The extreme people are usually interesting. But moderates are usually closer to the truth.
A philosophy teacher was saying it with a flat tone, then silence. The students grinned. The man at the front of the lecture hall was not alluring. Not fiery. Just a little reassuring. Especially if as he described one chapter on epistemology, he interspersed the atmosphere with songs from the Blue Angel.
But only that. Another thing, he deserved to be forgotten. He liked humor but he was less sexy.
Indeed there's a bland image of the people who believe in truth in the truth of utterance, "The best thing of a case is when it is in the middle."
Yes, tasteless, colorless people. Not firm. Compromise. Do not have a target for siding with one pole being confronted.
In the period which requires the pounding feet and the crackle of molars in a hot and dreary period to mind raging, back and forth like electrified lightning, moderation is often regarded as effeminate. And "sissy" is something disgusting, especially for those who enjoy the virility. Or moderation regarded as an intellectual typical inaction which is always enough to be insulted by those who love the "action".
Such future ever exist in a few thousand days ago. Around the American youth protest movement, the word "radical" has become a handsome stamp. Thanks to the extensive publicity, because the American mass media hegemony, almost the entire world young scholars recognize the word's prestige. Also the attractiveness of the spirit of "New Left".
If you do not believe, come to the seminar readings. Typically, in this spirit, the United States is condemned such as "Satan's World" to anything close to America as a "pawn", or "comprador", and to what is hostile to America (eg Hanoi or Khmer Rouge) is regarded as a hero. Distaste for America also related to lifestyle issues that are not always healthy. So, this is sort of a new feature of progressive-minded intellectuals: they praise the simplicity of life in China under Mao Tse-tung.
But a few thousand days later Mao Tse-tung died. Hanoi won. Khmer Rouge came to power and an American president elected from the village to talk about "human rights". In Africa, there's Cuban army with "Che" Guevara's beret. Foreign forces. In the Soviet Union a number of scholars punished. In the Southeast Asian sea, hundreds of unfortunate people risking their lives for the better evacuate from Vietnam. And about Cambodia.
With so quickly, many things are so urgent to be an afterthought. Those who used to be amazed when they heard Chinese people pounding the mountain without material self-interest, now they feel the need to formulate an attitude again when they know that in Peking, color TV sets had been sold. Those who had applauded for Khieu Samphan, now have to ask what gives the right to Khmer Rouge to destroy so many human and silencing Cambodia.
Is not this the return of moderation in the attitude of thinking? By the time we review the position, assessment and our review about the happenings in the world around us, then inevitably we shall briefly receded from the firm stance, obviously, not in the middle. But it seems it is not a hollow gesture, because if there's something selected, then it is a basic choice: the courage to think freely. Not just dare to face the opponents mind of those we think are fools -- if we want to -- but dare to face the conclusion of a friend who has the same understanding and ourselves, who often feel smart.
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A philosophy teacher was saying it with a flat tone, then silence. The students grinned. The man at the front of the lecture hall was not alluring. Not fiery. Just a little reassuring. Especially if as he described one chapter on epistemology, he interspersed the atmosphere with songs from the Blue Angel.
But only that. Another thing, he deserved to be forgotten. He liked humor but he was less sexy.
Indeed there's a bland image of the people who believe in truth in the truth of utterance, "The best thing of a case is when it is in the middle."
Yes, tasteless, colorless people. Not firm. Compromise. Do not have a target for siding with one pole being confronted.
In the period which requires the pounding feet and the crackle of molars in a hot and dreary period to mind raging, back and forth like electrified lightning, moderation is often regarded as effeminate. And "sissy" is something disgusting, especially for those who enjoy the virility. Or moderation regarded as an intellectual typical inaction which is always enough to be insulted by those who love the "action".
Such future ever exist in a few thousand days ago. Around the American youth protest movement, the word "radical" has become a handsome stamp. Thanks to the extensive publicity, because the American mass media hegemony, almost the entire world young scholars recognize the word's prestige. Also the attractiveness of the spirit of "New Left".
If you do not believe, come to the seminar readings. Typically, in this spirit, the United States is condemned such as "Satan's World" to anything close to America as a "pawn", or "comprador", and to what is hostile to America (eg Hanoi or Khmer Rouge) is regarded as a hero. Distaste for America also related to lifestyle issues that are not always healthy. So, this is sort of a new feature of progressive-minded intellectuals: they praise the simplicity of life in China under Mao Tse-tung.
