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'Dieu se retire.' (Leon Bloy)
Islam might seem to be an exception, but appearances are deceptive. =
The reason is not that Islam stands outside its time: from a Titanic =
point of view, it is truly contemporary.
Dass der Islam eine Ausnahme zu machen scheint, darf nicht tr=FCgen; es =
liegt nicht daran, dass er der Zeit =FCberlegen, sondern daran, dass er =
- titanisch gesehen - zeitgem=E4=DF ist.
How to translate "ueberlegen" and "zeitgemaess"? I will try a rude =
transscription: ...The reason is not that Islam is "above" time (in a =
dimension of indipendance which allows Islam to triumph on time) but, =
from a Titanic point of view, corrisponding to time's demands.=20
Allah se retire!
...the benefit of a mooring, a way that gives meaning to ones =
actions and behavior, while at the same time filling a vacuum that the =
"death of god" has left in western culture. In a way making way for a =
return of the divine in their life,=20
but there is a deception that lurks even here, Islam in its titanic =
Aspect, which truthfully is not Islam at all but a deviant variation on =
a theme.
A Muslim would be unwise to believe that Islam, outside of their =
personal realm, exists today (!) and this is where many Muslims begin to =
make mistakes.=20
... a Nihilism not unlike that suffered in the pre-revolutionary =
Russia, resulting in the same lawlessness and desperation found in the =
Russian Nihilist.
But what is the source of this anger? I propose it is the inability =
of the Arabs and the Muslims, to a lesser degree, to cope with the =
advent of the titanic.
Which is remembered by those who show a peculiar ability to =
corrispond to the advent of the titanic:
After the caliph Mahmud's coffers had been emptied of gold replacing =
the wealth of the Muslims with debt, the "sudden" need of oil (during =
the second half of the 20. century) has filled again the coffers: =
wealth, no, abbundance like in 1001 nights. Saddam's oil burning into =
nichilism.
The memory of former grandeur (when the greatest astronomers, =
mathematicians and doctors where Arabs while the west was in obscure =
middle age) and of the more recent decline which had empied the coffers =
has flown together and thirst of power gives birth to a caravan of =
thoughts, a net in which the oases are not a constant place (which the =
NATO could destroy) but a constant source of will.
The carpet is flying again, but one can't escape the style of one's =
epoche.
Nichilism and Titanism can be considered a western feature, and it =
is certainly true that occidentalization with its acceleration due to =
tecnological facilities and its consumerism, often has alienated tissues =
of ancient dignity (with the help of young people everywhere, the =
conflict between generations is not western, it is an ubiquitarian =
consequence of acceleration). But more than this it belongs to the style =
of our epoche. It is a consequence of neatly human aspiration and =
activity, like astronomy, mathematics and medicine. The west can be =
blamed either for its dark age or for its age of enlightenment, but I =
think it is a pointless exercise to do so. I do not feel like blaming =
the west for its success (and I do not feel even like blaming drug =
producing contries for the way they try to export misery to the west). I =
remember Macchiavelli who taught that Savonarola is the example of how a =
prophet will end if he has no arms. Well, Bin Laden has arms and to me =
they seem quite efficient. May be in the next decades we will observe a =
"Titanic Intifada" against the USA.
I suppose there will be as a side-effect an acceleration (yes, =
that's exactly the word! this is the titanic aspect) of conversions to =
Islam in Europe. Like a Stockholm-syndrome. I ask Abdalbarr excuse =
because it seems I do not distinguish between Islam and its titanic =
version. I do so within the dimension of personal realm. But the =
acceleration of conversion is exactly what I call "Allah se retire".
I consider myself deeply religious, yet I do not like to speak about =
what I am "believing", though I it know very well. The reason is that =
all the religions are taking in water during the Interim. They are the =
best part of the human cultural patrimony, but they are helplessly =
inadequate to our time. Buddism is partly adequate, last not least =
because there is a corrispondence between nirvana and the nichilistic =
dwindeling. In J's opinion Islam is partly adequate, because it fits =
with some of the titanic aspects: the mooring, the way that gives =
meaning to ones actions and behavior, filling the vacuum that the "death =
of god" has left in J's opinion has to do with the desinvolture in front =
of sensuality and materialism which in the christian tradition both have =
been demonized.
Personally I do not see a neat adequatness between Islam and =
Titanism, but I observe some ambiguities which envolve the Islam in a =
peculiar way which is hard to describe.
We could see during the Kosovo War that the west wasn't ready to =
make sacrifices for the values he was fighting for. German mothers =
founded a movement because they didn't want their sons to die, and even =
worse: if the NATO didn't fly so high (10 Km) but would have bombed =
Arkan's killing squads from a 1000 meter distance, it would have been =
easy to destroy them saving thousands of lives and avoiding the =
migration of tenthousands or hundredthousands of refugees. But in this =
case - according the statistic calculations - the NATO would have lost =
at least 4 pilots. 4! Four!
