Stupid and lazy people should be recycled into fertilisers for Mother Nature. Alternatively, they should be fed to sharks. It will help to increase equality for all living creatures. Why do people not conserve cockroaches and rats? I have great respect for these creatures. Afterall, the last "man" standing will not be man, but the stoic cockroach.
We must be living in the age of pussycats.
I have been spending a lot of time in the national library these days. Yes, I admit I am quite a loser but I don’t know where else to spend my time. And I finally understand why people commit crime or stick their heads into gas ovens due to boredom.
But at least I think I have spent my time in the national library quite meaningfully in a socially constructive manner without any harm or destruction to life and property.
I have finished one roll of microfilm, one month-worth of Straits Times from March to April 1959.
It is quite fascinating and entertaining.
It had one section devoted to female fashion under “Fashion Forum.” Geisha hairstyle was apparently pretty popular in
Also, nowadays Straits Times has advertisements splashed left, right, and centre over the entire newspaper. Back then, the advertisements were more sensibly confined to rectangles on the left and right side of the newspapers and not the focus of the page itself.
And a notable’s penchant for calling someone “congenital liar” can be traced back to the tumultuous days of 1959. Back then, the notable stood up in parliament and said “That’s an outright lie, you liar,” in response to allegations that he machinated the arrest of his own comrades in his party.
And I do think the 1950s is really the age of heroes in
The 1950s is a period where people dare to speak and carry out their convictions. There is an array of colorful personalities rivaled only by the number of political beliefs. If there is such a thing as political beauty, this must be it. Liberals, Pro-communists, capitalists, colonial stooges, socialists, are all slugging it out for what they believe is good for the future of
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In contrast, we must be living in the age of pussycats.
It is not just whether some folks can have sex. They are fighting for “equal” and “good” sex.
How ridiculous.
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We must be living in the age of the pussycats.
易中天 is fast becoming my favorite Chinese author.
Besides his magnum opus 《品三国》, I am currently reading his two other books, 《品人录》 and 《帝国的惆怅》. I like his irreverent writing style and his pretty unique insights on the character and psychology of mundane historical figures in Chinese history. Also, I can identify with some of their character flaws. It is quite scary to see these folks meet their ghastly end, and to the extent that one can learn from history, I do hope I don't end up like them.
易中天 claims that if there is a golden age in Chinese history, it would be the 春秋战国 period.
This is quite a unique claim. Conventional wisdom is that the apex of the Chinese civilization is somewhere in the Han and Tang period. After all, 春秋战国is a period of upheaval and strife, a period where might is right.
But, 春秋战国is the only period in Chinese history that allows plurality of thought to thrive under a tolerant climate of intellectual freedom. This is the only time in Chinese history (before Xinhai anyway) that the 先秦诸子 (philosophers/thinkers), argue among themselves to figure out how to realize the ideal life, the ideal society and the ideal world.
After the founding of the Qin Dynasty, an autocratic system of centralized imperial power is established in
I am reminded of Marx’s brilliant insight on the interplay of ideas and power in society- “The ideas of the ruling class are in each epoch the ruling ideas.”
I was wondering whether
Maybe it is pragmatism and stable economic growth?
The 1950s would be our golden age then.