[Nettime-bold] Fwd: RHIZOME_RAW: [petty art world bickering] Recent Events

[Nmherman@aol.com]

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• From: "Christopher Fahey" <askrom@graphpaper.com>
• Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:45:07 -0400
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> On Behalf Of Nmherman@AOL.COM
>
> A recent book on Hitler described his flaw as "Hubris," 
> the title of the book.  Bravery in combat (the foundation 
> of warrior and heroic cultures) has had to be blended 
> with imperialism, monotheism, feudalism, nationalism, 
> industrialism, and now infocentralization.  The God 
> America prays to is the God that rewards righteous 
> battle:  against the British, ourselves, and Nazi Germany.

Very interesting post. I find it fascinating that this event has led to
a unusually large number of coherent and relevant posts from Mr. Herman.
I like it. 

Max, maybe from now on you can add a little tag to your subject lines
indicating whether or not the content is something which makes sense or
not. 

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-Cf

[christopher eli fahey]
art: www.graphpaper.com
science: www.askROM.com



> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Nmherman@AOL.COM
>
> A recent book on Hitler described his flaw as "Hubris," the 
> title of the 
> book.  Bravery in combat (the foundation of warrior and 
> heroic cultures) has 
> had to be blended with imperialism, monotheism, feudalism, 
> nationalism, 
> industrialism, and now infocentralization.  The God America 
> prays to is the 
> God that rewards righteous battle:  against the British, 
> ourselves, and Nazi 
> Germany.
> 
> By refusing to accept the "nobility" of another's bravery we 
> are taking an 
> enormous responsibility on ourselves.  What is our nobility, 
> over here, what 
> are we without our faith in our own bravery?  I respect all 
> of the humans who 
> have died, almost all involuntarily, in war.  I value the escape from 
> totalitarianism at mid-century.  I want to urge everyone to 
> believe in 
> themselves, so the cliche goes, through this whole mess.
> 
> We cannot resign ourselves to mob rule.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Max Herman
 

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