14-02-2022, 10:59 AM
ÔÇ£Evil is not just a theory of paradox, but an actual entity that exists only for itself. .....it must hide within the shroud of lies and deceit it spins to manipulate the weak-minded as well as those who choose to ally themselves with it for their own personal gain......
For evil must rely on the self-serving interests of the arrogant, the lustful, the power-hungry, the hateful, and the greedy to feed and proliferate...... once all that was good has been extinguished by corruption or annihilation, evil will then turn upon and consume what remains: particularly its immoral servants who have assisted its purpose so well  along with itself."
R.G. Risch, Beyond Mars: Crimson Fleet
ÔÇ£Shorter hours for the working man, & a minimum wage for both skilled & unskilled labour, which will guarantee every man over the age of 21 a salary that will enable him to live decently."
Charlie Chaplin interview with New York World, 1931.
Charlie Chaplin, his life & art. David Robinson
ÔÇ£The way of life can be free & beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned menÔÇÖs souls ÔÇô has barricaded the world with hate ÔÇô has goose-stepped us into misery & bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard & unkind. We think too much & feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness & gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent & all will be lost.ÔÇØ Charlie Chaplin, The great dictator.
"The sexual, physical & emotional violence meted out to women on a daily basis shocks & angers me.(Oh wait a minute ÔÇô women are not supposed to be angry!) People have sometimes commented that women are violent too. Yes, a few are, but there doesnÔÇÖt seem to be the need for a chain of refuges the length & breadth of New Zealand for men to escape from dangerous women. In her essay on rape culture, ÔÇ£The longest warÔÇØ Rebecca Solnit (Men explain things to me & other essays, Granta 2014) asks when the hundreds of attacks on women all over the world will be recognized not as isolated incidents but as a pattern. ÔÇ£Violence doesnÔÇÖt have a race, class, religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.ÔÇØ
Carole Beu, passion play, Stroppy old women, compiled by Wendyl Nissen & Paul Little
For evil must rely on the self-serving interests of the arrogant, the lustful, the power-hungry, the hateful, and the greedy to feed and proliferate...... once all that was good has been extinguished by corruption or annihilation, evil will then turn upon and consume what remains: particularly its immoral servants who have assisted its purpose so well  along with itself."
R.G. Risch, Beyond Mars: Crimson Fleet
ÔÇ£Shorter hours for the working man, & a minimum wage for both skilled & unskilled labour, which will guarantee every man over the age of 21 a salary that will enable him to live decently."
Charlie Chaplin interview with New York World, 1931.
Charlie Chaplin, his life & art. David Robinson
ÔÇ£The way of life can be free & beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned menÔÇÖs souls ÔÇô has barricaded the world with hate ÔÇô has goose-stepped us into misery & bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard & unkind. We think too much & feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness & gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent & all will be lost.ÔÇØ Charlie Chaplin, The great dictator.
"The sexual, physical & emotional violence meted out to women on a daily basis shocks & angers me.(Oh wait a minute ÔÇô women are not supposed to be angry!) People have sometimes commented that women are violent too. Yes, a few are, but there doesnÔÇÖt seem to be the need for a chain of refuges the length & breadth of New Zealand for men to escape from dangerous women. In her essay on rape culture, ÔÇ£The longest warÔÇØ Rebecca Solnit (Men explain things to me & other essays, Granta 2014) asks when the hundreds of attacks on women all over the world will be recognized not as isolated incidents but as a pattern. ÔÇ£Violence doesnÔÇÖt have a race, class, religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.ÔÇØ
Carole Beu, passion play, Stroppy old women, compiled by Wendyl Nissen & Paul Little
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)