Dingo the Dissident
Sunday 31 January 2010
Saturday 30 January 2010
Friday 29 January 2010
Homo sapiens
is the only species
parasitic on itself.
We love others
of the species
to serve us, even
(or especially ?)
if they die in the serving.
parasitic on itself.
We love others
of the species
to serve us, even
(or especially ?)
if they die in the serving.
Thursday 28 January 2010
Words from the greatest social engineer ever
'Poets should be
the engineers of human souls.'
(attributed to J.V. Stalin)
the engineers of human souls.'
(attributed to J.V. Stalin)
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Spartacus
and his fellow 'terrorists'
did not want to liberate slaves,
but to become slave-owners.
Plus ça change...
did not want to liberate slaves,
but to become slave-owners.
Plus ça change...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Monday 25 January 2010
Sunday 24 January 2010
Saturday 23 January 2010
Friday 22 January 2010
Thursday 21 January 2010
No wonder I slightly admire the wily Odysseus/Osama !
It is sickeningly amusing
that the Haitian earthquake
(200,000 dead in the poorest country in the world)
gets less news-coverage
than the brilliant, Homeric
attack on those hideous and terrorist New York towers
(3,000 dead in the richest country in the world).
One American= 66,666 Haitians -
Of course!
that the Haitian earthquake
(200,000 dead in the poorest country in the world)
gets less news-coverage
than the brilliant, Homeric
attack on those hideous and terrorist New York towers
(3,000 dead in the richest country in the world).
One American= 66,666 Haitians -
Of course!
Wednesday 20 January 2010
The birth of OK
After rough Och Aye
met chique D'Accord
OK was born
a little bitty guy (un petit gars)
soon to be clad
in Denim: a cloth (de Nîmes)
originally woven in Provence,
badly tailored into trousers
resembling those
once worn by Genoan sailors
(de Gènes, corrupted into Jeans).
Denim originated in Indian fishing communities around Bombay (Mumbai) and was the fabric used for Dungarees.
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Monday 18 January 2010
In the rich countries
most people
look like the cold
undead.
In two of them
I'm fighting
the tough cushions
in my head.
look like the cold
undead.
In two of them
I'm fighting
the tough cushions
in my head.
Saturday 16 January 2010
Friday 15 January 2010
Lying precedes language
In the constructed universe of language is our having, hence our being.
And language is the most powerful weapon
in our war against the world.
And language is the most powerful weapon
in our war against the world.
Thursday 14 January 2010
Telling, not showing
In the fly-trap of luxury,
unrecognised,
the greatest luxury
is suicide.
(A poem to celebrate
Google's decision to
cease blocking Blogger
& Blogspot in China.)
unrecognised,
the greatest luxury
is suicide.
(A poem to celebrate
Google's decision to
cease blocking Blogger
& Blogspot in China.)
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Tuesday 12 January 2010
The Nazis demonstrated
that a society can be both evil
and ridiculous...
like any society with
concentration-camps for animals,
nuclear bombs
and poncey military parades.
and ridiculous...
like any society with
concentration-camps for animals,
nuclear bombs
and poncey military parades.
Monday 11 January 2010
Sunday 10 January 2010
Saturday 9 January 2010
Friday 8 January 2010
Thursday 7 January 2010
Religions which seek converts
are inherently intolerant -
for if they were tolerant
they would be happy
to leave other people be.
for if they were tolerant
they would be happy
to leave other people be.
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Sunday 3 January 2010
Friday 1 January 2010
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