tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post5381193723952819869..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: In the penal colonyRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-85225112609801900352016-07-20T21:34:00.609+08:002016-07-20T21:34:00.609+08:00The reconstructed machine was not as big as I imag...The reconstructed machine was not as big as I imagine its size to be. But it's no less terrifying. Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-72300729856694120252016-07-18T17:31:03.944+08:002016-07-18T17:31:03.944+08:00Rise, only reading this now as my ability to keep ...Rise, only reading this now as my ability to keep up with the internet is sporadic, even for the good stuff. This is really good and the horrors of circles of fear are becoming ever more obvious in the world. Did you see the 'reconstruction' of the machine? http://animalnewyork.com/2012/kafkas-torture-machine-irl/Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-56487269371358535992016-02-24T20:07:41.237+08:002016-02-24T20:07:41.237+08:00Thanks, Scott. The story is a must for students of...Thanks, Scott. The story is a must for students of military and police academies, criminology classes, law enforcement schoos: all our "venerable" institutions that do not fail to produce "torture aficionados". Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-32262182044957193032016-02-24T19:34:00.180+08:002016-02-24T19:34:00.180+08:00Kafka's story is itself awesome, also in the o...Kafka's story is itself awesome, also in the old sense of awesome. His scariest story perhaps. Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-47849465809286549032016-02-23T02:06:00.863+08:002016-02-23T02:06:00.863+08:00Because the tortured had learned of the human capa...<i>Because the tortured had learned of the human capacity to inflict pain and suffering, the tortured had also come to acquire the character of the torturer because he had the imagination to relive his torture and the acts of the torturer.</i><br /><br />>This<. In a just world the mere existence of Kafka's story would have been enough to put an end to torture. That people in positionsseraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-71564739329809970412016-02-22T22:53:47.930+08:002016-02-22T22:53:47.930+08:00A terrific essay, Rise. Terrific in the old sense...A terrific essay, Rise. Terrific in the old sense of "inducing terror." Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com