tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post7021339926952125442..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Free DiscourseAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-80182869034488187082012-06-08T06:22:38.184-06:002012-06-08T06:22:38.184-06:00When I was in highschool Mein Kampf was on our rea...When I was in highschool Mein Kampf was on our reading list and was required reading in some classes. We also read Animal Farm, 1984, Alas Babylon, and The Stranger. My children read a lot but curiously enough I don't recall their having read any of the works mentioned above. The grumpy old man inside makes me wonder if the educational system is getting better at the art and science of producing sheeple.<br /> We've always been very capable of destroying each other and it doesn't take the keenest of minds to shape and direct that capacity.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-5274834269985180802012-05-28T20:27:38.888-06:002012-05-28T20:27:38.888-06:00"I continue to be puzzled at the conception t..."I continue to be puzzled at the conception that this was something that was done at a particular time and at a particular place by a particular man. I am further puzzled that it is viewed as a creation of the 20th century, or that indeed it was ever "invented," and not merely pursued with blind intuition or imitation by creatures throughout human existence. I cannot read an opinion upon the matter that does not begin and end with position that this habit of exploiting weakness and fear occurs with isolated infrequency"<br /><br />Have you ever read Giorgio Agambem`s books about the "homo sacer"? It has a lot to do with this point of your text.Wilson Theodorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259436264274473204noreply@blogger.com