Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 09:52:50 -0600 (CST) From: Erik D Lindberg <edl-AT-csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Re: N. & fascism On Wed, 20 Dec 1995 MTP8462-AT-utarlg.uta.edu wrote: > > A silly question. I know those who are still moral enough to be worried > with politics, fascists, and perceived injustices will never be able > to move on. Recommence whining. > > Marty Okay, Mr. Ubermensch, Since we are graced with your presence, please throw some Nietzschean self-reflection our way: others may then stray from the herd with courage learned from you. I'm particularly interested in how you were able to move beyond good and evil. Was it the force of your own will? But where did this iron will then come from? Did you simply become who you are? Or perhaps it was your good digestion (all truth, says Nietzsche, comes from the intestines)? Does your blood run blue--maybe that's it? Or, does it have anything to do with your circumstances? For example, if you were grabbed from your home in the middle of the night and put on one of those nice texas cattle-cars, or, say, if someone burned a cross on your front-yard, or if you were raped and beaten--would you still be beyond good and evil, or would you join the safety of the (or some) herd? They are good questions aren't they, herr uber-boy. If you don't know the answer, we could, it occurs to me, run some tests (Skinnerian behaviorism meets the uber-rat!). Erik Erik D. Lindberg Dept. of English and Comparative Lit. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 53211 email: edl-AT-csd.uwm.edu --- from list nietzsche-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu --- ------------------
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