File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1995/nietzsche_Dec17.95, message 44


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



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