I think Long live death would be an appropriate rallying cry for all the
dominant military powers and others... er most of the world's governments
actually
The use of bombing as a supposed means to peace; the clinging to life at all
costs including clinging to luxuries at all costs - FEAR of the dark, FEAR
of the other - the panics about crime when it is sometimes going down - the
acqiescence in the death penalty... I cld go on...
I'd gladly include those who stone each other to death and chop limbs off.
It's the same
Maybe not just Goliath but the whole bible - putting the written word before
human empathy... and I'll gladly include other sacred texts
How many of us (humanity) are there actually living, as opposed to having an
outbreak of hysteria at the thought of dying?
this has been a rhetorical question
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rebecca Seiferle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 25 June 2003 19:41
Subject: Re: Poetry as hobby: was boundaries and catagories/ apologies
| Yes, it's true as you say that many of those who subscribe to
| such life-denying theories, and let's not forget that the theories
| are often linked with experimenting and practicing of them
| upon the living, are often found in the midst of various
| centers of power. I am reminded of Franco's rallying cry,
| "Viva la muerte!" ("Long live death,") an oxymoron of being
| if there ever was one. Still that such are found in the centers
| of power does suggest that the way of thinking reflected in
| such Frankensteins and their creatures is endemic to
| our culture and civilization, the liability perhaps of
| a certain kind of consciousness. The head cut off from
| the body, of which there are many Greek mythic accounts
| or the story of Goliath in the Bible, at the beginning,
| which is, perhaps, why in horror stories now the difficult
| part is always reattaching a head,
|