You will own nothing and....

I worked most of the day on Part 2 of my Special Report….tentatively entitled You will own nothing and…

Klaus Schwab of the WEF. A happy man?

I am totally exhausted.

I was going to post another article on Japan, especially the origins of Bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which many people, including a lot of Japanese misunderstand.

But another time…. Tonight I need some sleep.

Before zzzzzzzzzzzz time, however…..

Part 1 of the Special Report

Part 1 of the Special Report was well received, although at least one person commented on the part excerpted below. Please note: I appreciate all comments, positive or negative. For the record, I will make an attempt to clarify.

Nazism was “normal” in Eichmann’s Germany and he embraced that “normal” as enthusiastically as many Americans embrace the “normal” defined by the media as American foreign policy in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Hannah Arendt recommended mercy.  She called Eichmann’s offense the "banality of evil"-- a kind of thoughtlessness-- or what her teacher Heidegger referred to as "forgetfulness of being". 

Do we deserve mercy for forgetting being?.

In the end, Eichmann was put to death.

He did not die just for his sins – but also for ours.

The Banality of American Evil (Section Title)

Collectively, we are much worse than Eichmann by himself, who, after all, was just one moron with a 40s style spreadsheet! 

We don’t like responsibility. We blame the government but it acts in our name. We blame the Media but it is us who read it and watch it.

Those who cover your ears. Close their eyes. Giggle. 

And cheer Obama and Oprah and the morally empty Kamala (the “Kameleon”) Harris while the children of Gaza cry and die are little Eichmanns. 

They have their excuses.

My commenter didn’t like this line….“He did not die just for his sins – but also for ours.” .

Scapegoating

I can see how someone might misunderstand this .. But I was NOT implying that Eichmann was a Christ-figure—or taking a dig at Christians . Quite the contrary.

I believe that Eichman did indeed die for his sins — but also for ours, in this sense that he was used as a scapegoat for our collective banality and failure to think and take responsibility — our complicity in the deaths of millions.

He died so we could pretend we delivering justice while we let thousands of the most bloody killers off the hook. Stepan Bandera was one. The Canadian government continues to protect hundreds of Nazis!

20 million people have died in America’s wars since 1945. Executing one Nazi bureaucrat is hardly a moral statement. It does not redeem us.

Christ was put to death - but He was without sin. And His death meant something, still means something, reminding us to own the evil in which we are complicit and seek forgiveness.

These are complex moral issues I guess. But I think you understand my feeling even if it is hard to express.

I suppose I could have explained this better. Apologies.

Part 2

“You will own nothing”… will be finished (I hope) tomorrow. There are a lot of original ideas here. It is interesting for me to research and write —I hope it will be equally interesting for you to read. I hope it will be better than Part 1.

Animal friends

Cats get along well with various animals — as horses also do! So cats and horses become inseparable.

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