A long time ago I happened to learn the story of a boy. This story is creepy, cruel and ugly, but, Unfortunately, it is absolutely true. I'll tell this story like this, how will my memory distortion allow me, and I do not vouch for its complete authenticity, however, the plot of this case has not undergone any changes. That's absolutely right.
It all happened in the early nineties., when people massively and everywhere began to appear in the apartments of VCRs. It was because of this miracle of technology that those tragic events occurred., which ended very badly for one five-year-old child.
This boy's father was very hardworking., responsible, practical and smart person, he was one of those, who always keeps his nose to the wind, it was thanks to these qualities that his family lived prosperously and never needed anything. His house was a full bowl. And everything was there: and a white washing machine, and a big swedish fridge, and a bulging black Japanese TV, and a wonderful Korean VCR. He also had a son, in which the father simply doted on the soul and loved to pamper him. That is why he once bought his offspring two three-hour black videotapes, stuffed full of cartoons about the four ninja turtles. Unfortunately, the poor boy knew how to turn on the VCR on his own. And that's why he consumed those movies so often, as soon as I could, but it didn't last long, for such irrepressible consumption of a very specific cultural product eventually led to quick disastrous results.
One day the doorbell rang in their apartment.. Someone came for some reason. And everything seems to be nothing, but the boy suddenly, almost on his knees, began to beg his mother not to open the door in any case. He burst into tears and spoke confusedly and incomprehensibly., there, Behind the door, Leonardo. At first, the mother could not understand anything, she managed to calm her son down and opened the door. At the same moment inhuman, animal, a cry filled with desperation came from behind her.. She turned around in fear and saw, that her little son huddled in a corner and heart-rendingly, downright crazy, screaming, covering face with palms.
Then everything became clear. The boy has lost his mind. He began to see signs of the presence of turtles everywhere.. According to him, they skillfully hid in the yard, when he looked out the window, but they were there all the time. They hid behind closed doors and in closets. Their presence was felt everywhere, and the poor child kept finding clues and circumstantial signs of their presence. The scariest thing was, that the turtles for some reason hated him and wanted him dead. Leonardo was the scariest, for he, undoubtedly, wanted to cut off the boy's arms and legs.
He simply believed in the reality of the existence of green superheroes and lost faith in the reality of their non-existence..
Of course, followed by medical treatment. Regular visits to a psychiatrist. Trips to grandmother-whisperers and shamans. Disability. What can you do here...
That's how our brain works. Our poor, poor human mind...
Sometimes our minds are unable to distinguish between real reality and fictional reality.. It gets confused, wrong, is mistaken and, Consequently, distorts the picture of the world. It carefully studies the signals coming from the outside world., processes them. Groups them. sums them up. Looking for cause and effect, in accordance with their intellectual and cultural attitudes. Assesses them morally. Considers their practical usefulness or harmfulness. Weaves them into tight braids of conclusions and ... gives erroneous conclusions.
Seemingly healthy people, armed with some quite reasonable and correct arguments, using scientifically sound methods, so tortuously and cunningly explain reality to themselves, that the reptilians are becoming a reality. And the possibility of photographing the aura becomes a scientifically proven fact., and the prophecies of Nostradamus become inevitable and true, and even the integrity of Western politicians ceases to cause at least some doubt.
Well, if a person is mentally ill or predisposed to various mental disorders? And if a person is subjected to continuous stress? And if a person is forced to drive all his reasoning through nerve cells poisoned by alcohol and damaged by infections? And if a person is naturally injured in the head? And if a person is mentally incompetent due to his anatomy? What if the person is hypnotized?? And if a person is simply deceived by a skilled charlatan?
In all of the above cases, avoiding cognitive biases is a very good luck., for in such cases deviations from the line of reality will reach an angle of 180 degrees, delusions will be deeper than the Mariana Trench, and it is at such moments that fictional ninja turtles can find flesh and blood in the human mind.
But that's just a hint, fairy tale ahead.
Not so long ago, I came across the news that, that a certain sorceress calls the souls of the dead "orcs", in order to send them to x ... d.
When I read this news, the real thing came to me, understanding from the depths of the heart, that we are simply doomed to win. I used to understand it with my mind, but I couldn't really believe. Now I got it. 'Cause we can't lose, even if we really want, because we have already won the battle for their minds. We won it with a crushing score. We won it dry. We won, and they lost. Moreover, for this victory, we did absolutely nothing..
