The Ship of Fools: A Chronicle of Ordinary Madness
Every day, I’m bombarded with emails from readers asking me to draw attention to this or that. We live on a planet that has gone completely mad; there’s no secret about that. In this catalog of horrors, I have plenty of examples to choose from. There are websites that try their best to expose these horrors. But when you visit them, you quickly become overwhelmed by all the horror. The facts I describe here are so grave that it took me some time before I could bring myself to delve into this bloody mess. As I did so, I thought to myself: “How can I make these messages understandable? They’re so horrifying!” I considered using a “spread-the-message” strategy. So, don’t be surprised if you find some entertaining or even funny elements in these pages. It’s meant to give you the courage to face what follows.
1 – After a light-hearted discussion about transatlantic voyages on giant ships, there’s a section titled “Tasers for Women”. January 11, 2008. Link
2 – Confessions of filmmaker Aaron Russo, six months before his death. Suffering from cancer, he knew he had little time left to live. It’s both astonishing and terrifying. January 12, 2008. Link