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| Bio: | Holmes: "I am an anachronism, Watson. A precision instrument in a mass-produced world." "The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough." - Diogenes Laertius [c.200], Pyrrho, sec. 9 As the dew is dried up by the morning sun, So are the sins of humankind by the sight of the Himalayas. - Hindu proverb  EXCERPT: "FIRING LINE" (SYNDICATED U.S. TV- 1969) William F. Buckley, Jr. I rejoice in your disposition to argue the Vietnam question, especially when I recognize what an act of self-control this must involve. Noam Chomsky It does- Buckley Sure- Chomsky -it really does and I think that it's the kind of issue- Buckley -And you're doing very well, you're doing very well. Chomsky Sometimes I lose my temper. Maybe not tonight. Buckley Maybe not tonight, because if you would I'd smash you in the goddamn face. Chomsky That's a good reason for not losing my temper- Buckley -You say the war is simply an obscenity. A depraved act by weak and miserable men. Chomsky Including all of us. Including myself. Buckley Well then- Chomsky -Including every-that's the next sentence- Buckley -Yeah- Chomsky -The same sentence- Buckley -Oh, sure, sure, sure. Sure. Because you count everybody in the company of the guilty. Chomsky I think that's true in this case- Buckley -Uh, ya, but- Chomsky -You see, one of the points I was trying- Buckley -This is in a sense a theological observation isn't it?- Chomsky -No, I don't think so- Buckley -Because if someone points out if everyone is guilty of everything then nobody is guilty of anything. Chomsky -No, I don't, well, no I don't, I don't believe that. You see, I think, I think the point that I'm trying to make and I think ought to be made is that the real, at least to me, I say this elsewhere in the book [American Power and the New Mandarins], the, what seems to me a very, in a sense terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible people can observe such events. I think that's more terrifying than the occasional Hitler or LeMay or other that crops up. These people would not be able to operate were it not for this apathy and equanimity. And therefore I think that it's in some sense the sane and reasonable and tolerant people who should-who share a very serious burden of guilt that they very easily throw on the shoulders of others who seem more extreme and more violent.  Right View Right Intention Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration _+++_____________________________ _+88_____________________________ _+880____________________________ _++88____________________________ _++88____________________________ __+880_________________________++ __+888________________________+88 __++880______________________+88_ __++888_____+++88__________+++8__ __++8888__+++8880++88____+++88___ __+++8888+++8880++8888__++888____ ___++888++8888+++888888++888_____ ___++88++8888++8888888++888______ ___++++++888888888888888888______ ____++++++88888888888888888______ ____++++++++000888888888888______ _____+++++++000088888888888______ ______+++++++00088888888888______ _______+++++++088888888888_______ _______+++++++088888888888_______ ________+++++++8888888888________ ________+++++++0088888888________ ________++++++0088888888_________ ________+++++0008888888__________ ________###############__________ ________##############___________ 6: Where am I? 2: In the Village. 6: What do you want? 2: Information. 6: Whose side are you on? 2: That would be telling. We want information. 6: You won't get it. 2: By hook or by crook... we will. 6: Who are you? 2: The new No. 2. 6: Who is No. 1? 2: You are No. 6. 6: I am not a number -- I am a free man!
"People all say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive." Joseph Campbell | |||||||||||||||
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