violence is, essentially – he
heard this attributed to Ray Bradbury in what he felt was an unlikely
conversation between Marshall McLuhan and Norman Mailer – violence is,
essentially, the form of the quest for identity
he could be forgiven his ignorance
it was broadcast on Canadian television in '68 a programme called The Summer Way
he didnt see anything from Canada not with the Democratic National Convention happening in his city and
all its components searching for their identity venal or justified
if violence can sort out ones
identity
he assumed fear
or its subtle sister-brother confrontation could inhibit ones identity the fear that ones violence would be subsumed or
couldnt possibly withstand the others
which if not ridiculous was
frustrating
it is inevitable that ones
violence is bettered by anothers and if not someone then something
you can only hope that in the
long run youll win one time more than you lost
if a defeat hasnt killed you
if one withdraws fears remains
uncontested their true identity is not
only diminished or sullied but verges on nonexistent a kind of person who insist they stand
against this or stand against thatResolute!
but refuse to stand for anything
their fear is a cudgel they drag behind them can feel in their
grasp are assured by its presence but they
never use it
he was too scarred to be scared
1313, Thursday,
5 1. 17
0824, Friday,
6 1. 17
The Summer Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuPwipHzRzc
