Governing Dynamics
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."- Edmund Burke
Good, but incomplete. To finish it, I suggest “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing [or do so much that they corrupt any honest original intention and bring other ignorant individuals with them].”
Propaganda is by far my most beloved weapon of mass destruction. It is the power to take the as-of-yet morally disinclined masses and manipulate them to your side by providing insufficient cause with more-than-plenty emotion to awaken a false sense of civic duty and a personalized sense of cause ownership.
Emotion has no place in logic. Arguments of any stature should be decided in cold blood (as opposed to hot blood). To suggest supporting an argument with emotion muddles the details and invokes the wrath of ‘fog of war’ and ‘rosy retrospection’ of the past.
Two such examples are marriage and abortion. Objective defense would rely in biblical standings primarily, and then concern itself with the philosophical, ethical, biomedical (etc.) defense of both sides. Propaganda on one side would commission bombing abortion clinics, ransacking weddings, and more commonly pull at heartstrings with touching stories emphasizing the emotional aspect over the objectivity of life and death. Alternatively, the other side would encourage protests supporting human rights to freedom of personage and way of life and slight the psychological and sociological outcome of such liberty. Emotions lie (note both definitions) on multiple sides of numerous issues. It is a crime against rational thought to use them in place of deductive reasoning.
If you’re reading this, you risk taking offence and a bruised ego. That’s all the disclaimer I will give. It’s been a long time since I seriously wrote much in the lines of propaganda or satire and while this saddens me greatly, perhaps it is best. Few people merit the abuses of such a potent verbal attack, and even fewer can withstand the aftermath.
(Thomas Reher)
Good, but incomplete. To finish it, I suggest “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing [or do so much that they corrupt any honest original intention and bring other ignorant individuals with them].”
Propaganda is by far my most beloved weapon of mass destruction. It is the power to take the as-of-yet morally disinclined masses and manipulate them to your side by providing insufficient cause with more-than-plenty emotion to awaken a false sense of civic duty and a personalized sense of cause ownership.
Emotion has no place in logic. Arguments of any stature should be decided in cold blood (as opposed to hot blood). To suggest supporting an argument with emotion muddles the details and invokes the wrath of ‘fog of war’ and ‘rosy retrospection’ of the past.
Two such examples are marriage and abortion. Objective defense would rely in biblical standings primarily, and then concern itself with the philosophical, ethical, biomedical (etc.) defense of both sides. Propaganda on one side would commission bombing abortion clinics, ransacking weddings, and more commonly pull at heartstrings with touching stories emphasizing the emotional aspect over the objectivity of life and death. Alternatively, the other side would encourage protests supporting human rights to freedom of personage and way of life and slight the psychological and sociological outcome of such liberty. Emotions lie (note both definitions) on multiple sides of numerous issues. It is a crime against rational thought to use them in place of deductive reasoning.
If you’re reading this, you risk taking offence and a bruised ego. That’s all the disclaimer I will give. It’s been a long time since I seriously wrote much in the lines of propaganda or satire and while this saddens me greatly, perhaps it is best. Few people merit the abuses of such a potent verbal attack, and even fewer can withstand the aftermath.
(Thomas Reher)
posted by Prometheus Publications at 10:52 PM
1 Comments:
I applaud your equalitarian view. It's nice to know that we can political AND ethical at the same time.
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