Six kynical thoughts . . . or seven

 Six kynical thoughts . . . . or seven                                                 

with hats off to Peter Sloterdijk

1. Shame is regulated entirely by custom, an invention of authority.
2. Theory is gray; life is green. That is: Theory may describe reality, but it does not rule either the genitals or the anus.
3. Jesus says, “Know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” The Church says, “Not so fast. We love you more.” (He wants to make you free; we want you to be comfortable.)
4. There would be no war, if all soldiers deserted.
5. But they cannot. All soldiers are liars, for all have given up what they know to be true to follow what they have taken an oath to act as if it were true.
6. To say “I am thus” does not mean that “it is thus,” however much we wish it so.
7. The age that can no longer conceive of a transcendent morality can neither any longer distinguish means and ends.

but the sole responsibility of yours truly,

Ted Riich

03.11.16