On Fools and Sages, Cowards and Heroes

Fools and Sages, Cowards and Heroes, Below and Above.

I always maintain that the below is unable, incapable, ill-equipped to comprehend the above while the above understands the below.

Likewise, cowards cannot understand why people willingly enter into harm's way to protect the country they love, the land on which they grew up. Cowards are sub-humans. They are like animals, propelled and driven to live at all costs. They are willing to kiss ass, lick boots, and sell out their fellow countrymen so they can live. They have a slave mentality. They can never understand the meaning of the statements such as : "it's much better to die with honor than to live in infamy" , " I would rather be a demon in the land of the South than to be a king in the land of the North", and "Today is a beautiful day to die." (Sitting Bull).

Likewise, fools are only capaple of thinking that when a person posts his views in the Internet, that person is looking for praise and approval. Fools always suffer from self-projections. They can never comprehend that a person writes because he follows the universal human desire for self-expression and sharing, and not necessarily coveting flimsy praises. Fools of course are beside themselves when a writer analyzes himself and touches upon his own strengths and foibles. With their puny minds, fools think the writer engages in self-praise. I suppose fools have never read any of Nietzsche's writings although they occasionally quote Nietzsche. Nietzsche spoke highly of himself all the time, but that did not mean he was a mere blowhard. The guy just had a lot of self-confidence and was not shy in thinking out loud of what he thought of himself.

Today a fourth grade teacher's blast of Obama over his apology to the Muslims was posted on the Internet. Obama was way too smart for the teacher to understand him. The below can't understand the above. That is why the teacher teaches at fourth grade level. That is why Obama taught constitutional law at University of Chicago and moved on to become the President of the United States.

A man wants to sing his own songs. A dog likes to bark to get attention and to assert itself. A parrot loves to repeat what othes say.

Fools are like dogs and parrots.

wissai
nov. 12, 2009