Well, the Islam apparently produces more spirit of sacrifice than =
the laical wish for democracy.
There seemes to be a genuinly religious root. But there is something =
titanic as well. We note the difference when we consider Jan Palach or =
the buddist monks burning themselves during the Vietnam War when we =
compare them to those who produce terror and mass-dying. And we do not =
know whether the pilots are also forced with menaces and promises =
concerning their families to go into death.
I remember one of J's notes, it's from the 9th august 74: he first =
tells us about some cases of self-burning for example of Sphines (the =
Macedonians called him Kalanus) who followed Alexander in India and =
decided to burn himself when he felt ill for the first time in his life. =
Alexander tried to prevent him from doing so, but then he ordered to =
built him a funeral pyre. The army with its elephants, cavallery and =
infantery got into formation, Kalanus greeted the sun, sank into prayer =
and one set fire on the pyre. Some of the Indians jumped into the =
fire...
J however considers it a case of religious madness.
In another occasion (I do not find the place at the moment) Juenger =
tells us that the ethics of self-burning isn't immune against erosion =
because neurotic "abuse" is inevitable: a school director in the town of =
Syke burnes himself to protest against bureaucracy.
Both the Japanese and the Palestinian believe that they will enter =
the garden for their deeds.
Also the Japanese, are you sure? I thought not. Certainly not one =
with devote virgins.
Oil, abbundance, no consumerism but desinvolture in front of matter, =
materia, "mater" =3D "mother earth"...
Best wishes,
m
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>‘Dieu se retire.’ =
(Leon=20
Bloy)</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial><FONT=20
size=3D2>
<DIV><BR> Islam might seem to be an exception, =
but=20
appearances are deceptive. The reason is not that Islam stands outside =
its time:=20
from a Titanic point of view, it is truly contemporary.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dass der Islam eine Ausnahme zu machen scheint, darf nicht =
tr=FCgen; es liegt=20
nicht daran, dass er der Zeit <U>=FCberlegen</U>, sondern daran, dass er =
-=20
titanisch gesehen - <U>zeitgem=E4=DF</U> ist.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>How to translate "ueberlegen" and "zeitgemaess"? I will try a rude=20
transscription: ...The reason is not that Islam is "above" =
time (in a=20
dimension of indipendance which allows Islam to triumph on time) =
but, from=20
a Titanic point of view, corrisponding to time's demands. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Allah se retire!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001>...the=20
benefit of a mooring, a way that gives meaning to ones actions and =
behavior,=20
while at the same time filling a vacuum that the "death of god" =
has=20
left in western culture. In a way making way for a return of =
the divine=20
in their life,=20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001>but=20
there is a deception that lurks even here, Islam in its titanic =
Aspect,=20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001>which truthfully is not =
Islam at all=20
but a deviant variation on a=20
theme.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001>A=20
Muslim would be unwise to believe that Islam, outside of their =
personal=20
realm, exists today <FONT color=3D#ff0000>(!) </FONT>and this is =
where many=20
Muslims begin to make mistakes.=20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>... a Nihilism not unlike that=20
suffered in the pre-revolutionary Russia, resulting in the same =
lawlessness and desperation found in the Russian=20
=
Nihilist.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
face=3DTahoma><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT=20
=
color=3D#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </=
DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff>But what is the source=20
of this anger? I propose it is the <U>inability</U> =
of the=20
Arabs and the Muslims, to a lesser degree, to cope with the advent =
of the=20
titanic.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT=20
=
color=3D#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </=
DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT=20
face=3DArial>Which is <U>remembered</U> by those who show=20
a peculiar ability to corrispond to the advent of the=20
titanic:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>After the caliph Mahmud's coffers had =
been emptied=20
of gold replacing the wealth of the Muslims with debt,=20
t</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D800265219-16092001>he=20
"sudden" need of oil (during the second half of the 20. century) has =
filled=20
again the coffers: wealth, no, abbundance like in 1001 nights. =
Saddam's oil=20
burning into nichilism.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>The memory of former grandeur (when the =
greatest=20
astronomers, mathematicians and doctors where Arabs while the west =
was in=20
obscure middle age) and of the more recent decline which had empied =
the=20
coffers has flown together and thirst of power gives birth to a =
caravan of=20
thoughts, a net in which the oases are not a constant =
place (which=20
the NATO could destroy) but a constant source of=20
will.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>The carpet is flying again, but one can't =
escape=20
the style of one's epoche.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>Nichilism and Titanism can be considered =
a western=20
feature, and it is certainly true that occidentalization with its=20
acceleration due to tecnological facilities and its consumerism, =
often has=20
alienated tissues of ancient dignity (with the help of young =
people=20
everywhere, the conflict between generations is not western, it is =
an=20
ubiquitarian consequence of acceleration). But more than this=20
it belongs to the style of our epoche. It is a consequence =
of=20
neatly human aspiration and activity, like astronomy, mathematics =
and=20
medicine. The west can be blamed either for its dark age or for =
its age=20