But a few thousand days later Mao Tse-tung died. Hanoi won. Khmer Rouge came to power and an American president elected from the village to talk about "human rights". In Africa, there's Cuban army with "Che" Guevara's beret. Foreign forces. In the Soviet Union a number of scholars punished. In the Southeast Asian sea, hundreds of unfortunate people risking their lives for the better evacuate from Vietnam. And about Cambodia.
With so quickly, many things are so urgent to be an afterthought. Those who used to be amazed when they heard Chinese people pounding the mountain without material self-interest, now they feel the need to formulate an attitude again when they know that in Peking, color TV sets had been sold. Those who had applauded for Khieu Samphan, now have to ask what gives the right to Khmer Rouge to destroy so many human and silencing Cambodia.
Is not this the return of moderation in the attitude of thinking? By the time we review the position, assessment and our review about the happenings in the world around us, then inevitably we shall briefly receded from the firm stance, obviously, not in the middle. But it seems it is not a hollow gesture, because if there's something selected, then it is a basic choice: the courage to think freely. Not just dare to face the opponents mind of those we think are fools -- if we want to -- but dare to face the conclusion of a friend who has the same understanding and ourselves, who often feel smart.
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MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY
■ KHODORKOVSKY 22 February 2013 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky Answers MK Karelia Questions
■ KHODORKOVSKY 12 March 2013 : Khodorkovsky – Sobchak. Personal Correspondence. Part One
■ KHODORKOVSKY 1 July 2013 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "Family — The Most Important Thing a Person Has" || ■ Part 2 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "It Is Hard to Imagine the Possibility of Release: Ten Years in Jail is No Laughing Matter" || ■ Part 1 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "I Do Not Believe That Vladimir Putin is Ready to Carry Out Mass Repression"
■ KHODORKOVSKY : F & Q
■ NY TIMES 20 December 2013 : Freed Abruptly by Putin, Khodorkovsky Arrives in Germany
■ THE ECONOMIST 23 December 2013 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky - In from the cold
■ GUARDIAN 26 December 201 : Russian court to review £335m fine given to Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Court's move may cut jail term imposed on fellow Yukos owner Platon Lebedev, who was also sentenced to 10 years in prison
■ INTERPRETERMAG 23 December 2013 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "I Will Return to Russia" || ■ 26 December 2013 : Khodorkovsky: Putin Sent a Message That He's Stable and Not Afraid
To Nadia Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina:
Dear girls,
I know that the last months have been a living hell for you, and I am happy to learn that this torture, unworthy of a European country in the 21st century, has ended. Releasing political prisoners makes those in power at least a little more humane. What is probably most important for you now, is to find the strength not to keep any hatred and anger in your hearts, after your ordeals of imprisonment.
Congratulations!
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
That's it! That's it! That's what I caught from his eyes a few days.
Dear Mikhail Borisovich,
We sincerely congratulate you on your release! For us, who were still children when you were imprisoned, your release is an extremely important event. During the two years that we spent in prison, your support was incredibly important to us. The time that we spent behind bars leaves us not full of anger, but rather, compelled to act. It is our duty now to make sure that “human rights' will cease to be an empty phrase for other political prisoners. We believe that together with you, we would be able to use our experience gained within the Russian prison system to set off a chain reaction of positive developments in the field of human rights in our country. We would be honored to work co-operatively with you in the future to protect these human rights. We send our best wishes for continued success and achievement to you as you enter this big, newfound world.
Masha and Nadia
■ J POST 26 December 2013 : Column One: Khodorkovsky and the freedom agenda
■ RUSSIA TODAY 22 December 2013 : Khodorkovsky: I'm not interested in power or lost Yukos assets, but care about people
► NEWS & POLITICS : Mikhail Khodorkovsky - The Man Who Believed He Could Change Russia. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice presents: The Man Who Believed He Could Change Russia. Interviews from Katrina Lantos Swett, Pavel Khodorkovsky, Prof. Elie Wiesel, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Karinna Moskalenko, Arseny Roginsky, and Yulia Latynina. Uploaded on Feb 13, 2012 by LantosFoundation
► Khodorkovsky - A Decade Behind Bars. October will mark the tenth year that Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spent behind bars. Once Russia's richest and most successful businessman, he was arrested and imprisoned a decade ago, on charges that many regard as politically motivated. Since then he has faced new charges extending his sentence and although he is due for release in August 2014, doubts remain about whether this will take place.
