tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post5042800309943943525..comments2024-03-29T03:38:13.003-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Before the Law-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-19436728379095174082015-02-07T05:39:47.245-05:002015-02-07T05:39:47.245-05:00Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never g...<i>Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.</i><br /><br />~ Franz Kafka<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-9956349379975313572015-02-06T13:31:41.332-05:002015-02-06T13:31:41.332-05:00Oh, I understand THAT very well, Thersites, but if...Oh, I understand THAT very well, Thersites, but if we've received a firm, good-humored grounding in how to build a constructive, encouraging, nourishing INNER life, we can carry on pretty much as we choose in spite of the tyrannies inevitably visited on us by Fathers, Mothers, Shrewish old Aunts, Governesses, Teachers, Bosses and Big Brother.<br /><br />THAT ability is what the much-abused FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-47179844585886039092015-02-06T11:24:02.875-05:002015-02-06T11:24:02.875-05:00...and yet by doing so, he captured the essence of......and yet by doing so, he captured the essence of the "SuperEgo" that is not captured in most people's conception of the "Law".<br /><br />We desire to be a nation of "laws" so as to <a href="http://thersitescorner.blogspot.com/2013/06/blog-post.html" rel="nofollow">escape</a> from this arbitrary "hidden" entity... for it free's us to pursue our Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-82885407722455160702015-02-06T10:02:29.643-05:002015-02-06T10:02:29.643-05:00So Kafka regarded - and resented -- his father as ...So Kafka regarded - and resented -- his father as a boorish, slovenly, hypocritical, arbitrary, authoritarian presence in his poor little life.<br /><br />What a whiny, utterly self-centered, ungrateful, ungracious overly-demanding way of looking at his situation! <br /><br />Sounds like the approach of a typical spoiled brat to me!<br /><br />No wonder Kafka has always come across as supremely FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-87133234397189611332015-02-06T01:54:24.573-05:002015-02-06T01:54:24.573-05:00It is often safer to be in chains than to be free....<i>It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.</i><br /><br />~Franz Kafka<br /><br />That, apparently, is what Democrats (Marxian-Fabian Socialists) fervently wish to fashion into a creed, then forge into dogma.<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-90361713272617236942015-02-06T01:44:48.646-05:002015-02-06T01:44:48.646-05:00Kafka was a study in violent contrasts. A bitter c...Kafka was a study in violent contrasts. A bitter cynic and misanthropist who, apparently, would like to have been able to be a man of faith.<br /><br />Much of what he said is inscrutable. I doubt if even he, himself, knew what he meant in many instances.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-77747926049601424172015-02-05T19:38:22.709-05:002015-02-05T19:38:22.709-05:00Z - At this rate, you'll have seen 3/4 of the ...Z - At this rate, you'll have seen 3/4 of the movie already! ;)<br /><br />A pretty morose outlook, at least the 2nd quote!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-54734404353711802582015-02-05T18:23:20.687-05:002015-02-05T18:23:20.687-05:00A first sign of the beginning of understanding is ...<i>A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.</i><br /><br />~ Franz Kafka<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-88038917655500235932015-02-05T18:21:11.073-05:002015-02-05T18:21:11.073-05:00By believing passionately in something that still ...<i>By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.</i><br /><br />~ Franz Kafka<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-28026584059856229262015-02-05T17:33:06.516-05:002015-02-05T17:33:06.516-05:00Oh, gad....I'm watching THE TRIAL in about 30 ...Oh, gad....I'm watching THE TRIAL in about 30 minutes...what a coincidence!?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.com