Comments on: Esalen Meets the War on Terror

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:22:06 +0000

Heh…way to go, Roger. Herb could’ve been helpful, but he had to go for superior–and got made “inferior”. Ha ha ha.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:42:37 +0000

Thanks, Herb, for your generously offered correction. You are even (sort of ) correct. The full title is “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil”.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140187650/002-9795210-9900812?v=glance

By: Herb

Herb — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:18:30 +0000

Roger, perhaps the reason you can’t find your copy of Arendt’s The Banality of Evil is because there’s no such book. As most people know, Arendt used that phrase in Eichmann in Jerusalem.

If you’re going to pretend you’ve read something, at least get the title right; it’s more convincing that way.

By: PeterUK

PeterUK — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:39:18 +0000

This would seem to be a good epilogue for this thread.Mr Wood witnessed his fellow captives being murdered,Via LGF.http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050627-041243-4862r.htm

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:26:24 +0000

Rick,

Is it possible that the largest number are poseurs lying to advance a cause they could not even explain as a means of dealing with pathological cognitive dissonance?

It seems incomprehensible, but in todayís modern world with all the information available for anybody who is interested, there are people who are willing to kill their fellow citizens for the greater glory of their god. And I am not talking about the ignorant suicide bombers from the poisonous environment of West Bank, but our own homeboys from Lodi, CA. So I conclude that psychological conditions that can lead Americans to terrorist training camp in Pakistan allow others to remain faithful adherents of the Gospel of Chomsky.

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:43:58 +0000

Connecticut Yankee–it’s really pretty creepy when you think about it. Puts one in mind of something deeper that we’ve yet acknowledged. I would say something like a millennial sorting-out, but the implications are far more than my sanity can tolerate. But in fact critters do sense and respond to a vibe of some kind, and if it’s not from the Book of Revelations then it’s probably a result of little hostility “tells” in body language.

By: Connecticut Yankee

Connecticut Yankee — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:26:02 +0000

Buddy–

The three cats who own me are the same way– I used to think it had something to do with their sensing that the Bushes have cats, but maybe there’s something else at work. (The cats don’t like pro-PETA people, either).

By: Luther McLeod

Luther McLeod — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:20:06 +0000

I’d like to add a fourth category if I may. Those who are woefully ignorant of the seriousness of the trials that we face, or of the dangers that confront their very existence. Other that BDS, just a view that its still the 60’s, 70’s and if everyone would just give ‘peace a chance’ all would be well. In other words nothing changed on 9/11, it is still 9/10.

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:57:09 +0000

As far as I know, the dogs do not keep up with politics and have no particular views on the subject–so there is something else going on.

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:54:03 +0000

I’ve noticed something odd over the past few years–the three big Labradors whose pet I am do not like people who do not like GWB, and do like people who do like GWB. This is so odd.