“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Sunday, January 4, 2026
Serving Two Masterrs...
Whence Loyalty? Nation or Institution?
Quiet Professionals: Rising Above Partisan Politics? Or Sh*tting on a "Brother in Arms"? How Far Does "Defending the Institution" go?
17 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Ego gratification. Supported by dualistic notions. The "I Am" distractions created by western societies focus on the primary of individualistic pursuits at the expense of the whole. Amplified by America's belief in rugged individualism.
Following The Middle Way is a considerably more effective method to achieve peace within and lasting happiness.
Unfortunately America is moving to greater amplification of division and hate. The likely results? Complete dissolution of cohesiveness and the beginning of total societal chaos. The American Fuhrer Trump and MAGA's specialty.
Like you're "attached" to some unachievable vision of "the whole".
"Philosophy is the translation of Eros into Logos" - Byung-Chul Han "...and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called, "Love"" - Plato "Symposium" (Aristophanes' Speech)
//Les CarpenterDecember 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM About what was expected. Reified beliefs are very difficult to let go of. I know from years of prior wallowing in them.
Yeah. Because you believed in phony "science" and bogus "values", now you believe that nothing true is possible.
//AnonymousDecember 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM Yeah. That words you type on your computer, for people around the world to read em... they are not real. @@
-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA JewDecember 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM They aren't real. The "feelings" it gives its' readers, are.
You believing that... makes you in one boat with Lessy.
And your dialogs -- it's Swiftian
Big-Endians and Little-Endians - Oxford Reference www.oxfordreference.com › acref › acre... The Big-Endians are a group of people in Lilliput who believe that boiled eggs should be broken at the big end rather than at the little end.
17 comments:
Ego gratification. Supported by dualistic notions. The "I Am" distractions created by western societies focus on the primary of individualistic pursuits at the expense of the whole. Amplified by America's belief in rugged individualism.
Following The Middle Way is a considerably more effective method to achieve peace within and lasting happiness.
Unfortunately America is moving to greater amplification of division and hate. The likely results? Complete dissolution of cohesiveness and the beginning of total societal chaos. The American Fuhrer Trump and MAGA's specialty.
So has that "lasting happiness" going for you? You don't sound very happy.
...you sound bitter and clingy... like your "holding on" to something.
Like you're "attached" to some unachievable vision of "the whole".
"Philosophy is the translation of Eros into Logos" - Byung-Chul Han "...and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called, "Love"" - Plato "Symposium" (Aristophanes' Speech)
Your judgments and delusions are your to cling to.
Toddles.
Acta non verba!
You still trying to infrige genuine hypocrite... into being dishonest.)))))
//Les CarpenterDecember 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
About what was expected. Reified beliefs are very difficult to let go of. I know from years of prior wallowing in them.
Yeah. Because you believed in phony "science" and bogus "values", now you believe that nothing true is possible.
DEMN Hypocrisy... is so phony and bogus. ))))
//Les CarpenterDecember 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Desire and ego centered beliefs and actions create conflict and suffering.
And not Laws of Nature that state that "to any action there need to be equal and opposite counter-action?
Yawn.
You are SAAAA DEMN-stupid. ))))
//AnonymousDecember 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah. That words you type on your computer, for people around the world to read em... they are not real. @@
-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA JewDecember 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
They aren't real. The "feelings" it gives its' readers, are.
You believing that... makes you in one boat with Lessy.
And your dialogs -- it's Swiftian
Big-Endians and Little-Endians - Oxford Reference
www.oxfordreference.com › acref › acre...
The Big-Endians are a group of people in Lilliput who believe that boiled eggs should be broken at the big end rather than at the little end.
:)
;-p
Hah. It deleted your smile))))
Go figure that... masters of The Matrix
The spam filter works in mysterious and unpredictable ways...
Yeah.
That's what "those who know better" LIKE you to think that way.
Yawn.
Lessy gone off the hook, here?
...always.
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