If we consider the above information message from the point of view of the information war, you can't get rid of the feeling, it (this is the message) eerily resembles a gun put to the temple. It was as if someone incredibly stupid had loaded him with mental or cognitive (I don't know exactly what) explosive cartridges and began to desperately shoot himself in the head. At the same time, the shooter for some reason does not understand, why does he feel unwell, and cannot explain to himself the horror on the faces of the people around him.
Ask Google: "Why are orcs so...". And the search engine will immediately highlight the most “heavy” continuations of this phrase on the screen of your monitors.. They will be like this: "why are orcs so evil", why are orcs so scary, "why are orcs Russian". Should I name the country?, Where does the largest number of such requests come from?? Don't you think, what are they, declaring us orcs, destroy their own courage and their mental health? And isn't it time for us to somehow encourage, maybe, and financially stimulate those people, who constantly use the term "orcs" in the information field? For that, what are they doing, you can’t call it anything other than sabotage and sabotage…
Well, is it possible in the country, where the problem of alcoholism is so acute, drug addiction and the prevalence of mental illness, so easy and natural to stick such a terrible, rude and vicious label? Ain't it crazy in the country, where venereal and other infectious diseases spread like wildfire, affecting, among other things, the brains of the sick, it's so easy to associate an enemy with someone strong, evil, frightening and very dangerous? Is this allowed in the country?, where the fear of imminent death from cruise missiles and drones is so dense, that it can be cut with a knife, and the coffins of dead soldiers stretch in strings from the front, talk about, that the enemy is cruel, strong and merciless? Isn't it wrecking in the country, where education is so low, that in the minds of many people, a fairy-tale reality has long since become a reality, talk about the reality of the mythical orcs and the possibility of their coming even after death? Isn't it stupidity in the country, where the sect sits on a cult and drives heresy, talk about, that the enemy is a demonic evil being, in many respects superior to man?
Of course, they tried to show us their contempt, dehumanize us, but they did it so badly and clumsily, that scared the hell out of themselves. They turned those devils into fearsome orcs, and now fear is their permanent state. They wish us harm, but they only hurt themselves. They wanted to show our cruelty, but showed only their weakness. They wanted to hurt our vanity, but humiliated only themselves. They wanted to say, that we don't deserve pity, but only themselves showed their insignificance. They wanted to create an illusory image, but they plunged themselves into an illusion.
They really believe, that we are orcs. And what follows from this?
And that, that now their warriors are no longer soldiers of victory, and the real hopelessly doomed creatures, going to perish at the hands of terrible and black-blooded creatures. From now on, their rulers are not wise fathers and caring patrons, and the real shepherds, driving flocks of doomed soldiers into wide-open evil fanged mouths. From now on, their hopes have no foundation., for there, where the orcs will soon come, there is no point in thinking about the future, only hopelessness and desperation!
Did the same sorceress understand, summoning dead orcs, that obvious fact, that the orc that has come will not go anywhere, and even more so on x ... d? Did she understand, that she is one of the most real and most fierce enemies for her own people? Did she understand, that she, along with her brethren in the media and the blogosphere, is simply crushing the warrior spirit and courage of her men? Did people understand, likes (what a nasty word) her post, that they are accomplices in this heinous deed?
No?
All the better!
To convince our enemies of such a simple and such self-evident truth, that we are not orcs, impossible. There is no way to convince them. The image of an orc from the most banal kindergarten insult to our warriors suddenly turns into a psychological weapon of incredible power. arms, created by our enemy on their own long-suffering head. Weapons of the inevitable. Numerous weapons with infinite ammo.
So maybe, we need to aggravate?
May be, would it make sense to create a division, dressed in black uniform, which would be called the "Urukhai Battalion"? May be, they should be cleaning up, covering the face with balaclavas, adorned with crooked yellow teeth? May be, they should have interrogated prisoners of war, as if casually demonstrating chevrons, adorned with a white bony hand? May be, it would be nice, if during television interviews, the “Callsign Ugluk” plate would glow at the bottom of the screen for the soldiers of this unit? May be, this unit should have yelled "Ghash!», instead of fire!»?
I have no right to advise anyone, I just think, what if, orcs, it means orcs.
Remember Blok's verses?
Come visit us! From the horrors of war Come to peaceful embrace! Before it's too late - the old sword in the sheath, comrades! We will become brothers! And if not, we have nothing to lose, And treachery is available to us! Century, century you will be cursed Sick later offspring! We are wide in the wilds and forests Before Europe, we will part! We will turn to you with Our Asian mug!
Alexey Arsentiev,
