"Free soloists don't use any ropes or other gear—their skill is their only protection."
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Courage—especially social courage—and adventure or thrill-seeking are not the same thing.
Courage is a quality most needed by members of the white racial movement. Conviction and the strength and spirit to stand up to totalitarian authorities and the crowd (often a lynch mob) are more important by far than conventionally “brave” danger-seeking traits.
Whites as a group rank high on the adventure/thrill-seeking scale, but true courage is in short supply. Read more …
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You’re Going to Regret Committing Suicide
Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, contemplating jumping off a bridge in It’s a Wonderful Life
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I think about suicide about once a week. I don’t mean that I am doing any serious planning. Nor am I whiling away the hours spinning the cylinder on my revolver. It’s just that, in one way or another, suicide enters my mind on a regular basis as a possibility, as a question, or as a social phenomenon. Read more …