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Yeah, katray, every now and then a flash of brilliance. But it hurts my
brain, so I don't allow it very often.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 9, 2005 at 7:17 PM
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You're very welcome Saul
and thanks for the book recommendations; I'll be looking for them soon. Great response to my comment, that last paragraph about building worlds is quite meaningful.
posted by
Katray2
on July 8, 2005 at 10:54 PM
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Oh, and thanks, katray, for your compliment on my writing and my
reasonableness. It is appreciated beyond words.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 8, 2005 at 3:20 PM
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Kudos, katray. Would that a few of our more conservative friends might
deign peruse a book or two about factual events and motivations, rather than the neocon platform-supporting redundant propaganda they like to continuously spew, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, ad Pavlovian. Try Imperial Hubris by Anonymous. It is very enlightening, as is Richard Clarke's book, Against All Enemies. I have just started the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars. See, now you've got me started.
I find that most free-thinkers and far-sighted individuals tend to be autodidacts, who, for the most part, learn for the sake of learning. If you limit your intake of knowledge to what you believe will strengthen you, you build a fortress. If you place no limits on your intake of knowledge and believe all knowledge strengthens you, you build worlds.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 8, 2005 at 3:16 PM
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Ah, finally a voice of reason
Very well written and true Saul. I urge others to do as I do - research, read and then reconsider what the government is telling you. Attempt to see the complete picture, not just manipulated scraps. It is vital to democracy to know the truth. You're so right, bookstores and libraries are teeming with factual accounts that often reveal a far different, much darker reality about what has been done and is being done in our names.
It is painful and disheartening to learn these things, but so important. I'm currently reading "Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson and just purchased "Crossing the Rubicon" by Michael Ruppert. Oh and "Into the Buzzsaw" is an honest, shocking look at mainstream journalism in the U.S. Okay I'll stop before I list every book I've educated myself with. ;) If only more people realized how necessary it is to do this, instead of following on blind faith and trust. Sad indeed.
posted by
Katray2
on July 7, 2005 at 8:05 PM
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