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*Please explain the "short to boot" idiom : I can see it used as both a positive or a negative... | *Please explain the "short to boot" idiom : I can see it used as both a positive or a negative... | ||
* | *Those who can't or won't read [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning] (like me) can go for [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html an interview with Chris Hedges]. It's shorter, and makes all the relevant points without much pathos. | ||
*See also [http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). | *See also [http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). As for movies, make sure you've seen [ Full Metal Jacket] : | ||
**"Believe it or not, but under fire, Animal Mother can be a wonderful human being. All he needs is somebody throwing grenades at him 'til the end of his life." | |||
***Git some! Git some! Git some, yeah, yeah, yeah! Anyone that runs, is a VC. Anyone that stands still, is a well-disciplined VC! You guys oughta do a story about me sometime! | |||
***Why should we do a story about you? | |||
***'Cuz I'm so fuckin' good! I done got me 157 dead gooks killed. Plus 50 water buffalo too! Them's all confirmed! | |||
***Any women or children? | |||
***Sometimes! | |||
***How can you shoot women or children? | |||
***Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much! Ain't war hell? | |||
*Borrowing the first sentence of a narrative from an existing piece doesn't seem right. | *Borrowing the first sentence of a narrative from an existing piece doesn't seem right. | ||
*If Konoko talks about her moral universe with as much distance as Hedges talks about his, doesn't that make her inconveniently ''lucid''? | *If Konoko talks about her moral universe with as much distance as Hedges talks about his, doesn't that make her inconveniently ''lucid''? | ||
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Revision as of 19:26, 10 August 2006
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- Konoko
- Welcome to my collapsed moral universe.
- HERE you find an m4a file of mine. As the title says, it has something to share with that sentence of yours: "Konoko: Welcome to my collapsed moral universe."
- Credit for that line goes to a book I recently read. It's titled: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, by former war correspondent Chris Hedges. Quite a remarkable statement on both modern society and the human condition, and short to boot, so it's worth checking out. I've been pulling a lot out of it lately, honestly.
- Please explain the "short to boot" idiom : I can see it used as both a positive or a negative...
- Those who can't or won't read War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (like me) can go for an interview with Chris Hedges. It's shorter, and makes all the relevant points without much pathos.
- See also Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). As for movies, make sure you've seen [ Full Metal Jacket] :
- "Believe it or not, but under fire, Animal Mother can be a wonderful human being. All he needs is somebody throwing grenades at him 'til the end of his life."
- Git some! Git some! Git some, yeah, yeah, yeah! Anyone that runs, is a VC. Anyone that stands still, is a well-disciplined VC! You guys oughta do a story about me sometime!
- Why should we do a story about you?
- 'Cuz I'm so fuckin' good! I done got me 157 dead gooks killed. Plus 50 water buffalo too! Them's all confirmed!
- Any women or children?
- Sometimes!
- How can you shoot women or children?
- Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much! Ain't war hell?
- "Believe it or not, but under fire, Animal Mother can be a wonderful human being. All he needs is somebody throwing grenades at him 'til the end of his life."
- Borrowing the first sentence of a narrative from an existing piece doesn't seem right.
- If Konoko talks about her moral universe with as much distance as Hedges talks about his, doesn't that make her inconveniently lucid?