I am in here.
Something to think about as the day begins: the concept of the right to question, and when/how it can become a tool of totalitarians. When does the desire to know become the desire to expose? Belmont Club Canetti thought that the real tools of totalitarians were not simple brutality but “the right to question and … Continue reading Questioning: something to think about
As reported in Solomonia: Fiddling Past the Checkpoint Honest Reporting has the final word on the horrible human rights abuse perpetrated by Israeli stormtroopers. This month, soldiers at the Beit Iba checkpoint… ordered a Palestinian to open his violin case and play for them while the lines behind him grew. Oh, the humanity! You can … Continue reading The great tragedy of it all…
… palestinian-style, via Israellycool: Marwan Barghouti announces his candidacy (AP): “I promise to follow in Abu Amar’s footsteps. He was my muse. That’s right..my muse. No, not moose. This is a moose.”
Damn, I forgot to post, besides the qotd. I’d like to apologize (you were waiting for this) and explain that I didn’t forget but that it was because I was so busy delving again into Martin Buber’s I And Thou, but that wouldn’t be the case. Yes, it is true that I was reading that … Continue reading Yesterday
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