QUESTIONNAIRE |
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| by Wendell Berry | |
| 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. | |
| 2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred. | |
| 3. What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization? Please list the monuments, shrines, and works of art you would most willingly destroy. | |
| 4. In the name of patriotism and the flag, how much of our beloved land are you willing to desecrate? List in the following spaces the mountains, rivers, towns, farms you could most readily do without. | |
| 5. State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes, the energy sources, the kinds of security, for which you would kill a child. Name, please, the children whom you would be willing to kill. | |
| Found at one of the blogs I follow: https://www.brainpickings.org/ | |
| The specific post link is: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/08/14/wendell-berry-questionnaire-amanda-palmer/?mc_cid=e1165a44ab&mc_eid=a1951a747c | |
| Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. I HIGHLY recommend following this blog, but caution, the posts can be QUITE deep and insightful. — KMAB | |
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| 2017 | Still Looking For The Key |
| 2016 | Not So Much Anymore, Boss |
| 2015 | Green Binge |
| 2014 | Overdone |
| 2013 | The Courage To Remake The World |
| 2012 | Minor Gifts |
| 2011 | I Love It When A Plan Comes Together… |
| 2010 | Eloquence |
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