C.S. Lewis:

Posted on May 29, 2013 by KG

And all the time — such is the tragi-comedy of our situation — we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that what our civilization needs is more “drive”, or dynamism, or self-sacrifice, or “creativity”. In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.

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8 Responses to C.S. Lewis:

  1. Contempt says:
    May 30, 2013 at 04:23

    “Need” is a word one need not use. It is used to describe what others need to do and is not an action word. Generally, people in Africa need wells, another billion dollars or trillions of dollars have been given to solve the problem. However no amount of giving can solve anybody’s needs if they do not have the capacity to do it themselves.

    “If” – the biggest word in history followed by “need.” I need a break if I am to get anything done, don’t ya see? http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_bye.gif

  2. HarvardPotatoHead says:
    May 30, 2013 at 04:31

    !!!YN2SU*!!!

    *You Need 2 Shut Up, Cointempt. Whilst yours very truly acknowledges your accurate comment on the fat ass pictured in an earlier post by the Bog Administraitor, yVt thinks if UR lucky OOOPPS got a beep from Diplomatic Pouch – she needs me!!! http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_cool.gif

  3. The Political Hat says:
    May 30, 2013 at 06:46

    This is all about the folly of those who believe they can sweep away the pillars of society and erect their own utopia. The problem stems from thinking that people will automatically do what these utopian ninnies want them to. As Hayek said, “How little men really know, about what they imagine they can design.”

  4. William Stout says:
    May 30, 2013 at 10:47

    Lewis’ comments sound like many of my blog posts. Ayn Rand said essentially the same thing. Why is it that no matter how many times the clarion is sounded, people never seem to get the message? There can only be one answer: this is the way people wish to live. Philosophically they would like to be better, but in the end they are satisfied with what they have and therefore have no reason to change.

  5. KG says:
    May 30, 2013 at 10:57

    “..but in the end they are satisfied with what they have and therefore have no reason to change.”
    I think that’s exactly right, William.