This letter is not intended to assuage your worst fears about Mr. Cookie Monster but will, in most cases, confirm them. To plunge right into it, it will not be easy to step up to the plate and challenge Mr. Monster to defend his ideas or else to change them. Nevertheless, we must attempt to do exactly that for the overriding reason that if I may be so bold, he is interpersonally exploitative. That is, he takes advantage of others to achieve his own intemperate ends. Why does he do that? Perhaps the answer is best saved for another letter. Let me simply note that Mr. Monster will do everything in his power to humiliate, subjugate, and eventually eliminate everyone who wants to rise above the narrow confines of self-existence to the broader concerns of all humanity. No wonder corruption is endemic to our society; if we fail to plant markers that define the limits of what is inconsiderate and what is not then all of our sacrifices will be as forgotten as the sand blowing across Ozymandiass dead empire. The “decay of that colossal wreck,” as the poet Shelley puts it, teaches us that Mr. Monster cant be trusted. Everything he says is a lie, and everything he does is based on a lie: his indiscretions, his wheelings and dealings, his machinations—all lies, lies with flakes of truth sprinkled about to make irascible used-car salesmen believe them. Does Mr. Monster actually think his arguments through, or does he just chug along on his computer, writing about whatever trite wisecracks happen to suit his needs that day? I ask because reprehensible primates are like putty in Mr. Monsters hands. He effortlessly molds them into loyal worshippers who dont think twice about replacing love and understanding with hucksterism and factionalism. We must tell the truth no matter who doesnt like it. How much more illumination does that fact need before Mr. Monster can grasp it? Assuming the answer is “a substantial amount”, let me point out that Mr. Monster is the type of person who will trump up any lie for the occasion, and the more of a thumper it is, the better he likes it. Now there will, no doubt, be disreputable, virulent gasbags out there who will ask, “So what if his legates bad-mouth worthy causes? That wont affect me.” Such crippled thinking is the best example there is as to why as the adherents of Randian objectivism believe, he is capable of passing very rapidly from a hidden enjoyment of dimwitted irreligionism to a proclaimed attachment to extremism and back—and back again. Furthermore, as the adherents of empiricism observe, Mr. Monster claims that freedom must be abolished in order for people to be more secure and comfortable. Well, I beg to differ. Much of what Mr. Monster writes is excruciatingly hard to read. If he actually wants to write something meaningful, he should stick to the basics: Declare an argument; make supporting statements related to the topic; and draw a conclusion that isnt off on some wild tangent from the original hypothesis. For instance, rather than make the factually unsupported claim that Mr. Monster is merely trying to make this world a better place in which to live, it would be better to argue that I find Mr. Monsters allocutions dirty, vindictive, boisterous, and more than a little noisome. It follows from this that he has an amazing ability to disengage his intellect. Please re-read and memorize that sentence if you still believe that the worlds salvation comes from whims, irrationality, and delusions. On a closing note, I hope that this letter, while incomplete, informal, and having no authority except its own inner strength and conviction, has clearly demonstrated to you that we have a life-or-death situation on our hands.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 03:50:02 +0000
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