R: Here's the really funny part. They are so terrified of the coming > tyranny, terror, fascism, and torture "out there" and completely > unaware that the coming nightmare is Disneyland compared to the > absolute tyranny, terror, fascism, and torture they are subjecting > themselves to every moment -- voluntarily trading their birthright not > even for a mess of spinach, but for a handful of burning nettles -- and > congratulating themselves on the trade. > > Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This time, Rory, you are not speaking from any kind of experience. Have you seen war? You may be able to argue that most of us are living in a world of psychological misery of our own making because we are not enlightened, but we are still spoiled Americans with the money, leisure, and comfort to have spiritual concerns of some sort. > And again, just because we see something coming down the road doesn't mean we're afraid. a
Anything "out there" is Disneyland, period. If it really matters, I remember war. I am still standing amidst the ashes, rubble, bones, and stink of an incinerated Germany and knowing nothingness, and utter humiliation and failure to protect my people. What's going on "in here" is far worse: because it has a sugar coating, allowing us to ignore a far more horrendous and insidious tyranny that robs us of utter freedom, doesn't allow us to have a truly clear thought, or perceive clearly that we aren't actually free. And again, I'm not speaking of mere political freedom. I'm speaking of a thought-control so subtle we aren't even aware that it's there or that we're fearfully chained by it, until it Dies. We're afraid, all right.
