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#306: Nancy “shattered love”

Jean-Luc Nancy ist ein ein französischer Philosoph, Schüler von Derrida und ein Verfechter darin, dass es die Philosophie als ein einheitliches Erscheinungsbild oder Weltbild nicht gibt. Er nennt es Dekonstruktion, und will damit vermitteln, that we, unsere Welt und unser Denken aus Fragmenten besteht, wir sehen uns nach einem vermeintlichen Ganzen, jedoch ist sie für Nancy eine Illusion. Da wir uns in der Welt der Globalisierung und dem gegenseitigen Wettbewerb mehr ausschliessen, als zusammenschliessen.

Ich habe ein sehr grobes Bild von Nancy gezeichnet, da es mir weniger um sein gesellschaftspolitisches Denken geht, als um den Text “shattered love”, den ich gelesen habe. Wer glaubt hier einer linearen Linie folgen zu können, der irrt und so scheint es auch darum zu gehen, dass Liebe und Denken viel miteinander zu tun haben beziehungsweise Voraussetzung für das Eine, wie das Andere sind. Und wenn Nancy schreibt, dass schon so viel über die Liebe gesprochen wurde, dann hat er absolut recht, und trotzdem ist es unmöglich eine Festschreibung zu finden. So viele Essenzen, Fragmente und Erscheinungen, wie dieses Wort an den Tag legt, und doch sind sie bei weitem nicht ausreichend.

Nancy spricht nicht von “shattered love”, weil er daran nicht glaubt, sondern weil es unmöglich ist Liebe zu kennen, der nicht schon ein gebrochenes Herz hatte. Das gebrochene Herz ist dort wo eine Definition beginnen könnte, jedoch ohne jemals vollendet zu werden. Aber Nancy versteht das Beginnen auch nicht als einen Anfang oder Startpunkt, aber dort wo wir Zugang erhalten. Nancy versucht das Undenkbare in Worte zu fassen, ist aber auch sehr in der Gedankenwelt der westlichen Welt gefangen. Liebe als Sein und Sein als Liebe.

#305: My hero the Arabic student

Italians are folk connective. Tonight I have the Enoteca Bortolotti (Trento) – and I do not need to re, if one may call it so, can or should, visited. On a couple of Aperol and just a Piato Grande – both the way highly recommended. The ham is a dream and the Italian staff delightfully friendly. This restaurant is probably the highlight of Kaisermühlen (next to the suburban host).

And I must say, that I have long been not so amused. Not only, that we had the expressed happiness, besides a self-confessed “Hofer”-sitting voter, which on the night her “Baby” – an Arabic / Islamic Studies student – met, also the “Haute-Want” of Kaisermühlen honored us. Whereby me Mrs the. Hofer – a play strong and confident woman – impressed on Top. No faux pas was too big or too small, which they strove victoriously. But best liked, that they felt it was fate, that they justament that night the “Muslimentante” (O-ton to Arabistikstudentin) met, with it the way since 15 Pm Prosecco drinking. We found the already as brückenbauend.

Mr. Bodybuilding from Kaisermühlen, sat entertaining between our tables, our and the Arabic / Hofer table, could shine with quotations from the Kaisermühlen Blues. Unison we all agreed, worse than today it is we never go. And finally finds Mrs.. H. her baby also super, because it is so beautiful Viennese and drink can with it. Actually, I would have some statements to write. It would have been her not fair. Taken out of context. Who wants to experience it, should go out regularly and not in the beautiful hip Bobo Bubbles (as described in Vice), but there, where it hurts. Even if you have to leave the comfort zone, does it well, especially to do it with a good glass of wine and good food.

And when the trenches seem supposedly deep, so there are the bridges, we build, to allow the other timidly over throw a glance.
Back to Enoteca: highly recommended is the vegan ice while Bortolotti. Gaumensex, as they say today.

Gaumensex would then certainly have been the two allegedly gay Arabs, we met at the door and were still undecided, whether they should go. For the constellation in the local play great. Each comedian would have his true joy, but unfortunately, as so often, remains one then only the Kopfkino.

In the sense, I recommend really from the deepest heart my favorite ice-Italians Bortolloti in Kaisermühlen.

#304: Morality in immoral scenarios part 2

In the last 3 Weeks I deal between 1 to 2 Hours a day with a situation in the class of my Juniors, the for the children, be teachers and parents to a daily stress test. I am reps deputy and therefore mouthpiece of the parents and in the immediate consequence of the children.

