My 100 Year Old Active Friend (on Skype)

by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Ego, Hispanic, History, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Now, Shoah

Who either says he is “surprising well,” or “still alive.”
He is one of only two people alive today (both “Bandi”) who knew my grandmother, the one that was gased at Auschwitz.
This is a tribute by a relative of his.

Today he recommended to me three programs on ATV.hu:

Ujságirók Klub
Egyenes Beszéd
Tabu

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus