Kinski by Kinski (Fragrance review): Individuality in a bottle

'Obey' (A webcomic about the reality threatening cult of collectivism)

Under the collectivist model, truth and morality is defined by the consensus of the group, therefore objective (outside of the group) truth and morality do not exist. The individual that argues for moral truth is wrong, not because of the strengths (or weaknesses) of his argument, he is wrong because he is not part of the group, and therefore, does not exist. If you want to know more about collectivism, please watch this excellent video....

Comic review: The Superannuated Man #6- And you thought there were no consequences?

Created, written and illustrated by: Ted McKeever
Publisher: Image Comics
Released: 25th February 2015


So what was it all about?

Mankind not caring, eating whatever came along. Oh, so it doesn’t really matter because I can do it, so I will do it. There are no consequences, yum, yum.

Oh, the animals can talk now. They have hunger in their eyes, and I am on the menu. That’s not fair, but it is, isn’t it?

And the world we build on selfishness on doing what we can because we are bigger, because there are no consequences is built on wobbly moral foundations. A house built on a tar pit, and eventually it will sink.

Look in the mirror, do you see your past?

I see it, and it has become today.

Consequences are real. We get what we deserve.

It may take some time, but eventually.

Eventually, there is a slippage.

Wasn’t there a flood in the Bible?

Wiped away, and you think that we are better now?

Do you think that we have progressed?

Do you think that it doesn’t matter because there are no consequences in this Darwinian jungle of screw or be screwed?

I think that it matters.

I think that consequences are real, and that the past is never far behind the future. You store up the deliberate ignorance, the pretending that moral truth does not exist, that you can do whatever you like, but all of a sudden…….

Bang.

It’s time to pay the price.

That is what this book was all about.

Well, to me anyway. I went to work, sweated, made money, and exchanged it for this book, so I get to write my own meaning, my own response to the text. Whether I’m right or wrong it doesn’t really matter. I loved the book, it resonated with truth, it made me think, it made me write daft reviews here on my blog.

That’s it for the Superannuated Man. I’ll miss him, but Ted moves on, and his next book is something called POODWADDLE. We’ll have to wait until the fall of 2015 for that one, so something to look forward to, and now back to the predictable world of me moaning about statism and neo liberal PC moral crusading in left leaning Marxist/Feminist comic books. Oh Ted, I’m missing you already.

Rating: 10/10

Why do people deliberately avoid the truth? – Epic rant on a rant blog.

‘People like to lie to themselves. Facing the truth is uncomfortable for many. Admitting wrong is very hard for some people to do. They will do anything but that, they will perform mental gymnastics, defensive rationalisation, avoidance of the issue, denial, rejection, refusal to acknowledge, and simply plain old ignore what they do not want to admit to.’ (Kris Nelson)



I always say that people don't want to hear the truth. I say a lot of things, but there's a simple reason for people not wanting to hear about the truth. If they understand truth then they have the moral responsibility to act like a decent human being. By deliberately avoiding truth they give themselves an excuse, a get out clause that justifies their actions, or inaction's. It's not my fault, they will say. I was ignorant. I didn't know. I was obeying orders. I was just doing what I was told. I was a cog in the machine. I didn't understand the bigger picture.

This of course is a lie, but without the lie people have to take personal responsibility. Sadly enough, it appears that the last thing people want to do is to take personal responsibility. So when anything goes wrong, and when truth is exposed (Jimmy Saville scandal, Banks doing whatever the Hell they like, MP's expenses scandal, weapons of mass destruction, child abuse in government 'care' homes, recent wars for corporate profit, the deliberate creation of ISIS, etc, etc, etc) the people personally responsible for these horrible situations always have that moral get out clause. They didn't know. They were just doing their jobs. Lessons will be learnt, lets move on.

These people are always surprised, and sometimes even horrified when the truth that they were deliberately avoiding is revealed to them. The same thing happened after WW2 when allied soldiers forced the local civilian populations to visit the Nazi death camps. They knew, of course they knew. A lot of their family members were working there. A lot of them were working there as well. They just preferred not to know because it was easier for them not to know.

People are very skilled at lying to themselves, but deep down, they know. They know perfectly well how and why terrible things have happened. The terrible things happened because people didn't want to engage with truth. They preferred an easy life, a good 'career,’ no accountability and an in-built get out clause that washes them clean of all moral responsibility for their self-serving actions.

The deliberate avoidance of truth is a lot like the Catholic confessional, and you don’t even have to be a Catholic to use it. Just plead ignorance, and pretend that you are sorry. Works every time, except it really doesn’t.

The eternal moral laws of the universe don't work that way. Moral laws have often been compared to the laws of gravity. If you ignore the laws of gravity and jump off a 200 foot building without a parachute then you will splat on the ground below, like it or not. Laws are laws, and there are consequences for breaking them. The moral laws of the universe act in exactly the same way as the laws of gravity. You might not like them, but if you ignore them then you will face the consequences. These consequences are apparent everywhere we look. The world is the way it is today because that is the world that we deserve. We have broken the moral laws of the universe. We deliberately ignored truth, so this is what we get.

This world is full of people who don’t know the truth, not because they are stupid and they can’t understand the truth, but because THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. They couldn’t care less about the truth, and they don’t want it. Knowing the truth would mean that they would have to take personal, moral responsibility for their actions. They don’t want that. It would be too difficult, and so they spend their entire lives deliberately avoiding the truth.

We can change the world, but not until we take personal moral responsibility for the results of our own actions. It's not the 'Illuminati,' it's not the 'globalists,' it's not the 'new world order,' it's us.

We create our own shackles, the elite’s benefit, but we are the ones on the ground, day by day laying the bricks of deliberate ignorance that create the prison that we are all living in. If you want to change the world then truth is the key. Engage with truth and things have to change. Avoid truth and endless slavery and human suffering is inevitable. That’s how the moral laws of the universe work, like it or not, we get what we deserve. Ha, epic rant over. Sorry about that. Lessons will be learnt.  It wasn't my fault. I blame the coffee :)




Click link for more details on truth, expressed with far more erudition and eloquence than I could ever hope to muster: (All photographs in my barely articulate rant are taking from this far superior article)
http://evolveconsciousness.org/truth-love/




Summary (of linked article, by Kris Nelson):

‘Do you want to placate, walk on eggshells, keep-the-peace, don’t make waves, don’t get hassled, don’t rock the boat, sugar coat and lie to someone to continue to make them feel comfortable and “good” about themselves (and maintain your relationship, attachment, “loyalty”, etc.) so they don’t have to change, do any work and face themselves and what they do? Or do you want to speak the truth that may hurt or be uncomfortable due to their choice to deny Truth and align with lies, deceptions, illusions and bullshit? Do you want to help them face themselves to improve their lives and the lives of everyone else? If you didn’t care about someone, would you bother to try to help them by having them face the things they don’t want to face? Of course not, you would just let them wallow in ignorance, and not care. Once you understand the importance of Truth, letting people ignore the shadow aspects of themselves that are causing harm to other beings in what they do in daily life, is not Care/”love” for them or others. That is enabling them to perpetuate bullshit, lies, deceptions and illusions as manifestation of action and behaviour to continue the collective self-inflicted suffering, harm, wrong, immorality, etc. that we co-create.’