An eye that gazes into the distance.
A calm that descends on your brain.
A touch that placates your beating heart
A love we search for,
A love we remember
A time past, always time passes
Endlessly it reaches into the future
Why i ask, why.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Man and honesty
The victor always writes history has been much reflected upon through the eons, and endless films and books have been written about hypocrisy in its many guises:
- The families who superficially seem very happy, yet harbour a deep secret
- The contrasts in wealth and living standards that exist in many socities
- How great creativity from an elite when surrounded by great poverty
- The varying morale judgements made upon one sector of society
A difficult relationship with truth surrounds us and always will. On the one hand we need to ignore some details of life thus enabling us to continue with our existence. If we considered all the pain and suffering and injustice in the world we would probably lose all will to live.
There is a negative side though in that we have a desire to justify ourselves, to justify our own success, so we are capable of explaining away the most horrendous ways of life so we can justify our current position. We are able, on occasions, to turn a blind eye to the most incredible injustice. Let's be clear the pain of the holocaust was not just it happened, but that it could have happened in any country anywhere in the world. The Nazi, were not exceptional they were us - homo fucking sapiens.
So now as we gaze around the world constantly i can hear the words mendacity, we need some to enable us to exist but too much and god help us.
- The families who superficially seem very happy, yet harbour a deep secret
- The contrasts in wealth and living standards that exist in many socities
- How great creativity from an elite when surrounded by great poverty
- The varying morale judgements made upon one sector of society
A difficult relationship with truth surrounds us and always will. On the one hand we need to ignore some details of life thus enabling us to continue with our existence. If we considered all the pain and suffering and injustice in the world we would probably lose all will to live.
There is a negative side though in that we have a desire to justify ourselves, to justify our own success, so we are capable of explaining away the most horrendous ways of life so we can justify our current position. We are able, on occasions, to turn a blind eye to the most incredible injustice. Let's be clear the pain of the holocaust was not just it happened, but that it could have happened in any country anywhere in the world. The Nazi, were not exceptional they were us - homo fucking sapiens.
So now as we gaze around the world constantly i can hear the words mendacity, we need some to enable us to exist but too much and god help us.
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