12-30-2015, 07:33 AM
To me this starts as a satire:
"It is the will of God
for the strong to advance
and the inept to vanish."
This is almost straight out of Nietzsche's Will to Power" and would have less to do with the will of God, than the existential drive in humanity. So this first sentence defines this as the voice of an existentialist, not a worshiper of God, thus also establishing the tone as sarcastic, whether this was the intent or not.
Again, there is language that this contrary to the poem "I sure wish things were different." Up until this line the writing had at least the appearance of formality to it. AT this point "Aw shucks" shows up for some reason quite beyond my comprehension. But then it does lead into this line,
"I mean nothing is more sacred than efficiency."
Spoken with the wit of Goober upon returning from a Tony Robbins class.
Although as with any piece it has it's problems, it is a decent piece of writing except it loses any value as it lacks context. "Gulliver's Travels" and "Don Quixote" were two of the greatest pieces of satire every written, yet they would have simply been fanciful pieces of writing had the target of the venom been unknown.
For me anyway, the great failure here is the reader does not know to whom this attack is pointed, thus it becomes a flightless bird, an oddity, but one that never soars.
dale
"It is the will of God
for the strong to advance
and the inept to vanish."
This is almost straight out of Nietzsche's Will to Power" and would have less to do with the will of God, than the existential drive in humanity. So this first sentence defines this as the voice of an existentialist, not a worshiper of God, thus also establishing the tone as sarcastic, whether this was the intent or not.
Again, there is language that this contrary to the poem "I sure wish things were different." Up until this line the writing had at least the appearance of formality to it. AT this point "Aw shucks" shows up for some reason quite beyond my comprehension. But then it does lead into this line,
"I mean nothing is more sacred than efficiency."
Spoken with the wit of Goober upon returning from a Tony Robbins class.
Although as with any piece it has it's problems, it is a decent piece of writing except it loses any value as it lacks context. "Gulliver's Travels" and "Don Quixote" were two of the greatest pieces of satire every written, yet they would have simply been fanciful pieces of writing had the target of the venom been unknown.
For me anyway, the great failure here is the reader does not know to whom this attack is pointed, thus it becomes a flightless bird, an oddity, but one that never soars.
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.