Okey. But sometimes you have to get rid of the good because of the bad. If I drink Pepsi and never eat, as I am want to do, I die. And cars are nice, but they stink. And nuclear technology is all efficient and stuff, but toxic waste isn't that tasty. And GE - isn't it common knowledge that a field of GE modified crop will pollenate it's entire ( Read more... )

[It's question time at the _____ forum ( Read more... )

"The avatar of the Death-God, underneath it's Jackal Masque, is that of a poisonous Uroborus: the snake biting it's own arse and poisoning itself with it's own venom. "
- Rainer Heydrich, "Der Jackal Gott: Flach, Lamé oder gerade vollständig unwissendes?"

"So long as authority inspires awe, confusion and absurdity enhance conservative tendencies in society. Firstly, because clear and logical thinking leads to a cumulation of knowledge...and the advance of knowledge sooner or later undermines the traditional order. Confused thinking, on the other hand, leads nowhere in particular and can be indulged ( Read more... )

[Written on a bad forum I contribute to for Moral Reasons Obscure ( Read more... )

Yes - that Jimmy Carter. He was nominated during his presidency for what's called the Camp David Accords for peace between Israel and Egypt (and a Peace Prize did go to the leaders of these two countries during that time period), and now he's won for continuing to advance democracy and human rights. He's overseen various elections, and helped to ( Read more... )

There are numerous things to be liked here. The general aesthetic that I am liking here is that Kertesz appears to be completely re-evaluating the way in which we see certain emotionally-charged events. A conversation about The Holocaust is now remarkably predictable and full of false sentiment and a formulaic system of responses which are designed ( Read more... )

"If it's now common practice to laugh at anyone who argues for the existence of a single reality, how can Christianity stand up?"
- Rainer Heydrich, "Eine Versuchung der blind machenden Symmetrie"

Faith exists irrespective of Christianity. Faith works and is the major spiritual force behind Christianity. But because it exists outside of Christianity, the religion becomes irreverent. As opposed to irrelevant. If it were irrelevant, then it would be discarded as refuse. But it lingers as the Dominant Religious Product, as Coke is to Pepsi, as ( Read more... )

Porn isn't about pleasurable sex. It's about humiliation. It's about finding a girl who has no personality - she's just a fuck-machine who'll willingly indulge in any depraved activity and beg for more ( Read more... )