tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post7174770156523520759..comments2024-03-29T14:07:15.567+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [goddess of reason] whom to believeJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-6905623075998188912010-01-07T08:32:00.919+00:002010-01-07T08:32:00.919+00:00Thank you for that and I shall look.Thank you for that and I shall look.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-55539182631419665222010-01-06T22:33:19.966+00:002010-01-06T22:33:19.966+00:00Happened to notice this article. The original sour...Happened to notice this article. The original source for this is old, if not completely reliable: Carlyle's History of the French Revolution.<br /><br />http://www.classicauthors.net/carlyle/FrenchRevolution/FrenchRevolution141.htmlPastor Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02636328925170699124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-690733073734618222009-12-23T16:42:00.057+00:002009-12-23T16:42:00.057+00:00the prostitute version is the real one though it i...the prostitute version is the real one though it is interesting how modern versions try to tone it down. it was intended to mock christianity as was the procession of a sacramental ass through the streets loaded up with christian symbols and the bible tied to its tail.<br /><br />among other things it indicates the french revolution was the work of faustian illuminist world revolutionaries, not discontented french people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-33381038246913512482007-08-01T07:30:00.000+01:002007-08-01T07:30:00.000+01:00Interesting indeed.Interesting indeed.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-22257249711229498962007-07-29T19:42:00.000+01:002007-07-29T19:42:00.000+01:00I just remembered a very good account I heard once...I just remembered a very good account I heard once of the day Ceaucescu fell.<BR/>There was a rally that day.<BR/>There was just something in the air, the crowds were not their usual cheering selves.<BR/>Suddenly people began to realise that the only cheers were recorded cheers. Normally, these recordings simply served to boost the crowd, no one really noticed them.<BR/>But this time, they were clear above the whispered murmuring.<BR/><BR/>A realisation that no one else was cheering either.<BR/><BR/>And then a few people started shouting.<BR/>And once had braved it, the many joined in.<BR/>The images we have of that shock moment when Ceaucescu realised he'd lost control are an amazing snapshot of history.<BR/>Because three hours later, his regime was gone.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-44899132764254943072007-07-29T19:20:00.000+01:002007-07-29T19:20:00.000+01:00You're right, JMB.You're right, JMB.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-44760013198960328942007-07-29T18:10:00.000+01:002007-07-29T18:10:00.000+01:00Everyone who is recording events has his own agend...Everyone who is recording events has his own agenda and axe to grind so the facts recorded even at the time about events in the past are not even necessarily the "truth". Then, after sifting through as much as they find, the so called historians add their biases to the mix. <BR/>Mob mentality: Crushed has put it so well, albeit with a football analogy. We should never forget that we are all capable of acting in this way and be ever vigilant to guard against it. <BR/>jmbjmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-31650989372392546182007-07-29T18:06:00.000+01:002007-07-29T18:06:00.000+01:00Crushed, that's a fascinating take of yours of the...Crushed, that's a fascinating take of yours of the football terraces. I know what you mean and I've done it myself [shouted that is].<BR/><BR/>Welshcakes, it is a madness - certainly.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-78531943205870137812007-07-29T16:17:00.000+01:002007-07-29T16:17:00.000+01:00Yes, I would trust the older sources as well. Fas...Yes, I would trust the older sources as well. Fascinating post. I think people just behave very differently in a crowd to how they would on their own - it's a kind of madness.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-30772282111598342952007-07-29T15:30:00.000+01:002007-07-29T15:30:00.000+01:00The mob is a pwerful thing, James.It has a powerfu...The mob is a pwerful thing, James.<BR/>It has a powerful dynamic, which takes over both the lead and the leaders.<BR/>I did run a post a while back on the mob and its relationship to society.<BR/><BR/>Totalitarian movements are very effective at harnessing the energy of the mob in mass demonsrations- it fills a part of our psyche.<BR/><BR/>I must admit, I always heard it was a prostiute they stuck on the altar.<BR/><BR/>I know it works myself, having been in a football crowd. I'm quite a calm person by nature, but find that once the mob feeling emerges, the chanting in Unison, but something else happens.<BR/>Mobs are driven by a small number of people. They are not necessarily planning mob violence, they emerge from the mob itself once the mob has assembled, deriving their strength from the mob behind them.<BR/>They are propelled by the strength of the mob, as much as they direct it.<BR/>I have stood on the terraces, white with rage, screaming threats of violence to match officials should they loiter around after the game.<BR/>But in a sense I'm not quite me any more by this point.<BR/>I'm controlled by the mob.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.com