Antisemitism does have a silver lining, just not for the Jewish people. Life is Sardonic, eh! Turns out a good deed doesn’t earn you another. For if this were true, Jews would be celebrated as the saviors of Poland from the Black Death. Instead, they became the scapegoats of a 2,000-year long blood libel that unjustly marked them as deicides in Christendom. If you want to know more about the motives behind this, step right in.
Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. One of the major risks I ever took was when I decided to just pack up and hit the Road towards the New World. Things have panned out well. Of course it took loads of hard work, hard fighting and hard riding. But after some … Continue reading A Risky Proposition
I was watching this TV show, The Expanse, on Amazon Prime, the other day. It was this scene on top of a Baltimore sky-rise after a cataclysm had flooded it in a radical future that got me thinking. In it, Amos is trying to convince his former partner in crime to leave Earth behind and … Continue reading On New Beginnings
Daily writing promptWrite about a time when you didn't take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?View all responses Indecision is unmanly. It is the apanage, the remit of eunuchs and the timid. Nobody says that decisions must always be made on the fly. No, no, no. Careful, considered and pregnant reflection … Continue reading On Indecision
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? I’m not sure happiness is attainable. I mean it’s lofty enough to remain a noble aspiration for many. But is it worthy to seek it? I’m not convinced it is. Before WW1, men and women alike didn’t believe in such big words. They believed in duty, … Continue reading Happiness is overrated
Nietzsche once said that whoever fights monsters should take care not to become a monster himself. He also said that when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. His are profound words. They apply to everything and everyone. This is why Nietzsche is the point of reference of nihilism. Take the … Continue reading The Abyss
Describe something you learned in high school. I’m hijacking this. I’m so doing it. Here we go. The ancient Germanic peoples used to teach their youth an old as time mantra. They used to say to them: Beware of a creaking bow, a yawning wolf, a croaking raven, the tide on the ebb, new ice, … Continue reading On Life Lessons
What book could you read over and over again? In my life I’ve read many books. Maybe 5,000. Perhaps more. Perhaps even many more. None have captured, have indeed stirred my imagination into febrile action more than this saga. Patrick O’Brian was one of, if not the best illustrator of the Napoleonic Wars. In this … Continue reading Master and Commander
Afraid of nuclear war? Don't worry. If you are a city dweller, most likely you won't feel a thing. For the rest of you, tough luck though. But if you care more about the human race, like I do, chances are this monumental blood letting will only set us back a couple hundred years, tops. After which I am sure we will contrive to do it again. Because we are champions in shooting ourselves in the foot. But our survival as a species is not in question. Our civilization as we know it today however is.
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Götterdämmerung 