"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"OH JESUS OH WHAT THE FUCK OH WHAT IS THIS H.P. LOVECRAFT SHIT OH THERE IS NO GOD I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS—Popehat
Our schools open September 8. Originally I was guessing definitely closed by Thanksgiving, likely closed by Halloween. Now I am wondering if they will manage to open at all. Other state's schools are opening, college students returning, in a month numbers of infected will be jumping with hospitalizations rising a few weeks later. Closed by October 1 is now now the most likely.
As a culture we are horrified that previous societies engaged in ham sacrifice. It was a sign of their primitiveness and backwardness. We still teach Shirley Jackson's The Lottery in school. Sacrificing a life for the harvest. But here we are, our leaders wanting to sacrifice essential workers, football players and students for the economy. What's the difference? There isn't any. For all the centuries and so called advancement, our wants, desires and morals are the same.
I'm not even sure they want a sacrifice (Well, Dan Patrick clearly did). I think Trump truly can't face reality, so he makes his own. He really thinks if he just insists things are back to normal, they will be. OTOH, he's damning Georgia for its rising coronavirus case rate, for doing exactly what he told Georgia to do. He can see reality, and then he can't.
Abbott, in Texas, followed Trump's lead, too. Now Abbott doesn't know whether to shit or go blind. Classroom school resumes here on Sept. 8. I expect they'll be closed again by September 15, if not earlier. It's an absolute fucking shitshow. Nobody can choose because it's all based on what the future brings, and no one can accept the future brings disaster; until it does.
And then we'll all find someone to blame, and it won't be us.
I keep reflecting on what God told Israel to do so they'd be the shining example all the nations would come to learn from. They couldn't do it, either; but the knowledge of how still exists. The will, as ever, is lacking. The "Dark Ages" were the age of plague. That's one way to summarize it, badly. How far have we really come since then?
Our schools open September 8. Originally I was guessing definitely closed by Thanksgiving, likely closed by Halloween. Now I am wondering if they will manage to open at all. Other state's schools are opening, college students returning, in a month numbers of infected will be jumping with hospitalizations rising a few weeks later. Closed by October 1 is now now the most likely.
ReplyDeleteAs a culture we are horrified that previous societies engaged in ham sacrifice. It was a sign of their primitiveness and backwardness. We still teach Shirley Jackson's The Lottery in school. Sacrificing a life for the harvest. But here we are, our leaders wanting to sacrifice essential workers, football players and students for the economy. What's the difference? There isn't any. For all the centuries and so called advancement, our wants, desires and morals are the same.
Coronavirus is for poor people. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/luxe-quarantine-lives-of-silicon-valley-elite?utm_source=digg
ReplyDeleteI'm not even sure they want a sacrifice (Well, Dan Patrick clearly did). I think Trump truly can't face reality, so he makes his own. He really thinks if he just insists things are back to normal, they will be. OTOH, he's damning Georgia for its rising coronavirus case rate, for doing exactly what he told Georgia to do. He can see reality, and then he can't.
ReplyDeleteAbbott, in Texas, followed Trump's lead, too. Now Abbott doesn't know whether to shit or go blind. Classroom school resumes here on Sept. 8. I expect they'll be closed again by September 15, if not earlier. It's an absolute fucking shitshow. Nobody can choose because it's all based on what the future brings, and no one can accept the future brings disaster; until it does.
And then we'll all find someone to blame, and it won't be us.
I keep reflecting on what God told Israel to do so they'd be the shining example all the nations would come to learn from. They couldn't do it, either; but the knowledge of how still exists. The will, as ever, is lacking. The "Dark Ages" were the age of plague. That's one way to summarize it, badly. How far have we really come since then?