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Mike

Posts: 108
Registered: 12/20/08

Re: The Fear Complex
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 1:57 PM

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On Jan 23, 10:45 am, Kevin <barry196...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In Germany, the submariner is iconic and even talismanic due to the
> observation that a submariner is without fear... A submariner who
> displays no fear is a center of the crew's focus... The fearless
> submariner doesn't have to be the commander of the boat and yet is
> intrumental in the boat's function... In France, the existentialist
> philosopher is a dirty smelly old man who is without fear... So who is
> without fear in America? It isn't Barak Obama, is it? The notion that
> Barak Obama santions empathy for himself by betraying his fear to the
> public doesn't diminish his status in the minds of the people who vote
> for him. Is fear a non-sequitor in the English language? Hawking is a
> man without fear... He is not smart to my way of thinking and the
> notion that I should emulate his fearlessness conveys what to me?
> Russia may say that the flatter complex is beyond comprehension, but
> in reality, flattery is a means to test for fearlessness.

There is a very fine line between courage and ignorance, it hinges on
reason.