Sunday, July 31, 2011

"1st September 1939" by W.H. Auden (poetry)



The strangled impotence of speaking the truth in the face of war; war is but collective criminality; those who prepare for war, who aid and abet others in preparation for war, those who participate in war are all, without exception, criminals.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Glenn Greenwald: Why Do We Harass Muslims But Not White, Nordic Males? | | AlterNet

Glenn Greenwald: Why Do We Harass Muslims But Not White, Nordic Males? | | AlterNet

Short answer: because our Sadean modernity makes it impossible for us to be honest with ourselves about ourselves (or about anyone else for that matter)...

Saturday, July 9, 2011