Post by Tamrin on Aug 1, 2012 18:20:58 GMT 10
The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric
Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved —
Judaism, Christianity, Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are, literally, patriarchal —
God is the Omnipotent Father — hence the loathing of women for 2,000 years in those
countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male delegates. The sky-god is a jealous god, of
course. He requires total obedience from everyone on earth, as he is in place not for just one tribe
but for all creation. Those who would reject him must be converted or killed for their own good.
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose
We are all bisexual to begin with. That is a fact of our condition. And we are all responsive
to sexual stimuli from our own as well as from the opposite sex. Certain societies at certain
times, usually in the interest of maintaining the baby supply, have discouraged homo-
sexuality. Other societies, particularly militaristic ones, have exalted it. But regardless of
tribal taboos, homosexuality is a constant fact of the human condition and it is not a sickness,
not a sin, not a crime ... despite the best efforts of our puritan tribe to make it all three.
Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality. Notice I use the word 'natural,' not normal
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party ... and it has two right wings:
Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their
laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until
recently ... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black,
the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties
The average "educated" American has been made to believe that, somehow, the United States
must lead the world even though hardly anyone has any information at all about those countries
we are meant to lead. Worse, we have very little information about our own country and its past
We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth,
when we're not even a democracy. We are a sort of militarised republic. The founding
fathers hated two things, one was monarchy and the other was democracy, they gave
us a constitution that saw to it we will have neither. I don't know how wise they were
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to
disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to
confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests
It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this
down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think
that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone
of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made
Gore Vidal
American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist.
(Died 31/07/2012)
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice
Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved —
Judaism, Christianity, Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are, literally, patriarchal —
God is the Omnipotent Father — hence the loathing of women for 2,000 years in those
countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male delegates. The sky-god is a jealous god, of
course. He requires total obedience from everyone on earth, as he is in place not for just one tribe
but for all creation. Those who would reject him must be converted or killed for their own good.
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose
We are all bisexual to begin with. That is a fact of our condition. And we are all responsive
to sexual stimuli from our own as well as from the opposite sex. Certain societies at certain
times, usually in the interest of maintaining the baby supply, have discouraged homo-
sexuality. Other societies, particularly militaristic ones, have exalted it. But regardless of
tribal taboos, homosexuality is a constant fact of the human condition and it is not a sickness,
not a sin, not a crime ... despite the best efforts of our puritan tribe to make it all three.
Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality. Notice I use the word 'natural,' not normal
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party ... and it has two right wings:
Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their
laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until
recently ... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black,
the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties
The average "educated" American has been made to believe that, somehow, the United States
must lead the world even though hardly anyone has any information at all about those countries
we are meant to lead. Worse, we have very little information about our own country and its past
We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth,
when we're not even a democracy. We are a sort of militarised republic. The founding
fathers hated two things, one was monarchy and the other was democracy, they gave
us a constitution that saw to it we will have neither. I don't know how wise they were
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to
disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to
confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests
It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this
down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think
that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone
of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made
Gore Vidal
American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist.
(Died 31/07/2012)
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice
