mulheres na taverna,
E quando a pedra despencou da ribanceira,
Eu também quebrei a perna.
Eu também!
Eu fui testemunha do amor de Rapunzel,
Eu vi a estrela de Davi brilhar no céu,
E pràquele que provar que eu tô mentindo,
Eu tiro o meu chapéu!
No! I was with the monkeys in the cavern,
I drank wine with the women in the tavern,
And when the boulder plummeted off the cliff,
I too broke my leg.
I too!
I witnessed Rapunzel's love,
I saw David's star shining in the sky,
And to whoever proves I'm lying,
I take my hat off!

Eu nasci [...]
I was born [...]

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29 Jul 2018, 3:41 pm

I’m super worried about her. :cry:

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29 Jul 2018, 4:55 pm

sly279 wrote:

I’m super worried about her. :cry:

Me too.

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29 Jul 2018, 5:10 pm

There’s no need for her to leave this world.

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29 Jul 2018, 5:20 pm

Spiderpig wrote:

When the law makes you shut down some exchanges, you know the law sucks.

When the law allows for one group to sue a second group for merely discussing something that triggers a third group into doing something illegal, THEN the law sucks. Sometimes the only thing the second group can do to protect itself from lawsuits is to openly prohibit any discussion of the triggering topic. That's just the way it is.

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29 Jul 2018, 8:55 pm

Whatever. I'm not blaming anyone here and don't really want to discuss that :roll:

I've noticed her profile now says she doesn't have a website. If I'm not very mistaken, I visited it no more than a month ago, and I doubt I found the address anywhere but in her profile or her signature. I wonder if she's taken it down.

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La granda kermeso / The big funfair
Kajto

Ni venis en mondon hazarde, pasie.
Ni tute ne trudis nin por la eniro.
La viv-karuselo nin svingas ebrie
Kaj lasas nin sobre sur brua foiro.
We come into the world at random, passionate.
In no way do we force ourselves to enter.
Life's merry-go-round swings us drunken
And lets us go sober onto a noisy fair.

Ni flugas senzorge tra tempo junula;
Ni plugas tra aĝo matura, regula.
La jaroj severe tik-tak-inventaras
Ĝis kvote kaj kvite kaj stumble ni staras.
We fly carefree through our youthful time;
We plough through our mature, regulated age.
Years strictly, tick tack, tally
Till bit by bit and wholly, stumbling we stand still.

Dum gurdas kaj vibras la vivo sen ĉeso,
Kiel kanto kaj kirlo de granda kermeso...
While life circles and vibrates unceasingly,
Like the singing and whirling of a big funfair ...

Ni lasas la mondon hazarde, hezite.
Nur kelkaj petegas pli baldaŭ eliri.
Tumulto de la tagoj silentas subite,
Finita la streĉo sukcesojn aspiri.
We leave the world at random, hesitating.
Only a few beg to depart sooner.
The tumult of days goes quiet suddenly,
As the stress to succeed is no more.

"Jam vanas subiĝi al novaj postuloj",
Rikanas, dubemo, sardonaj speguloj.
Sed floro velkinta plenpense odoras;
Pasintajn somerojn ni milde memoras.
"No use anymore submitting to new demands",
Sneer sardonic mirrors, you doubter.
But a wilted flower smells in full;
Past summers we calmly remember.

Dum gurdas kaj vibras la vivo sen ĉeso,
Kiel kanto kaj kirlo de granda kermeso...
While life circles and vibrates unceasingly,
Like the singing and whirling of a big funfair ...

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30 Jul 2018, 11:50 pm

No news? No news is bad news.

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31 Jul 2018, 1:50 am

I'm hoping she's decided to take a break from WP (to explain her silence, I mean).

Or even that she tried and wasn't successful and is in hospital, or a mental unit getting help.

She didn't have a way sorted out, and it's not easy to do out of the public eye so hopefully even if she decided to go ahead there were people around to call the police.

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31 Jul 2018, 2:05 am

She sentence me a message at 1 am last. Ight but deleted it before I got up.
I really hope she didn’t do anything I’d be super sad. We disagree sometimes but I think of her as a good friend.

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31 Jul 2018, 5:27 am

I'm worried about her too. I know she's said she has closer contact with some members outside of the board, so hopefully someone knows how she's doing.

Wouldn't blame her for leaving the board, but it would be nice to know that she's okay.

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01 Aug 2018, 3:55 pm

No news?? :cry:

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01 Aug 2018, 9:14 pm

I like her, too.

She's very smart.

I hope she come back soon.

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02 Aug 2018, 7:26 am

I think she's fine, that's not the first time she takes a long break from WP.

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02 Aug 2018, 7:50 am

SabbraCadabra wrote:

I saw her fb, her last post was in june, but her wall doesn't reflect she ever been so active on fb. Yeah not very comforting i know.

I am not in touch with WP fellas outside WP anymore.

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04 Aug 2018, 11:12 am

I sent her a PM and she responded early (3 A.M.) this morning, so she may be taking a break. You might send her PMs and tell her that you miss her.

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04 Aug 2018, 11:13 am

I got a PM from her this morning, too.

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