[ed. This is a provisional post, needing further editing and development. There are errors in grammar and fact – but the general effect should be gained, I’ll get around to whittling this down later..] Per my earlier posting a couple of quotes, from Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four [Amazon link] and the Club of Rome’s The First […]
History
Pashtunistan and Kurdistan
This is a hypothetical exercise. Do not misconstrue it. It’s a mental exercise fleshing out some controversial ideas, that are very open to criticism. I am considering the idea that a formal greater Pashtunistan should be considered among geo-political thinkers. The same with Kurdistan, for while I do not think turkey’s territorial integrity should be […]
Some thoughts on writing, speaking, manipulation and influence
A few thoughts off the top of my head. William S. Burroughs had interesting things to say on the idea of language being a virus from outer space. It would be naive to take him at face value. Actually, it would verge on insanity. It would be equally naive to simply assume he was being […]
Monkeys, meanderings, bodies exhibits, and Bill Manchester was a real man. Are you ?
Caveat lector.. “..Truly created beings are meanings set up in images. All who grasp this are among the people of discernment..” Ibn Habib: al-Maghribi. Gnostics see from the heart, which is the intellect’s seat. ‘ahlil ‘ibar – people of discernment, people of discrimination. I discriminate. “..Smash the control images. Smash the control machine…” William S. […]