“We don’t have imams we send to Europe.† Maar we zien alleen maar intentie als we er zelf in onze para-noia over mogen nadenken. Para-gnoia. Dus juist als we het niet echt weten. Bij wijze van intimatie. † Barbara Surk – http://www.politico.eu/article/dont-write-off-saudi-arabia-diplomatic-charm-offensive-brussels-russia-iran/ 22 juli 16
De tip van een psychiater laatst in Nice om “terreur” te negeren is toch wat onbevredigend. Denk ik nu. Het lijkt allemaal toch wel erg afstandelijk. Maar hoe kan het ook anders? Hij is wellicht toch meer gewendgetraind te zoeken naar wat ontpersoonlijkt is, met lagen in die persoonlijkheid te werken die minder sterk persoonlijk lijken. Beter lijkt dan je state of mind veranderen. Eraan preemptief aan wennen, als wij ons zoiets kunnen voorstellen. Want je wil toch iets “doen?” Doe dan vooral iets boeddha, & have a change […]
“The EU referendum campaign was full of exaggerations and lies on both sides,” the campaign group said. “With a brand new government now in place, we need to demand that our new leaders will shape our future on truth, not more lies.† I beg your pardon, on WHAT?! † Hortense Goulard – http://www.politico.eu/article/greenpeace-covers-up-brexit-battlebus-lies/ 18 july 16
“The military coup got under way rather inchoately Friday evening and appears to most seasoned observers within Turkey to be oddly half-fledged and badly planned. The internet and broadcast outlets were not fully secured by the plotters and the curfew so ineffectively imposed that the ruling AK Party’s leaders were able to call for street demonstrations which then ensued. Didn’t it start with two road blocks that were enforced in a rather relaxed manner? “A great many Turks view the […]
“Relativeer je het gevaar van terrorisme, dan bagatelliseer je de tragedie; relativeer je het gevaar van terrorisme niet, dan versterk je de angst ervoor en de impact ervan. “Uit je je woede en verdriet met een hashtag, vlaggenfilter of stille tocht, dan vergroot je de hypocrisie bij iedere aanslag waar je niet om rouwt; uit je je woede en verdriet niet, dan voed je vormen van cynisme en apathie die minstens zo erg zijn als hypocrisie. “Neem je maatregelen om […]
“Monnet’s was very much an enlightenment project, an appeal to the head over the heart. The guiding thought for advocates of the Anglosphere and Eurasianism is more romantic, focusing on spiritual and linguistic bonds. Romanse used to be more egoccentric, while Monnet’s idea was much more tibian. Enlightened, yea, but far more than enlightened than the black dogs o’ reason will ever be. “In its modern geopolitical iteration, Eurasianism pits a communitarian Moscow-led continental empire in perpetual conflict with a liberal Anglo-Saxon […]
“De gedachte dat er buiten de mensheid iets is dat zich om ons bekommert is “onzinnig,” zegt de arts, filosoof en Trouw-columnist in een discussie met Stijn Fens. De boeken van Beckett, Toergenjev en Wittgenstein bieden hem wel troost. Natuurlijk. Maar het is ook irrelevant. “Troost vinden in het katholicisme is zoiets als een Bijbel gebruiken om een wiebelende tafel overeind te houden. Echt een prachtig beeld, maar hoe, zo vraag ik U, is het mogelijk dat hij over het hoofd […]
“I never went away, I just went invisible, and probably became more effective,” Southerland told POLITICO. “I’ve enjoyed being off the grid.” “This is not another story about best intentions and unforeseen consequences. The 2007 law was deliberately watered down by lawmakers concerned about their own job prospects, POLITICO has learned from dozens of interviews with former legislators and staffers. Those lawmakers made sure that their departing colleagues could secretly negotiate lucrative new jobs and orchestrate lobbying from behind the […]
“[The president] wishes in earnestness and sincerity to make it clear that all of the delegates in this convention are free to vote for any candidate. “Any candidate? Did that include Roosevelt himself? In the confusion, before a debate could break out in the convention hall, a voice suddenly roared over the loudspeakers: “Illinois Wants Roosevelt! Ohio Wants Roosevelt! We All Want Roosevelt!” Delegates quickly joined in on the chant, and “We Want Roosevelt!” echoed through the Chicago Stadium rafters. […]
“Are we really to believe that the naive and simple-minded rules which methodologists take as their guide are capable of accounting for such a “maze of interactions?¹ “Conversely, a little brainwashing will go a long way in making the history of science duller, simpler, more uniform, more “objective” and more easily accessible to treatment by strict and unchangeable rules.² For we are free men – so free that we think of binding each other, and judge. ¹ AM, p.9 […]
