Thank you, it was disturbing to write it. I keep thinking of the old catastrophe theory and the idea of the 'fragility of the good' - that there are (mathematically) more ways to collapse than to 'be' within a plateau of stability ...
best, alan On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 8:23 AM Edward Picot via NetBehaviour < netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > Alan, > > This is a fantastically on-the-money bit of writing. > > Edward > > > On 28/08/2021 15:42, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > > > > > Game of Refugees > > > > http://www.alansondheim.org/bad.jpg > > > > In this game, the refugees always lose. You play someone > > hunting them down, refusing them sanctuary, keeping them at > > bay. You always win. The sounds are murmurs and cries. You > > always continue. You can refuse to play the game, you can walk > > away. You don't do that; if you do that, nothing happens. You > > want something to happen, you're playing the game. The game > > may be long or short. You can take a break. You can turn the > > game off, return to the same stage. The game can always wait. > > > > You always feel bad. The longer you feel bad, the longer you > > play the game. The longer you play, the longer you win. If you > > stop the game, the refugees can wait. If you never play again, > > the refugees can wait. The refugees can always wait. > > > > You feel bad. You feel like weeping, wailing, mourning. The > > refugees are weeping, wailing, waiting, mourning. You make > > them wait. You are so sad, you are inconceivably sad. You have > > never been so sad in your life. It's terrible how sad you are. > > You continue playing the game. You win the game, you cannot > > lose. You may be angry. It is so sad you feel angry. When you > > are angry, you may leave the game. > > > > You return to the game when you are no longer angry. You are > > calm and wary. It is terrible you are playing this game this > > way. You love the game. You are drawn to the game, the game > > draws you. You can say that, I love this game but I feel bad. > > You feel bad sometimes, you feel bad all the time. You play > > the game, there are always refugees. > > > > There are always refugees, you wonder is this a trick of the > > game. There are more and more. You always play, you always > > win. There are always more. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 718-813-3285**email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>* *=====================================================*
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