A child's 1. Class elementary school conspicuously. At the beginning there were even a grumble little trifles, shoving and interfere. Since 3 Weeks but every day the situation escalates in class. A 7years of no limits towards teachers and children to exercise more. Children and teachers are spat, splashed and doused with water. The language of “Zip your lips, A…” is probably still the most harmless. Much more dramatic is the physical assaults of Judo throws and hitting.

Teachers and parents (not only me) are daily guest in the Directorate and have already spoken to the parents of the child concerned, that obviously has a fault. Suspensions should only be actually pronounced, when in fact something happens “happens”. Support for teachers and school is requested, but takes. The shortage of school psychologists and teachers support we feel every day. Our children are caught in an immoral scenario and we parents are still trying to do the right thing. Perfect for our children and the right thing for this child. But how far we have let it come?

Alone when I have my situation by the head, think about, everything that has already happened, I ask myself, why the child's parents do not act? Is it enough to be available at all times, to pick up the child from school? Is it sufficient to meet the parents and children, listen to friendly? I do not envy these parents. I wonder how helpless and powerless I would feel.

For situations, like this there is no guide to action, we – Children, Teachers and parents – would need. How can we act morally right and responsibly? Is the way to the School Board by the bureaucracy to set in motion the right way? We only lose precious time, because from above goes back all down, to then walk up again.

This morning my junior and I went with a stomach ache to school, because we do not know, what can happen again today. to be caught not feel good.

#303: Morality in immoral scenarios

Sounds like a paradox, aber in der Wissenschaft ist alles denkbar und in der Realität sowieso möglich. Currently I am working so, how and where we can find moral behavior in immoral scenarios. There is, for example, the Trolley example of Philippa Foot. Imagine, that a train on a track on 5 zufährt workers, there is no way to warn or to slow down the train this. You are standing next to it and can make a switch, so she goes to the siding, there is only one person, will be killed, if you umstellst the Soft. How do you decide?

Or a train travels on a track 5 workers to, There is also no way to warn them or to bring the train to stop. Du stehst auf einer Brücke und eine Person steht neben dir, die wenn du sie herunterstößt den Zug zum Anhalten bringen würde. How do you decide?

In Fall 1 würden andere dazu tendieren die Weiche umzustellen, in Fall 2 hingegen gibt es eine breite Ablehnung dazu! Ist das Endergebnis nicht gleich, 5 Personen werden gerettet gegenüber 1 Person nicht. Wir spüren die Widersprüchlichkeit der Beispiele, wenn auch 5:1 am Ende steht.

Why are these important considerations? The awareness which said quite flat “Correct” and “Not correct” can be, must be brought into balance again. Where are limits, where we may cross it daily also. Can we speak of morality, or rather, it is an attempt to find excuses, to soothe our conscience?

#302: how the time flies

And now it is spring again and everything is changing. we were over Easter in London and when we come back in the evening to the hotel, sitting next to our door an old lady with 2 Bags on the ground. The curved back and shoulders hanging forward, I had to ask them, whether the everything was okay and if I can help her. With very low voice she pointed to the door back and said, that they would not make it, to open this. The lady had just tried at the wrong door to get inside, So I took her bags and we went to the room, that they should actually inhabit. Despite her long and thick down jacket I noticed, how fragile and insecure she was. In her room, I helped her out of her coat and put down the bags. She stood in the middle of the room and looked at the big bed. she was tired, so very tired and yet she was now not the middle of the room and knew, what they should do first. Your insecurity hit me, and again I asked her, whether everything would be fine with her. And suddenly she began to cry and told me how sorry she feels.

Her husband died a long time ago and she is alone in a small town, where they do not feel comfortable. She had to get away from there, has felt and heard the envy and resentment. And believe to be excluded. She told me about a house and land and wanting to get away from the. When my phone rang, squared your shoulders and she thanked perfectly formed, as if she were aware of their weakness become aware at once. I was released.

