http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-29131 Stilgherrian · 1939: So, is it war, then, George? Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:57:48 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-29131 [...] I wrote back in 2007, TV documentaries about World War II cover the rise of Adolf Hitler in a few minutes. We forget [...] [...] I wrote back in 2007, TV documentaries about World War II cover the rise of Adolf Hitler in a few minutes. We forget [...]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-18298 Stilgherrian · Anzac Day 2009: Sacrifice Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:32:44 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-18298 [...] men and women make their sacrifices in what we hope is a valuable exchange. Sometimes it’s to protect our very way of living from a clear global threat, and the exchange is clear. Sometimes it’s part of a more complex trade, where the motives [...] [...] men and women make their sacrifices in what we hope is a valuable exchange. Sometimes it’s to protect our very way of living from a clear global threat, and the exchange is clear. Sometimes it’s part of a more complex trade, where the motives [...]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-9417 Stilgherrian · Hitler not such a monster after all? Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:26:18 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-9417 [...] elected Chancellor of Germany by ordinary people who, presumably, were not monsters. As I said in a previous post: It’s easy to forget that Hitler was head of the National Socialist Party from 1921, fully 12 [...] [...] elected Chancellor of Germany by ordinary people who, presumably, were not monsters. As I said in a previous post: It’s easy to forget that Hitler was head of the National Socialist Party from 1921, fully 12 [...]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-8696 Stilgherrian · Warning, I’m reading Clive James Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:27:35 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-8696 [...] I haven’t read any of James’ books before. His TV shows annoyed me, mostly because his slightly-too-clever scripting was delivered in that, flat deadpan style of someone implying “I’m cleverer than you, so I’ll speak slowly so you realise how clever I am.” Or so it felt to me. But when I read an interview about Cultural Amnesia back in March, it triggered so many wonderful thoughts that I was inspired — nay, forced to write Stay alert, ye nameless, toiling animals. [...] [...] I haven’t read any of James’ books before. His TV shows annoyed me, mostly because his slightly-too-clever scripting was delivered in that, flat deadpan style of someone implying “I’m cleverer than you, so I’ll speak slowly so you realise how clever I am.” Or so it felt to me. But when I read an interview about Cultural Amnesia back in March, it triggered so many wonderful thoughts that I was inspired — nay, forced to write Stay alert, ye nameless, toiling animals. [...]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-6309 Stilgherrian · TagCrowd: visualising writing Fri, 11 May 2007 10:09:39 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-6309 [...] a tag cloud of my post Stay alert, ye nameless, toiling animals: achievements affect amnesia animals civilization construction cultural democracy die doesn [...] [...] a tag cloud of my post Stay alert, ye nameless, toiling animals: achievements affect amnesia animals civilization construction cultural democracy die doesn [...]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-4853 Zern Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:27:52 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/stay_alert_nameless_animals/#comment-4853 Very well put once again Stil. It is all about making more money for me right now. Sigh... Very well put once again Stil. It is all about making more money for me right now. Sigh…

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