wrestling with congruency
Begin
by descending
into
a deep
shaft
of required thinking.
With each
downward
step
move further
from the truth.
Continue
down
down
to where
a flashlight
is called the sunlight.
There
you will stay
to follow
a manufactured god.
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qazse
March 1, 2007 at 4:17 am
Hi qazse,
This reminds me of the science fiction novel, Dark Universe, by Daniel Galouye, where all humanity lives in the dark underground due to some worldwide calamity. It’s a fascinating story where they find their way around by clicking, using echoes like bats, but more to the point, light becomes God to them because they’ve never seen it…
Hmmm… I think that relates a bit, but maybe not…
Anyway their light you’re talking about is pretty dim!
Regards
March 1, 2007 at 5:23 am
It’s a slow descent…so slow and gradual in fact, that we often don’t realize it until we find ourselves wandering in the dark.
March 1, 2007 at 11:14 am
fencer – I continue to be impressed with the scope of your sci-fi knowledge. Yes, how true, the light in the hole is dim.
Jules- (welcome back to the blogosphere!) well put, I agree.
March 1, 2007 at 3:24 pm
PS to Jules, I am unable to access your site from my work…it says access denied. Did your neighbor report you to my network administrator?
March 1, 2007 at 6:08 pm
It’s like putting a frog in a pan of water on the stove and setting the burner on low. It’s so gradual the frog doesn’t even know it’s slowing dying.
March 1, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Or not every frog knows it’s dying.
March 1, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Yes. This discussion brings up the whole desensitization issue. I say we have been massaged into near submission.
I was in my dentist’s office today and there was the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2007. Check it out. See what we accept as acceptable and normal.
I’m not out to shield kids from the reality of human sexuality; but I do want all children protected from usury and mental manipulations which are counterproductive to their evolution and development.
I would never deny SI the right to do it. But I ask them: just because you can do something, ought you do it.
I will speak out and certainly never patronize them. I will also tell my dentist what I think, and I will write a letter to SI.
ps: I am especially worried about the children who come home each day to an empty home. Children need structure and caring to thrive.
March 1, 2007 at 11:25 pm
What is problematic to me is that children are immersed in soft porn and cold blooded violence for the sake of selling product. Children ought to be intellectually and spiritually stimulated rather than sexually stimulated. There will be plenty of time for that, but if we are to prosper we must begin to stop thinking like fraternity boys and gangsters.
March 3, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Oh, that’s well stated… Exactly!
Regards
March 3, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Qazse,
I can’t access your site from my office either…must be some sort of conspiracy!
March 4, 2007 at 2:29 am
fencer – thank you. Are you responding to both posts or the second in particular?
Jules – Indeed. I saw them yesterday peering out from my sock drawer.
March 4, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hi qazse,
I agree with the sentiments of both your comments, but the second one seemed to elegantly summarize the situation.
Regards
March 4, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Thanks fencer. I am developing a short essay on this and am looking for distinctive ways to convey my point of view without being dismissed as a “prude”.
best
September 10, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.
December 3, 2009 at 2:42 pm
thank you!