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Friday, July 18, 2008
One little, two little, three little Eichmanns
No, this is not a rehash of the Ward Churchill/Little Eichmann witch-hunt. But I have been contemplating the sentiment behind Churchill’s original essay. In Eichmann in Jerusalem, Hannah Arendt wrote, “The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal.” She wrote of a “new type of criminal,” who “commits his crimes under circumstances that make it well-nigh impossible for him to know or to feel that he is doing wrong.”
Raise your hand if this sounds frighteningly familiar. The time is long overdue for all of us to be actively and relentlessly reminding the criminals that they are criminals. Until we do, they have the freedom to live in denial.
Question: Should I even bother trying to turn this into an article?
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Event Alert:
The folks at Waltz-Astoria Café have penciled me in to give a talk on:
Thursday, August 7 @ 8:00 pm
“Myth America: War, elections, and our way of life"
Special musical guest: Val Turner
I hope you’ll join us, bring friends, and spread the word far and wide.
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(Think: Henry Miller meets Bukowski and Vonnegut at Sunday Mass)
This short story will give you an idea of what CPR for Dummies has to offer
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