Soldaten im Einsatz

At one time this blog was dedicated to the Fallschirmjäger (German Paratrooper) of World War Two. Now it has grown out of that a bit. I still have a hard-on for WWII History, and all. I just need to slag off a bit. Sorry.This is not intended to glorify, incite any political/racial ideology, or for that matter lighten the matters of combat in WWII. It is intended for those who have an interest in this fascinating and illustrious part of human history. The main theme will be about the Fallschirmjäger, but also other armed forces of Germany in WWII.

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“I love you, with my mute fingers. With butterflies of air I make you tatted lace. With the blind power of my sad eyes I rehearse a work of theater for you. With my love I make you a forest.”

— Lupe Gómez, tr. by Erin Mouré, from Camouflage: Poems; “I Love You,”

[quotemadness]

“Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.”

— David Levithan

[fallschirmjager]

And you think you've figured out everything

I think I know my geography pretty damn well

You say what you need so you'll get more

If you could just melk it for everything

I've said what I said and you know what I mean

But I can't still focus on anything

[fallschirmjager]

You OTTER try having a good day!

[fallschirmjager]

Weekly Etymology 002

Etymology of Culture

Today we will delve into a word often used but holds many connotations, but a very important word nonetheless.

Culture; 1868, "of or pertaining to the raising of plants or animals," from Latin cultura"tillage, a cultivating, agriculture," figuratively "care, culture, an honoring," from past participle stem of colere "to tend, guard; to till, cultivate" (see colony). Figurative senses of "relating to civilizations," also "the cultivation of the mind," are attested by 1875; hence, "relating to the culture of a particular place at a particular time" (by 1909).

The figurative sense of "cultivation through education, systematic improvement and refinement of the mind" is attested by c. 1500; Century Dictionary writes that it was, "Not common before the nineteenth century, except with strong consciousness of the metaphor involved, though used in Latin by Cicero." Meaning "learning and taste, the intellectual side of civilization" is by 1805; the closely related sense of "collective customs and achievements of a people, a particular form of collective intellectual development" is by 1867.

"For without culture or holiness, which are always the gift of a very few, a man may renounce wealth or any other external thing, but he cannot renounce hatred, envy, jealousy, revenge. Culture is the sanctity of the intellect." [William Butler Yeats]

The etymology of the modern term "culture" has a classical origin. In English, the word "culture" is based on a term used by Cicero, in his Tusculan Disputations, wrote of a cultivation of the soul or "cultura animi", thereby using an agricultural metaphor to describe the development of a philosophical soul, which was understood teleologically as the one natural highest possible ideal for human development. Samuel Pufendorf took over this metaphor in a modern context, meaning something similar, but no longer assuming that philosophy is man's natural perfection. His use, and that of many writers after him "refers to all the ways in which human beings overcome their original barbarism, and through artifice, become fully human".

The "term "culture," which originally meant the cultivation of the soul or mind, acquires most of its later modern meanings in the writings of the eighteenth-century German thinkers, who on various levels developing Rousseau's criticism of modern liberalism and Enlightenment. Thus a contrast between "culture" and "civilization" is usually implied in these authors, even when not expressed as such. Two primary meanings of culture emerge from this period: culture as the folk-spirit having a unique identity, and culture as cultivation of inwardness or free individuality. The first meaning is predominant in our current use of the term "culture," although the second still plays a large role in what we think culture should achieve, namely the full "expression" of the unique of "authentic" self.

Slang culture vulture "one voracious for culture" is from 1947. Culture shock first recorded 1940. Ironic or contemptuous spelling kulchur is attested from 1940 (Pound), and compare kultur.

This is not a total expose of the term by any means, but a launching point for you to go and cultivate yourself in mind and spirit. So get out there and discover the multilayer onion that is culture, or better yet grow some veggies in the day and cultivate yourself in the night time. Till next week, expose yourself to culture and refine yourself for your own self edification.

[fallschirmjager]

HEY YOU, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE! -Sea Otter of Wisdom

[i-justreally-like-cats-okay]

[idriveachevroletmovietheatre]

“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.”

— Robin Williams

[mothbuddies]

[fallschirmjager]

Realistically there was no hope for me.Not even close, 'twas destiny. We are what we are, at least for today. But you and I lost our way, Not only did I lose you, I lost myself too

Death In June, The Trigger

[fallschirmjager]

Definitely found an ever darker hole to go down and disappear into.

[hyperbanal]

“The university intellectuals…like to fancy themselves independent thinkers, the intellectuals are (allowing for individual exceptions) the most oversocialized, the most conformist, the tamest and most domesticated, the most pampered, dependent, and spineless group in America today. As a result, their impulse to rebel is particularly strong. But, because they are incapable of independent thought, real rebellion is impossible for them. Consequently they are suckers for the System’s trick, which allows them to irritate people and enjoy the illusion of rebelling without ever having to challenge the System’s basic values.”

— Ted Kacynski, Technological Slavery

[fallschirmjager]

I've said something similar to this quote a few times. The precedence of this is more palpable than ever, inasmuch as systemical rebellion goes, how truly revolutionary is it when the system stimulates such an idea. The universities push agendas, which the state allows, which in turn allows for more legislation of a subtle and imperceptible control. Indeed, happiness through slavery, the ultimate trick of the system. One chain link at a time, until humanity is fully enslaved, and the elite in their Orwellian mentality, as always, abuse the Golden rule. Those with the gold make the Golden rule, but do NOT follow their own words. Duped into a controlled sense of freedom, we are all victims, and it is, as it ever was, enslavement.

Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars!

[fallschirmjager]

Y'all might have a sugar daddy, but I have a Sky Daddy!

M.A.K.

[fallschirmjager]

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

[jablackk-deactivated20201007]

“And I was listening to you. As if to music, as if to peace.”

— Eavan Boland, from New Collected Poems: “Against Love Poetry,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[queenofquelling]

She’s a traitor and a hater!

[fallschirmjager]

How she didn't become persona non grata is beyond me...

[fallschirmjager]

Let us consider the wolf in particular, that insatiable murderous beast of prey, especially dangerous at night and in winter, he would appear to be the natural symbol of night, of winter and of Death... But the wolf is not only the most bloodthirsty, he is swiftest and lustiest of our larger quadrupeds. This hardiness, his fierce boldness, his cruel lust for fight and blood, together with his hunger for the flesh of corpses which makes him a night visitor on battlefields, make the wolf a companion of the Gods of Battle.

W. Hertz, Der Werewolf