Nothing Is Absolute, With The Debatable Exceptions

They (the Novelists) Became The Voice Of The Citizen Against The Ubiquitous Raison D'état, Which Reappeared Endlessly To Justify Everything From Unjust Laws And The Use Of Child Labour To Incompetent Generalship And Inhuman Conditions On Warships. The Themes They Popularized Have Gradually Turned Into The Laws Which, For All Their Flaws, Have Improved The State Of Man.

An Individual Who Stands Out, Or Disagrees Or Takes Risks Is A Danger To Such Systems And Is Effortlessly And, Unconsciously Sidelined.

In A Society Of Ideological Believers, Nothing Is More Ridiculous Than The Individual Who Doubts And Does Not Conform.

Which Is Ideology? Which Not? You Shall Know Them By Their Assertion Of Truth, Their Contempt For Considered Reflection, And Their Fear Of Debate.

Venereal: From Venus, The Goddess Of Love, This Word Refers To The Reality Of Desire. With The Rise Of Protestantism And Science, The Word Disease Was Tacked On In A Revealing Combination Of Categorization And Moralizing. Which Disease? The Disease Of Love.