tall poppy
National Poppy Day - May 24, 2024.
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Lucius Annaeus Seneca In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid
Gender as a Cutter in the Tall Poppy Syndrome
You cannot reason someone out of something he or she was not reasoned into. Jonathan Swift AI Narration0:00/7:171× I shy away from the subject of gender as a cutter in TPS for many reasons even though gender along with color, ethnicity, and religion are common causes for
Alfred Dreyfus Revisited - Part 2
AI Narration0:00/9:191× The moral virtue of the king is like the wind, and that of the people is like grass: whichever way the wind blows, the grass bends. - Confucius I wrote a well-received blog about the Dreyfus affair earlier this year (Anti-Semitism (& Government) as Cutter(s)
Navalny-Skripal-Prigozhin: Courage and the Tall Poppy Syndrome
Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem. ~ Joseph Stalin AI Narration (Stephen)0:00/6:491× Governments may be considerable cutters of Tall Poppies. Dictatorships or authoritarian regimes and the "isms" always come to mind since they are often unobstructed and unabashed when they cut
The Commonality between USS Indianapolis and Jaws
You can be destroyed but never defeated. ~ Ernest Hemingway AI Narration0:00/3:111× Last week's post HMS Wager, USS Indianapolis, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome explored England and the United States government's role in cutting down Tall Poppies. Part of the USS Indianapolis' history is reviewed in the blog.
