-Caveat Lector-
I keep thinking about the possibility of having a totally open society
where anyone can be anything at any time they want -- and no one blinks an
eye. Unfortunately, like some who use various substances and do so
ineffectively or to excess and just can't maintain. For those, it becomes
the "Rule of Law" (is that a redundant phrase?) and every square peg has to
fit in every square hole and the same goes for round, triangular, et
cetera. There has to be a nice neat little pattern or life just becomes
incomprehensible.
JFK, after some political cataclysm (the Bay of Pigs I think), had his
popularity rise also. I recall having heard (via an A&E special --
biography) his remark that the more he screwed up the more he was liked.
Same with Billio: the deeper he gets into trouble the more pathos he seems
to draw. He's the recipient of agape. I wouldn't be surprised to see him
wandering around the WH grounds wearing a caftan and experiencing Nature,
communing with the cosmos.
When I sent the original post I kept thinking of Janis singing "Me and
Bobby MacGee": "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose ..."
Maybe that's the attraction; a sense of the strong resulting from having a
person's life laid bare. Maybe the emperor is the emperor because he has
no clothes; his subjects are the real fools.
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A<>E<>R
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
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: From: Gerald Harp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Subject: Re: [CTRL] Media of the Absurd
: Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 10:58 AM
:
: -Caveat Lector-
:
: In a message dated 12/21/98 8:28:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:
: > there could be the sense that NOTHING matters
: > any more.
:
: Excellent post, Alamaine.
:
: Your insight is right on target. This also holds for the impeachment of
: course. The notion of impeachment is now so watered down that it is
nearly
: meaningless in the public mind in so far as opprobrium is concerned. His
: approval rating rises! In Nixon's case, had there been an impeachment it
: would have been tantamount to a criminal conviction. What will be the
end of
: this dumbing down of old taboos? It is a bit scary.
:
: Jerry
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