Thursday, July 31, 2003

 
We like anarchy because freedom is inherently untidy.

"Free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things."
—Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, amid the Baghdad sacking on April 11

Is this the price of freedom? And who is paying this price?
posted by Open Mouth 1:38 AM

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

 
"Ces notes marquent la resistance d'un humanisme conscient de ses devoirs, discret sur ses vertus, desirant reserver l'inaccessible champ libre a la fantasie de ses soleils, et decide a payer le prix pour cela" (85).

from the preface to Rene Char's "Feuillets d'Hypnos" (1943-1944) in Fureur et mystere (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1962).
posted by Open Mouth 7:03 PM