Joe Hilderbrand's report on the ABC was a welcome and open one . While the whole idea is to exaggerate the problem by using that title , the mature and sensible Indians (who can see oursleves as we can't ) weren't to be convinced that we were OK .
We are in trouble even if it doesn't come back to the 3 symbols; The observers said so in so many ways
They wouldn't join us . And it wouldn't matter which foreigners were chosen .
We are a society in self destruct mode and without a word to keep order on the streets .
Twenty years ago the ABC journo would be " wanting to do something about it " But we are too accommodating and placid now -- now too far "East"
So despite the tragedy in human indignity we accept that instead of substance its OK to fill the void between young adults with alcohol. . Instead of minds engaging, minds must go bashing themselves needlessly on the concrete .Anyone would think we were ...well stupid
The West's failure to act like the West builds contempt for us by outsiders. Its not that Islam is strong, but that adults in the West are so weak and woosy. Reactionaries at the ABC have been in their jobs long enough to know that celebrating the best of the past is not something you do to keep a job there .
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
More Fabianism or more Fanaticism?
The kids of today will reject the woosy weakness of the 60's generation because its in their nature to do so. The only hope of reform ( taking what's good forward ) is if the currently powerful admit to their mistaken reactionary adventures.
Institutional adherents to an established philosophy often forget the creative tension that caused a movement in the first place - this is particularly true of the children of the 60 ' who think good things flow out of being adaptable and waiting for good to prevail . Most new movements are highly reactionary in origin. Cultured in cotton wool , Fabianism is a child and will give in to pressure , as it has done throughout its history; it will give in to pressure because the woosy ( if perfectly democratic) household is its theme . More than 2 children in your house, and the adults don't matter. Tradition provides no tension for the ravages of blind self will and optimism of youth . Fabianism is doing what its always done because its weak - its giving in to fanaticism.
Bertrand Russell, Chesterton and Orwell could see this because they were closer to why government worked in the West - Fabians just took it for granted that government worked. .For the radical thinkers the price of freedom was never the cooercion of power but the coercion of ideas - eternal vigilance .Men weren't to be trusted and neither were the institutions of power . The Fabians faith in the public and the public service is unreasonable and unreliable - change is fine as long as its actually for the better. Shaw's support for the Russian revolution was blinkered stupidity cultivated by popular reactionaries parties . The faith of our forefathers was that the greatest evil was actually done in the name of the best intention: the intention of giving children in a household their freedom to rule equally was the biggest act of indiscipline ever possible in a household . Animal farm advocates are still everywhere - why is this?
Since the West has thrown off the idea that freedom is a state of mind ( Thinkhebrew ) all we have is any number of advocates of animal farm .
Labor leader know the children are in charge but they don't know what to do about it: but neither do the Libs or even the IPA ( complete free trade is not economic freedom unless we want the culture of all countries to be the same ) If freedom is to mean something its gotta be more that the press releases of the powerful
Theabove 4 groups all talk in grand terms of the need for cultural change -but can only talk simplicities when it comes to actions . God help us if Labor think they can master such things with their ads and their educational revolution . To understand why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance you have to be a lot more radical and a lot less reactionary than most parties in our country today .
Institutional adherents to an established philosophy often forget the creative tension that caused a movement in the first place - this is particularly true of the children of the 60 ' who think good things flow out of being adaptable and waiting for good to prevail . Most new movements are highly reactionary in origin. Cultured in cotton wool , Fabianism is a child and will give in to pressure , as it has done throughout its history; it will give in to pressure because the woosy ( if perfectly democratic) household is its theme . More than 2 children in your house, and the adults don't matter. Tradition provides no tension for the ravages of blind self will and optimism of youth . Fabianism is doing what its always done because its weak - its giving in to fanaticism.
Bertrand Russell, Chesterton and Orwell could see this because they were closer to why government worked in the West - Fabians just took it for granted that government worked. .For the radical thinkers the price of freedom was never the cooercion of power but the coercion of ideas - eternal vigilance .Men weren't to be trusted and neither were the institutions of power . The Fabians faith in the public and the public service is unreasonable and unreliable - change is fine as long as its actually for the better. Shaw's support for the Russian revolution was blinkered stupidity cultivated by popular reactionaries parties . The faith of our forefathers was that the greatest evil was actually done in the name of the best intention: the intention of giving children in a household their freedom to rule equally was the biggest act of indiscipline ever possible in a household . Animal farm advocates are still everywhere - why is this?
Since the West has thrown off the idea that freedom is a state of mind ( Thinkhebrew ) all we have is any number of advocates of animal farm .
Labor leader know the children are in charge but they don't know what to do about it: but neither do the Libs or even the IPA ( complete free trade is not economic freedom unless we want the culture of all countries to be the same ) If freedom is to mean something its gotta be more that the press releases of the powerful
Theabove 4 groups all talk in grand terms of the need for cultural change -but can only talk simplicities when it comes to actions . God help us if Labor think they can master such things with their ads and their educational revolution . To understand why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance you have to be a lot more radical and a lot less reactionary than most parties in our country today .
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