We will be examining the Khodorkovsky case and, following the charges against Alexei Navalny, we will be looking at the wider issue of imprisonment of opposition figures in Russia. Will the ramping up of protests and support for Alexei Navalny force a change in the conduct of Russian politics?
A selection of Khodorkovsky's writing will be adapted for an exclusive performance on the night, directed by Noah Birksted-Breen, the artistic director of the Sputnik Theatre Company. Birksted-Breen has previously directed a production of Elena Gremina's play One Hour and Eighteen Minutes, dealing with the death of renowned Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. More information on Birksted-Breen and the Sputnik Theatre Company can be found here: sputniktheatre.co.uk. It will be performed by Jonathan McGuinness, who is currently appearing in The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas at the Royal Court Theatre.
Chaired by Edward Lucas, the international editor of The Economist and author of Deception: Spies, Lies and how Russia Dupes the West. He has covered Russia and Central and Eastern Europe for more than 20 years.
The panel:
Sir Tony Brenton is a former British Diplomat, he served as Ambassador to Russia from 2004-2008. In 2009 He became a Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge and is currently writing a book on Russian history.
Ben Judah reported for Reuters in Moscow before joining the European Council on Foreign Relations in London as a Russia analyst. He is currently a visiting fellow at the European Stability Initiative and is author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell in and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin.
Tonia Samsonova is a foreign correspondent working for Russian radio station Echo Moskvy, she is also a host on TVRain, an independent online TV channel. In 2013 she moved to London to investigate Russian corruption.
Streamed live on Oct 23, 2013 by FrontlineClubLondon
This documentary outlines the rise and fall of the Russian-Jewish oligarchs after the fall of the Soviet Union. The reason why this period in history is important is because it delivered to us and into the political arena, Vladimir Putin, the now Russian President, and the antidote to President Obama who's serving on behalf of Zionist Jewry and their total control of the United States of America. Had this not taken place, the world we live in would now have been very different with possibly more wars and conflicts and we would be further in the grip of International Jewry.
President Vladimir Putin is truly remarkable because he, and he alone, thwarted Zionist Jewry and the U.S. puppet president Obama in their attempt to overthrow the Syrian government thus changing the geopolitical climate in the Middle East in favor of Israel, as was Iraq, and allowing for a future invasion of Iran.
One need only to look at the countries and presidents the U.S. boycotts and criticizes to figure out who Zionist Jewry are targeting and then everything will fall into place. Putin has been compared to Hitler for a variety of reasons, one because he won't allow the West to meddle in Russian affairs and try to change the political and social climate through "democratic revolutions" or challenging authority through "human right campaigns" aimed at legalizing homosexual Gay Pride parades which outrage the people, but mostly because he revived his country out of the rubble that Jewish Bolshevism created, which even Putin himself admits was Jewish
Putin: First Soviet government was mostly Jewish
Of course the Jews, as usual, claim Putin perpetuates this as an "anti-semitic lie"
Putin Perpetuates Antisemitic Lie of First Soviet "Mostly Jewish"
But what happened to the Jewish oligarchs after Putin became president? Berezovsky was exiled and allegedly committed suicide, Khodorkovsky rots in prison at this very moment, others fled to Israel or the West, but people like Abramovich stayed and were most likely forced to pledge allegiance, not to International Jewry, but to Russia as loyal law-abiding citizens.
And as for the Jewish community in Russia, at some point in time it was made clear to them that there would be no conspiring with their tribal brethren in the West to meddle with the affairs in Russia and they had to declare their allegiance to the country as well as is suggested by this article:
Russian Chief Rabbi Tells Jews To Back Off on Criticizing Vladimir Putin
We can only look to the future with hope and keep our eyes and ears open and most importantly, inform people on what's happening and why it's happening, and one day we'll also be able to put a president like Putin to power! Published on Oct 20, 2013 by Sir Daniel Nonfaultson
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