Roger L. Simon

August 7th, 2005 10:00 pm

Is the Orgone Box making a comeback?

Now neo-necon is amplifying on the essay by Dr. Robert Harman linked earlier.

Comment
Bookmark and Share
Digg Print Digg PJM Home

Pajamas Media appreciates your comments that abide by the following guidelines:

1. Avoid profanities or foul language unless it is contained in a necessary quote or is relevant to the comment.

2. Stay on topic.

3. Disagree, but avoid ad hominem attacks.

4. Threats are treated seriously and reported to law enforcement.

5. Spam and advertising are not permitted in the comments area.

The clause regarding "hate speech" has been deleted because readers criticized it as being too loosely defined. We agreed.

These guidelines are very general and cannot cover every possible situation. Please don't assume that Pajamas Media management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment. We reserve the right to filter or delete comments or to deny posting privileges entirely at our discretion. If you feel your comment was filtered inappropriately, please email us at story@pajamasmedia.com.

3 Comments

1. David Thomson:

The therapeutic community seems to agree that most of these ideological extremists will unlikely ever get their act together. What does that mean concerning the practical side of things? IĆ­ve personally concluded that we must do our best to marginalize these afflicted people. They are a danger both to themselves—and the rest of us.

One could debate with a Michael Moore or Noam Chomsky until they are blue in the face. The odds are that neither gentleman will be persuaded by rational argumentation. They are similar to lunatics howling at a full moon. We therefore should not treat them as rationally thinking adults, but like small children playing with dangerous objects. How do we morally and legally delegitimize their power and influence? This is the central question of our era.

Aug 8, 2005 - 7:31 am 2. mythusmage:

I wonder, could the problem be a lack of vrility?

(google “vril”)

Aug 8, 2005 - 9:47 am 3. John Moore ( Useful Fools ):

I have yet to see a psychological explanation for these folks that sounds even close. It would seem that many of these people are psychologically reasonably normal but captured by a cult – one to which their culture and religion made them more susceptible. Humans are social animals, and in spite of old style analyses which focus on childhood environment (and are cultish themselves), many adults are dramatically altered by various experiences, charismatic leaders, and powerful ideas?

After all, how many relatively healthy adults in the US believe in pyramid power or other new age nonsense? How many, given the upbringing that European multiculturalism gives, who meet the true predators and psychopaths, could be converted into martyrs or murderers?

Aug 8, 2005 - 10:53 pm

Write a Comment

Name: (required, displayed)
Email: (required, not publicized)
URL: (optional, displayed)
Comments:
 

Roger L Simon

Author Photo
The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media

Just Published

Blacklisting MyselfWith gratitude to the readers of this blog without whom my new -- and first non-fiction -- book would likely never have been written.

Simon's first non-fiction book - Blacklisting Myself: Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in an Age of Terror - Pub. date: February 5, 2009

Archives

Books