And yet the next morning I had to think of the old lady and wanted to see only briefly, whether really everything was fine. Maybe it was just an emotional outburst and everything already so, how it should be. I went after breakfast to the room and at the door in the corner, she stood with the much too large and thick black down coat. In the corner, like a child, that something had hired and lautern shame did not want to move in front. Cautiously I said good morning and I wondered, whether they may have stood at the door since last night. When she saw me, broke them from their corner and asked me for help. She needed more than in her room to come back, they needed to talk to someone. So I listened to. On one hand, confused and on the other hand they clearly formulated, what she was looking. I was able to convince them, that we should go to the front desk, to get help. Holding hands we went down. I felt her grip, the maintenance sought.

The ladies at the reception (PremierInn St. Pancrass) were wonderful and empathetic and after One of them spoke French with her, scooped them confidence. learned As I later, she has forgotten to take their medication, whereby their confusion has intensified. time to be appeared the woman an elastic term and actually become.

Age is not only time, elapsing. You also gnaws at us. But there are also the people around us, give a hand, to keep us, accompany us with firm steps. I try now to be such a man, and it would be a lie to say, I always make it and am, but I try, and I hope it, I find a hand, when I need.

#301: What I never wanted to hear!

Recently I was listening to a conversation between two young girls and a guy, to obtain the tried findings to the female sex. And like my dad always says so beautiful, Children and the influence of alcohol speak the truth and so did the the hope of the young man's being, that even quite open, he finally could get Insights.

Although I meantime somewhat pity on the lad, because the two Hübschen ignored him clearly at the beginning.

He: “Actually I wanted to sit between you two!” (sulkily)
You ignore him and talk about the hopelessness of being in love and first big love.
He: “Because I had hoped, I can you grope Two a Bisle.”
They still ignore him.
He: “You know you but from …”
He: “May I ask you what, because I have since met a girl.”
You ignore it and are in the emotional state of the memories (that is,. it is crying).
He: “Low” (something applied, because they ignore him) “I can tell you exactly, why the guy is such an ass.” “I can tell you that, because I know, how men think.” “You can I tell you the?”
Finally momentum seems to be in a situation and both turn to him.
they: “What do you know, nothing you know.”
He: “Men are so, you were no longer together, So he has sex. Punkt. All the same, who offers himself as, when she's horny.”
*The language is quite chosen words, when she was real. *
Just look at him stunned.
He: “I've got a girl to know. What should I do (WHAT COMES NOW, DA KNEW I DID NOT DO I LAUGH OR HIM A SHORT layering.), so the girl finds me well and A L L E S makes, what I want sexually?”
You still look at him stunned.
they: “Do not drink with her a coffee yes, whatever you want to drink a coffee. That pisses so on. Always getting really drink a coffee. If you find it good, then do it’ what spontaneous, beautiful, I made you go bungee jumping.” (Yes has not been the answer directly to the question …)
He: “And I thought, I invite them home to me, and then we smoke what …”
She did not even look at him and ignore him again.

At that moment I felt really old. Namely old, old. So alt, I personally always saw my parents in fact even with 12 Years. And I thought, where I could send my princess, which Bergkloster probably would be most appropriate. Unfortunately, I have not found a solution for the second consideration.

My spontaneous aging process I have celebrated well with Otto Schenk visit.

#300: Jacks Girl Mama

Because I was only recently the subject feminism, I noticed, how far we are partially removed as a parent thereof. I've always said my two children, that they both may be the same and a lot of good can, if you want to. That it does not matter, whether they have a penis, no penis, have long or short hair, rosa, blue or glittering love. And yet I keep coming back to the distress drawers to open. Be there to explain to my dear daughter, that they should not let unterbuttern, that they can, for example, also play football and to. It was not even the case, have that on hard court at school the boys of the other classes they expelled or excluded. Even at the summer festival on a motivated father the girl (with my girl) put off, yes because it now comes to a game. Since I neither in this round then a future Ronaldo, Messi or even pad saw, not opened up it me quite, why this game was so much more important, as the common fun at a summer festival. But since my parents have taught me good manners, I have refrained from further discussion. Except for a few comments, Comments and subtle nuances I was very grown up.
Even my son, I declare always, that girls of all might as well, wie er. In kindergarten, there was namely a girl band and boy band and a, the boys have caught the girl and then clung to fantasy prisons. At the beginning it was only in the boys band, because girls are more stupid. My permanent defenses, that girls and super strong, great and ever and are more likely to be the fact, that Emily is a sturdy pretty girl had his attention, led him to change later in the girl band, to protect them. Where do these stereotypes come? Emily had certainly not be protected and would not probably even.

