seanessay.com I have never been to Russia, I can’t directly say whether Russians are ready for the responsibilities of democracy. What I can say is I saw a Youtube video where many people in a nice modern Russian city were interviewed on camera. To the question about Ukraine, “Do you feel guilty?” person after person, […]
Responsibility is Hard Here and in Russia
seanessay.com I hesitate to write about responsibility because I’ll get heck. I dimly recall a lunch hour volleyball intramural series among boys in their early teens. A few boys were earnestly trying to have proper teamwork; most boys were smacking the ball with their fists, sending it in a random direction, and laughing. I’m sure […]
Hasty Word What Might Have Been
seanessay.com After a new milestone of 125 posts, it’s time to catch up and ponder blog status. Catch up The trouble with having a self-imposed word limit is you leave stuff out. In my recent posts, here are two things I could have said: During my Schizophrenia piece, in my part on celebrities being harassed […]
Recruit School is Really Scary
seanessay.com (under a thousand words) One of my college classmates sobbed during her brief time in a British police academy. She later wondered, as many civilians do: Why are recruit classes for police and the armed forces so hard? When civilians ask “What time did they make you get up in the morning?” or “How […]
From Parade Drill to Patrolling
seanessay.com (under 1,000 words) Sometimes I think about free citizens rushing into training for the war in Ukraine. I imagine older volunteers would guard prisoners and checkpoints. As for the younger guys, I guess their commanders could seize every spare moment to train them, beyond the indelible training of being in the “front lines.” Or, […]
Personal Egos and Poor Russians
seanessay.com I have an interest in ego, after years of admonishments from my dad. And from seeing Chinese sages and Japanese sensei’s (martial arts) lead by example for having their ego under control. I am certain, just from my knowing human nature, that “Honest Abe” would have had a great ego, yet he surely did […]