Mending the Pace
If you ever met me in the real world, you would find that I have a "laid back" manner of speech. I tend to converse in a slow, measured, thoughtful way. Often I make long pauses. My voice is modulated, and it will not grate upon your ear. I do not chatter. I do not babble. In all of this, I am quite contrary to the spirit of the present age.
Yes, I thoroughly relish the art of conversation. I relish it as I relish few other things, for to me it is the breath of life.
Volubility and glibness are a curse. A disease. Don't you think so? People who insist on talking fast are, often as not, trying to hustle you in some way. They are trying to "put one past you" -- for which, speed is of the essence. Well I break their machine every chance I get, for I wish to keep them honest. Both morally and intellectually.
Friends, let us augment this quiet philosophical space, this oasis, this eye of the hurricane. Let us do so both individually and in the metabolic core of our collective endeavor. If we shall grow this force, it shall make us strong and make our enemy weak.
He who has an ear to hear, let him hear.
Yes, I thoroughly relish the art of conversation. I relish it as I relish few other things, for to me it is the breath of life.
Volubility and glibness are a curse. A disease. Don't you think so? People who insist on talking fast are, often as not, trying to hustle you in some way. They are trying to "put one past you" -- for which, speed is of the essence. Well I break their machine every chance I get, for I wish to keep them honest. Both morally and intellectually.
Friends, let us augment this quiet philosophical space, this oasis, this eye of the hurricane. Let us do so both individually and in the metabolic core of our collective endeavor. If we shall grow this force, it shall make us strong and make our enemy weak.
He who has an ear to hear, let him hear.
posted by Fidelbogen at 1:50 PM
4 Comments:
Fidelio, you sound a lot like me.
For your delectation, and in keeping with this post, I'd like to post a quotation:
As the stamp of great minds is to suggest much in few words, so, contrariwise, little minds have the gift of talking a great deal and saying nothing.
Anon, I thank you for those timely words.
It is time to fight back by exposing their idiocy:
http://pcnitwits.blogspot.com/
Let him who has Van Gogh's ear - please return it to the damned museum.
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