tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post4882107993766628101..comments2024-03-28T08:51:04.478-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Les Mots et Les Choses-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-84285442863488447402016-04-22T15:15:58.759-04:002016-04-22T15:15:58.759-04:00________ A Backward Glance ________
I gaze now ...<b>________ A Backward Glance ________<br /><br /><br /><i>I gaze now in perpetual wonderment, grief<br />And sorrow at the jagged, rotting stump <br />Of the once-vital, arcing grandeur <br />Of the dear and familiar tree <br />That gave me shade and comfort, <br /> While all around me weeds, thorns <br />Strange, stunted saplings, and bitter fruit<br /> Litter the parched stony soil <br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-37435622282870594952016-04-21T21:00:44.691-04:002016-04-21T21:00:44.691-04:00There. But Brave New World also.There. But Brave New World also.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-40984633259134268772016-04-21T14:04:08.464-04:002016-04-21T14:04:08.464-04:00here? Or in a novel (like "Island")?<a href="http://parvati.tripod.com/perennial.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>? Or in a novel (like "Island")?-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-17805254944834326692016-04-21T13:47:09.999-04:002016-04-21T13:47:09.999-04:00The Bhaghavad Gita didn't make sense to me unt...The Bhaghavad Gita didn't make sense to me until it was "framed" into psychoanalysis by Aldous Huxley ;)(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-7561489080190002792016-04-21T13:46:15.646-04:002016-04-21T13:46:15.646-04:00... and perhaps have a discussion with my parapsyc...... and perhaps have a discussion with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats_%28film%29" rel="nofollow">parapsychology</a> friend, Steve. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-4716804515967225112016-04-21T13:40:22.530-04:002016-04-21T13:40:22.530-04:00I best get out my Chinese encyclopedia. ;)I best get out my Chinese encyclopedia. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-35248440789909012952016-04-21T13:38:54.602-04:002016-04-21T13:38:54.602-04:00...and so, when you combine all the symbols togeth......and so, when you combine all the symbols together again, in the "order" in which they, like words, are presented, are they Holy again, or not? or would they be "impious/hated" by G_d? It's a question that I can't exactly answer... but perhaps might form an "opinion".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-15036793710656185082016-04-21T13:33:20.995-04:002016-04-21T13:33:20.995-04:00To a nationalist, like myself, I'm sure that y...To a nationalist, like myself, I'm sure that you are correct. But to a Christian, like FT, I'm not as sure. My reference to the Euthyphro was to perhaps draw a more "theological" distinction...<br /><br /><i>Soc. We shall know better, my good friend, in a little while. The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-68652663779104367852016-04-21T10:30:18.418-04:002016-04-21T10:30:18.418-04:00why is a partcular symbol sacred?
In some case th...<i>why is a partcular symbol sacred?</i><br /><br />In some case that's quite easy to answer. Take 'soil' (as in 'country', 'homeland' etc) e.g. Seen as something hugely important (a provider of many bare essentials, something we cannot live without) it became sacralised, even in non-religious ideologies. And with it assorted symbols like the flag and the anthem.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-35309187098650368072016-04-20T20:51:02.822-04:002016-04-20T20:51:02.822-04:00I think that FT doesn't like the mixed symboli...I think that FT doesn't like the mixed symbolism Christian/Moslem/Egyptian, et al. It's like Plato's Euthyphro... on the nature of the sacred. Mixing the sacred and profane is definitely frowned upon... but the question remains... why is a partcular symbol sacred?-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-29310453440070613902016-04-20T20:31:33.547-04:002016-04-20T20:31:33.547-04:00I love attempting to interpret symbols, FT.
