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| Speaking up (11/08/18 19:04:50) | Reply |
These days, speaking truth to power is a risky sport if done early in the career. The outspoken people are typically near the end of their careers - or retired with a non-revocable pension. So self-censorship applies. Even criminal activities towards innocents may be dangerous to report or speak loudly about. " "Predators rely on community protection to silence victims and keep them in power. Far too often, our commitment to our political party, our religious group, our sport, our college or a prominent member of our community causes us to choose to disbelieve or to turn away from the victim. Far too often, it feels easier and safer to see only what we want to see. Fear of jeopardizing some overarching political, religious, financial or other ideology — or even just losing friends or status — leads to willful (sic) ignorance of what is right in front of our own eyes, in the shape and form of innocent and vulnerable children."" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/opinion/sunday/larry-nassar-rachael-denhollander.html The point is: If you speak up - expect that nobody will speak up for you and that punishment will fall heavily on you. make worst-case scenarios - and be warned that your imagination will not live up to the real world. |
| Re: Speaking up (16/08/18 14:39:15) | Reply |
Like his opinions or not - his campaigning gave me a nice contrast to The Tweeter Whose Name Does Not Deserve Mentioning. And a local children's choir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zMHKnzrjS4 (from 2:43) |
| (18/08/18 20:16:25) | Reply |
As you can see, I am forbidden from commenting. Far worse, you addressed only those that are "easily offended" like pterodactyls. You failed to address those that find a flaw with your reasoning. Hope you enjoyed the show and that you heard exactly what you expected to. After all, no reason to actually challenge your "world view"... p.s. When I dropped you a mail concerning my better half leaving me, you assumed something. In fact your assumption was dead wrong. Think about it... None of us are as smart as they pretend... Didn't get it? No worries, its all good... |
| (18/08/18 20:53:47) | Reply |
He writes: What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egotism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that our fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that our desire will ruin us. |
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| Corruption as the ultimate mover (29/08/18 06:26:49) | Reply |
Fast forward to today. I'll just share a link. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/why-my-work-was-targeted-by-russian-hackers/568105/ |
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