Don’t question the system, never point at the naked emperor, you’ll ruin the spell we all live under

[rhett o rick]

Last edited Sun Jun 16, 2013, 11:26 AM - Edit history (2)

Below is a comment on Ian Welsh's blog in reference to a post regarding ethics. The comment was posted by someone calling themselves cripes:

The problem also is we know not what to do, or how to get to the place to do it. I know I have, and suspect others have also sacrificed much simply by saying truths that a six year old should know to be self-evident, that evil is among us, and I’m against it, and you shouldn’t be a part of it at work, at home, or for christ’s sake, nine thousand miles away by remote controlled death machines.

For the rest who deny these self-evident truths, I can only think they are scared and willfully blinded, cleaving to the childish belief that a higher authority will keep them safe if only they pledge fealty to the lies, the avarice, the murder and the destruction.

Don’t question the system, never point at the naked emperor, you’ll ruin the spell we all live under. It’s the way it’s always been, and I want to live as a rich person in a world of poverty, until I can’t which is fast approaching.

How many times have I been accused of being a cynic, a conspiracy theorist, a marxist, an instigator, for uttering the mildest of criticisms at this towering edifice of evil? What on earth do these authoritarian followers think they believe when they babble about american values, the enlightenment or the rights of man?

Sometimes I think I am already living in the asylum.

See here: http://www.ianwelsh.net/ethics-101-part-3-forseeable-consequences/

I think he said it well.

[n2doc]

1. K and R, 1000x n/t

[KoKo]

2. Ian makes an interesting point in that article...which hopefully some will read.

"Sometimes I think I am already living in the asylum."

These days I think that many here and absent..might well relate to that.

BUT... I, and others PREFER TO THINK...WE LIVE IN THE "REALITY WORLD."

So, I guess there's that CounterPoint to Ian...although there's THAT ...what he said.

[rhett o rick]

5. To be clear, what I posted was a comment to the article Ian posted. nm

[me b zola]

3. K&R

[aquart]

4. I don't.

Simplistic blather.

[Skittles]

7. lol

why am I reminded of Spinal Tap?

[bvar22]

6. An apt description of current days.

Interesting times in which we are living.

[Skip Intro]

8. Yes, he did say it well. n/t

[tavalon]

9. Cripes,

you are living in the asylum. Just as in the movie, taking the "right" pill doesn't mean the world is more beautiful. It's more complicated and more real.

[rhett o rick]

12. To be fair, I believe Cripes was posting something "Oldman" had previously posted. nm

[woo me with science]

10. K&R

[DirkGently]

11. People get worked up about upsetting The Lie Agreed Upon.

The underlying idea is always that "we" are putting something over on "them," and can't upset that. Dangerous. Disloyal. To be nipped in the proverbial bud without mercy.

[rhett o rick]

13. I liked the part of the quote: "For the rest who deny these self-evident truths, I can only think

they are scared and willfully blinded, cleaving to the childish belief that a higher authority will keep them safe if only they pledge fealty to the lies, the avarice, the murder and the destruction."

There are two basic kinds of authoritarians, those that are the forceful bullies and their followers, hoping for security from the bullies. The followers, in my mind, hold more responsibility because the top dog bullies only act when they have a following.

[DirkGently]

14. Great quote. Bullies and their followers, indeed.