Rhetoric is concerned with the state of Babel after the Fall. Its contribution to a 'sociology of knowledge' must often carry us far into the lugubrious regions of malice and the lie. If you wish to introduce a topic or keyterm or explore one, select the ADD button below, or read through the conversations already posted to this list by selecting the title of the note. Pain is a reaction.
Externalization is for the voyeur- the spectator.
The voyeur derives pleasure through sight. The criminal deserves punishment because he could have acted differently'. The creditor enjoys inflicting pain on one who is 'beneath him' as the master to the slave. The festivity of revenge. Give meaning to such meaningless, human created pain.