Hallowed Halls of Academe
There are some institutes of higher learning that, by their very names and the reputations they have garnered over years of intellectual excellence and exploration into the annals of history, the arcane workings of the human mind, the parsing of international politics, and the learned research activities of scientists of every description - give reason to remain highly respected institutes celebrating the heights of human achievement.So is it a form of curiosity, of intellectual searching for truth, or an alternative of arrogance that impels those who speak on behalf of such an institute as Columbia University to flirt with evil incarnate? In the interests, ostensibly, of understanding the apparently obscure, the depths to which human depravity of mind and reason can aspire to. A compelling reason to mount an attempt to learn what motivates someone like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Conjecture is one thing, theory another, but actually eliciting information straight from the mouth of one who espouses genocide, nation-cide, and the achievement of nuclear sufficiency in weaponry seems for them a compelling exercise in knowledge-acquisition. Is it sheer boredom with the sameness of intellectual enquiry? Might it be a result of knowing the answers to most questions? The enticement of facing off against another mode of thought and mind entirely contrary to the reason exercised by most thinking individuals?
Columbia's president, Lee Bollinger, seems to feel he will be offered the opportunity to challenge Ahmadinejad's deadly assertions through studiously careful enquiry. To probe the depths of this man's mind. To perhaps discover vestiges of humanity. He would have to probe diligently to uncover anything of that nature. For this is an individual serene and secure in his place in time and in history. His prosecution of the Iranian agenda brooks no interference. His single-minded devotion to militantly-devotional Islam that foresees triumph as reward is not to be diverted.
Perhaps a good start might be a discussion on the readiness of the Hidden Prophet to reveal himself at long last. Whereupon Mr. Ahmadinejad might deliver a scholarly treatise on the vital importance in world affairs of mysticism and cataclysmic upheavals. And his readiness on behalf of his country and his pledge to Allah to deliver the world into the realm of a new reality where there is no looking back. And, incidentally, no forward looking either.
He is prepared to take his place at the helm of a sphere destined to be consumed by the hellfires of Armageddon.
Labels: Human Fallibility, Traditions, World Crises
posted by Pieface @ Friday, September 21, 2007
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