My son makes, if he does not like someone, no difference in his demeanor of the person against. The or which can then be treated ever gross, but it's still a problem. Because boys are allowed to knock each other, but girls and boys, since it is more difficult. And of course explains to his children, that one should hurt anyone in general, is or whatever. Even if the other has begun. 6year are as yet somewhat resistant to such objections. And my 12 year old does not manage to turn around and go, but then scandalizes, halt verbal, but that is better? Not even I – see above – can always be on top of things. This requires common sense and a distance. Therefore, it is also important to me, that understand my children, that there are differences between the sexes, as there are differences between us humans are, and to which we must take into consideration.

#299: Feminismus

Ich war heute Abend beim NZZ.at Clubabend zum Thema Feminismus und seiner neuerworbenen Beachtung nach Köln. Das Thema ist ein Schwieriges. Not only, weil die mediale Berichterstattung sehr zu hinterfragen ist, angefangen von einer spürbaren Unsicherheit von und in Qualitätsmedien bis hin zu den widerlichen Titelseiten (weiße Frau und schwarze Hand), sondern auch durch Vereinnahmung von Frauenrechten durch alle möglichen ideologischen Seiten.

Und wenn aus dem Publikum quasi festgestellt wird, dass der Feminismus schon viel erreicht hat, da wir einen Pograpsch-paragraphen haben – übrigens die Deutschen nicht -, dann ist wohl die Decke lange nicht erreicht. Auch die Herrschaften vor mir, älterer Herr mit Frau Gemahlin, schüttelten immerwährende den Kopf, vor allem bei Fr. Ablinger, wenn sie über Frauenrechte und Opferschutz, Frauenhäuser usw. sprach. Und man muss nicht, wie Fr. Walterskirchen sagte, die gleiche ideologische Brille teilen, sondern es geht um Respekt und Werte. Und gerade deswegen ist es wichtig zu schätzen, was so viele Frauen und auch Männer für Frauen- und Menschenrechte tun.

Feminismus als Herrschaftskritik (Ablinger), treffender kann man es meiner Meinung nicht ausdrücken.

#298: Nazgul

If my son has a fit of anger and want to shout out his anger, then it sounds like a Nazgul, a Ringwraith, from Lord of the Rings. A cry, the one going to the marrow and me always to bring in the whole house look up, whether all windows are properly closed.

Another comparison would be the slaughter of a pig and who now asks, How do I know, can be easily cleared up. Because my grandmother had a farm with all kinds of animals mother, I have slaughtering of pigs certainly witnessed, as well as her bleeding and grilling over an open fire (hours). Incidentally, in the book “100 Points in a day”, where we are told, how we can make the world a little better every day and how we can live more sustainably, I found a whole chapter to the content, that everyone should have once slaughtered a chicken. Where a chicken does not scream and generally it is quite unspectacular (I've already done a lot of points here), but I admit right, it changes the perspective on one's own food. And I'm not a vegetarian.

But coming back to scream! It's awful. And what does that have to be only for a pressure in it, that makes it the same again terrible, for me too.

#297: spirited Vienna?

Today, my daughter has reported, that it is quite clear anyway, that the grandpa is Vienna, because he is so spirited. I had to think about it longer, as the Vienna – especially my dad – can be regarded as spirited, grantig, soft, nihilistic, sarcastic, ironically, surly would be at least a few suitable adjectives, which would occur to me, but spirited?

But my princess would not be my princess, if she would not tell me. Grandpa can get upset mad and then he talks himself into a “Strudel” (aufpudeln could also be said to), is also quite loud. Has for counterarguments neither ear nor understanding. So it is not entirely wrong, you have to define the word temperament just different.
Und schlussendlich liebe ich meinen Papa, der durch seine “ich-finde-für-alles-Gegenargumente” and “ich-rede-dir-den-Sommer-schlecht” Art mich immer wieder herausgefordert hat. Es blieb mir einfach nichts anderes über, als ständig dagegen zu reden. Und somit mich zum Denken animiert hat, nichts so einfach hinzunehmen, wie es vielleicht erscheint.

Mein Papa ist wie er ist und ganz gleich, wie er von anderen betrachtet wird, ob temperamentvoll, mürrisch oder mit einem Hang zum Nihilismus. Qualtinger hat es mit dem Nihilismus schon richtig ausgedrückt: “Although I have no idea where I was going, dafür bin ich schneller dort.”