The c...<i>I love attempting to interpret symbols, FT.</i><br /><br />The clip is like a beautiful, fuzzy rebus. Hard to see how anyone cannot be moved by it, at some level...<br /><br />FT fails to see it actually has a really positive message ('Man's Summer following a dreadful Winter').<br /><br />Unfortunately while the existence of 'Sorcerers' (Drako) can't be denied, Man'Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-66163084678938778682016-04-20T16:27:38.245-04:002016-04-20T16:27:38.245-04:00The secret to combatting ADD
Lies in taking one t...<b><i>The secret to combatting ADD<br /> Lies in taking one thing you think great<br /> Into splendid isolation where no sounds <br />Or sights assault the senses with distractions<br /> Concentrate on learning to ignore <br />Stray thoughts and wayward influences crude<br /> Self-discipline becomes its own reward<br /> Examine only one thing at a time <br />Pop Culture we must come to recognize FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-7741167149601855202016-04-20T16:08:20.813-04:002016-04-20T16:08:20.813-04:00How fondly I remember
––– the days when mothers ca...<b><i>How fondly I remember<br />––– the days when mothers cared<br />And tried till the last ember<br />___ died to teach that what we dared<br />To say in gleeful wild defiance<br />___ was unworthy and insulting<br />A bane to self-reliance<br />___ 'cause old Nick we were consulting.<br /><br />Today, as though besotted<br />___ by an ancient witch's potion<br />Our mothers mores FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-48565471536911683532016-04-20T16:02:26.323-04:002016-04-20T16:02:26.323-04:00____ IT HAS BEEN EVER THUS ____
The nature of Est...<b>____ IT HAS BEEN EVER THUS ____<br /><br /><i>The nature of Establishment protects<br />Itself from upstarts seeking sweeping change.<br />A groundswell of rebellion projects<br />A threat to those whose dully narrow range<br /><br />Will seek to serve itself with instincts feral<br />Concerned with naught but selfish interests bared<br />Caring not that Principle’s in peril<br />By selfish FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-64930409114727446092016-04-20T13:29:15.106-04:002016-04-20T13:29:15.106-04:00"The author is the ideological figure by whic...<i> "The author is the ideological figure by which one marks the manner in which we fear the proliferation of meaning"</i><br /><br />- Michael Foucault, "What is an Author?" (1979)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-33384344057649960442016-04-20T13:25:24.494-04:002016-04-20T13:25:24.494-04:00I love attempting to interpret symbols, FT. Perha...I love attempting to interpret symbols, FT. Perhaps you might interpret this phrase from the preface to "The Order of Things" by Michael Foucault:<br /><br /><i>This book first arose out of a passage in Borges, out of the laughter that shattered, as I read the passage, all the familiar landmarks of my thought - our thought, the thought that bears the stamp-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-48939334307109942102016-04-20T10:49:39.646-04:002016-04-20T10:49:39.646-04:00Vice is a creature of such fearful mien
Ass to be ...<b><i>Vice is a creature of such fearful mien<br />Ass to be hated needs to be seen,<br />Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,<br />Frist we endure, then pity, then embrace.</i></b><br /><br />~ Alexander Pope<br /><br />Neatly sums up what I've tried to say above, doesn't it?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-75781607867023158552016-04-20T10:45:52.710-04:002016-04-20T10:45:52.710-04:00Why feature so much material exhibiting grotesque,...Why feature so much material exhibiting grotesque, disquieting, depressing, dystopian phantasmagoria?<br /><br />Anyone with a modicum of good common sense realizes what we have done to ourselves by accepting, then espousing a frankly depraved popular culture that is Satanic, anti-Christian, anti-Common Sense and anti-Basic Decency. <br /><br />By worshipping Ugliness, Degeneracy and Despair we FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-74554307976057589572016-04-20T07:56:12.633-04:002016-04-20T07:56:12.633-04:00Very neat... :)Very neat... :)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-43053650753818594522016-04-19T20:50:31.846-04:002016-04-19T20:50:31.846-04:00Wonderful production.
Here's another inerpret...Wonderful production.<br /><br />Here's another <a href="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread860132/pg1" rel="nofollow">inerpretational aid</a> (endorsed by Heliophant).Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.com