Concept crush ...
The fissure-scissor-fray of connective tissue ...
The End of Rules-Based International Order?
Concept crush ...
The fissure-scissor-fray of connective tissue ...
The End of Rules-Based International Order?
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The urine in the trough flowed freely.
The stench in the pigsty was awful, but the wisdom was that there will be pretty things that sparkle.
"That is a stream that sometimes shares its color with the sun," said the government official.
"Only when the light returns," said the oracle. "And it reeks no less."
The prisoners in the parking lot pointed to the sky.
"What are you listening to?" asked the spy. "I hear nothing."
"Hello people," said King Midas. "I like winning."
Indeed, King Midas, everything is golden now.
For winning makes a golden calf, but brings no meat to the table,
And bread alone is outrageous.
The prisoners in the parking lot, the face of malnourishment.
Noli me tangere echoes a Latin Jesus.
~ Disjunction! ~
It takes finding a certain sameness to define a political self, but self often implies an actor with purpose, and yet, for the actor-narrator, politician or not, there is a power in the ability to keep telling stories, whatever other purpose the stories may have.
~ Disjunction! ~
~ Disjunction! ~
Definition is a return to a certain sameness.
Direction is about a path.
A development is a path through time.
Teleology is a path with a time-bound end: the egg, the caterpillar, the chrysalis, the butterfly.
The relationship of these states requires a sense of connectedness:
~ Disjunction! ~
And what is method for a story-teller wanting to stay alive?
To tell more stories?
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And for those who want to delay the seemingly inevitable:
~ Disjunction! ~
But then there is also:
~ Disjunction! ~
Human Sacrifice Was a Developmental Stage?
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Is Human Sacrifice Necessarily a Religious Act?
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Limitations on Human Sacrifice?
~ Disjunction! ~
But what is a teleology for a fictional serial killer?
To make a new self? ~ To make a new skin? ~ To transform?
~ Disjunction! ~
~ Disjunction! ~
~ Disjunction! ~
Human Sacrifice as Crisis Management
~ Disjunction! ~
Villian Victim Hero All at Once
~ Disjunction! ~
Trust Over Accountability, Honesty, and Other Nice-To-Have's as Discourse Is a Form of War
~ Disjunction! ~
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~ Disjunction! ~
~ Disjunction! ~