I am now listening to "My Back Pages," one of the great songs about maturity by Bob Dylan.
And I realize...
It's possible that it's possible to go beyond "My Back Pages."
There was a time when it all made sense to not take a hard position...but...
Sometimes you must sadly, regretfully, and with a sense of loss tearing you to the heart...to...
take a position that is black and white.
Sometimes, despite the utter folly of humanity's existence, despite the complete insanity that defines everything from the murders carried about under Sargon to Pol Pot to George W. Bush that...
One must take a firm position: Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.
And sometimes, place where "Here I stand!" is, is a knife's edge.
Game theory, you know.
The moment someone says "Carthage Must Be Destroyed" ...well...that creates problems...for which one can only respond in certain ways...
More to come...time to deal with home stuff again...duties...see above.
And I realize...
It's possible that it's possible to go beyond "My Back Pages."
There was a time when it all made sense to not take a hard position...but...
Sometimes you must sadly, regretfully, and with a sense of loss tearing you to the heart...to...
take a position that is black and white.
Sometimes, despite the utter folly of humanity's existence, despite the complete insanity that defines everything from the murders carried about under Sargon to Pol Pot to George W. Bush that...
One must take a firm position: Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.
And sometimes, place where "Here I stand!" is, is a knife's edge.
Game theory, you know.
The moment someone says "Carthage Must Be Destroyed" ...well...that creates problems...for which one can only respond in certain ways...
More to come...time to deal with home stuff again...duties...see above.
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