of enlightenment, but I think it is a pointless exercise =
to do so.=20
I do not feel like blaming the west for its success (and I do not =
feel even=20
like blaming drug producing contries for the way they try to export =
misery=20
to the west). I remember Macchiavelli who taught that Savonarola is =
the=20
example of how a prophet will end if he has no arms. Well, Bin Laden =
has=20
arms and to me they seem quite efficient. May be in the next =
decades we=20
will observe a "Titanic Intifada" against the=20
USA.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>I suppose there will be as a side-effect =
an=20
acceleration (yes, that's exactly the word! this is the titanic =
aspect) of=20
conversions to Islam in Europe. Like a Stockholm-syndrome. I ask =
Abdalbarr=20
excuse because it seems I do not distinguish between Islam and its =
titanic=20
version. I do so within the dimension of personal realm. But the=20
acceleration of conversion is exactly what I call "Allah se=20
retire".</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>I consider myself deeply religious, yet I =
do not=20
like to speak about what I am "believing", though I it know =
very well.=20
The reason is that all the religions are taking in water during the =
Interim.=20
They are the best part of the human cultural patrimony, but they are =
helplessly inadequate to our time. Buddism is partly adequate, last =
not=20
least because there is a corrispondence between nirvana and the =
nichilistic=20
dwindeling. In J's opinion Islam is partly adequate, because it fits =
with=20
some of the titanic aspects: <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001>the mooring, the way =
that gives=20
meaning to ones actions and behavior, filling the vacuum that =
the=20
"death of god" has left <FONT color=3D#000000>in J's opinion =
has to do=20
with the <EM>desinvolture</EM> in front of sensuality and =
materialism which=20
in the christian tradition both have been=20
=
demonized.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT>=
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
color=3D#000000>Personally I do=20
not see a neat adequatness between Islam and Titanism, but I=20
observe some ambiguities which envolve the Islam in a peculiar =
way=20
which is hard to=20
=
describe.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><=
/SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>We could see during the Kosovo War that =
the west=20
wasn't ready to make sacrifices for the values he was fighting for. =
German=20
mothers founded a movement because they didn't want their sons to =
die, and=20
even worse: if the NATO didn't fly so high (10 Km) but would have =
bombed=20
Arkan's killing squads from a 1000 meter distance, it would have =
been easy=20
to destroy them saving thousands of lives and avoiding the migration =
of=20
tenthousands or hundredthousands of refugees. But in this case - =
according=20
the statistic calculations - the NATO would have lost at least 4 =
pilots. 4!=20
=
Four!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FON=
T></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>Well, the Islam apparently produces more =
spirit of=20
sacrifice than the laical wish for=20
=
democracy.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>=
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>There seemes to be a genuinly =
religious=20
root. But there is something titanic as well. We note the difference =
when we=20
consider Jan Palach or the buddist monks burning themselves during =
the=20
Vietnam War when we compare them to those who produce terror =
and=20
mass-dying. And we do not know whether the pilots are also =
forced with=20
menaces and promises concerning their families to go into=20
=
death.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FO=
NT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>I remember one of J's notes, it's from =
the 9th=20
august 74: he first tells us about some cases =
of self-burning for=20
example of Sphines (the Macedonians called him Kalanus) who =
followed=20
Alexander in India and decided to burn himself when he felt ill for =
the=20
first time in his life. Alexander tried to prevent him from doing =
so, but=20
then he ordered to built him a funeral pyre. The army with its =
elephants,=20
cavallery and infantery got into formation, Kalanus =
greeted the=20
sun, sank into prayer and one set fire on the pyre. Some of the =
Indians=20
jumped into the=20
=
fire...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></F=
ONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>J however considers it a case of =
religious=20
=
madness.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></=
FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>In another occasion (I do not =
find the=20
place at the moment) Juenger tells us that the ethics of =
self-burning=20
isn't immune against erosion because neurotic "abuse" is inevitable: =
a=20
school director in the town of Syke burnes himself to protest =
against=20
=
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></S=
PAN></FONT><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001>bureaucracy.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT=
></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SP=
AN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001>Both the Japanese and the =
Palestinian=20
believe that they will enter the garden for their=20
deeds.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>Also the Japanese, are you sure? I =
thought not.=20
Certainly not one with devote =
virgins.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>Oil, abbundance, no consumerism but=20
<EM>desinvolture</EM> in front of matter, materia, "mater" =3D =
"mother=20
earth"...</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001>Best =
wishes,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D800265219-16092001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D800265219-16092001><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
=
class=3D800265219-16092001>m</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></F=
ONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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