paradoxes

[arabaliozian]

Re: paradoxes

We love the truth and hate lies
or so we say and like to believe.
But truth is one and elusive
and lies are real and without number.

[arabaliozian]

Re: paradoxes

As a nonbeliever I respect equally both believers and nonbelievers– both Sartre and Schweitzer (who were cousins).
Sartre, the atheist, writes in his memoirs: “I depend on people who depend on God.”
A contradiction?
Walt Whitman: “So what if I contradict myself? I contain multitudes.”
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[arabaliozian]

Re: paradoxes

IT BEARS REPEATING
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If wrong, I can be corrected. No sweat.
I speak for myself and no one else.
I have no reputation to defend and no interests to protect.
There is no harm in what I say.
Why should I be your enemy if my only crime is expressing your secret thoughts?
Don't say I don't understand you if you don't make yourself worthy of my understanding.
Why is it that the self-righteous are not always open to reason?
You cannot be right from the gutter.
Neither can you explain the world if you don't understand yourself.
Armenians!
Who takes them seriously?
Only themselves.
Who cares what they think?
No one but themselves.
Who gives a damn whether they live or die?
Not even themselves.
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[arabaliozian]

Monday, August 08, 2016
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PARADOXES
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Americans: Slave owners
whose favorite slogan was
“All men are created equal.”
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Armenians: Perennial victims and losers
who pretend to be smart.
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Solidarity and cooperation:
Do we have words for them? –
and I don’t mean “dictionary” words
that are seldom or never used
in everyday parlance.
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The stench of our history is so foul
that no amount of perfumed propaganda
can disguise it.
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Anonymous: “You cannot straighten out a hunchback.”
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We have no use for literature.
Even the most backward and ignorant Armenian
is convinced he knows better.
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