Re: OT: Genocide? Bomber Harris - John Thaw Full Movie (BBC 1989)

In article <UM_eO.92828$G9_a.19916@fx13.iad>,
Raymond Hall  <raymond.hallbear1@gmail.com> wrote:

dk hasn't got the smarts of an earthworm, and is nowhere as near
as useful.

I've wondered at other points over the past few years what's happened
to him....  Or did he always come off as a raving lunatic, incapable
even of parsing what other people are saying?  I paid very little
attention to the ubiquitous flame threads back in the day -- as
they were just as boring then... -- so maybe I didn't have the full
picture.  I thought, as you seemingly imply in the contrary...,
that Koren was at least once an intelligent person, but particularly
given his choice of sources these days, not to mention his performance
here, one has to wonder....

Simply the notion that one is fighting a war here in this newsgroup
is crazy enough!  But then, I guess that's fairly typical Usenet
craziness:  As if whatever gets said here is going to change the
actual war....

Beyond those thoughts though, the emphasis on ethnic stereotypes &
superiority certainly isn't new.  For years, others have complained
about Koren's frequent use of national & ethnic stereotypes to
dismiss music & musicians.  It's basically lazy thinking, but also
implies a broad way of looking at the world, and especially at
people, i.e. according to categories & stereotypes.  So of course
his latest activity -- while still rejecting/projecting phantasms
such as "political correctness" -- is just an argument about
reshuffling the deck of prejudice & stereotype, i.e. to continue
to view humanity through the same lens, but with different groups
in the "good" & "bad" slots.  In other words, it's the same
exploitative structure, only shuffling who's in what role.

(And how is all the nonsense & violence justified in the end?  By
pointing to someone in some time & place who has done worse!  So
as soon as some jerk does something awful, Koren is convinced he's
entitled to do the same -- & orders of magnitude worse, if desired
-- and to someone else entirely(!), if desired -- and forever.  I
think that sums up the supersized "two wrongs make a right" argument
being thrown around here:  It's ultimately a "might makes right"
argument.)

Either way, the only ones who win when someone gets angry here are
Koren & his Zionazi.  And yes, I do think that art & music can help
with these kinds of human relational problems....  Although,
unfortunately, they also seem to be no guarantee....