Comments on: “Don’t Make A Thief!”: Tribal Law and the ethic of Aikido http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/ Revitalizing Riddles, Mythic Story, Family, Village and Land. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-21839 Richard Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:27:45 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-21839 If I remember correctly I typed something about how sometimes ecstatics say something in a way that nobody ever thought of before, something with wit that hits - not from left field, from under the grass or behind a cloud or a completely different ballpark, something so astoundingly unexpected - and it short circuits the thought wiring and everyone resigns to accept it because the ecstatic person is revered and has them enthralled. There's nearly endless factors and angles that one could examine until they're periwinkle in the face with that guy and his coat and it disappearing. One cannot do the Sherlock Holmes thing and eliminate all the impossiblities because anything could have happened and the reasons might go way back and have its origins in something that happened before the thief even entered the dojo. If I were there rather than say "WHOAH DUDE YOU'RE ALL WISE" in a Theodore Logan voice I would have responded 'Maybe'. Very respectfully, the royal treatment, according to the golden rule of do unto others. That's basically what I wrote. Except I was sorta sick in a sucky way so I probably typed more from my ache than the gut. If I remember correctly I typed something about how sometimes ecstatics say something in a way that nobody ever thought of before, something with wit that hits - not from left field, from under the grass or behind a cloud or a completely different ballpark, something so astoundingly unexpected - and it short circuits the thought wiring and everyone resigns to accept it because the ecstatic person is revered and has them enthralled.

There’s nearly endless factors and angles that one could examine until they’re periwinkle in the face with that guy and his coat and it disappearing. One cannot do the Sherlock Holmes thing and eliminate all the impossiblities because anything could have happened and the reasons might go way back and have its origins in something that happened before the thief even entered the dojo.

If I were there rather than say “WHOAH DUDE YOU’RE ALL WISE” in a Theodore Logan voice I would have responded ‘Maybe’. Very respectfully, the royal treatment, according to the golden rule of do unto others.

That’s basically what I wrote. Except I was sorta sick in a sucky way so I probably typed more from my ache than the gut.

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9311 Willem Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:08:06 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9311 Sorry Richard. Don't know where your comment went! Sorry Richard. Don’t know where your comment went!

]]> By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9289 Richard Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:31:58 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9289 Wait. no... it's cause I put the reverse of the > at the end of that quote. DANG. oh well. can you salvage the comment? I don't want to type all that again. Wait. no… it’s cause I put the reverse of the > at the end of that quote.
DANG. oh well. can you salvage the comment? I don’t want to type all that again.

]]> By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9288 Richard Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:29:17 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9288 I wrote alot more than that. Curious. The internet ate it. I suspect hackers. I wrote alot more than that.

Curious.

The internet ate it.

I suspect hackers.

]]> By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9287 Richard Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:27:50 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/08/dont-make-a-thief-tribal-law-and-the-ethic-of-aikido/#comment-9287 From the article : > We would do well as aikidoka to give serious thought to digesting O-Sensei's words. From the article : > We would do well as aikidoka to give serious thought to digesting O-Sensei’s words.

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