“Concordia discors” (Harmony in discord) — Horace

“E Pluribus Unum” — Motto used by a Portuguese soccer club

Special note: After reading this article, see the entry next to Almost Included below…which provides an additional relevant quote…narrowly escaping posting in this very spot.

Our Great Seal is for trained seals. The Great Steal, a theft of sorts.

“From many, one” goes the U.S. motto, from a poem which was on a cheese, garlic and herb recipe. What are they trying to dish out?

Gore, in ‘94, made many quite sore interpreting the Latin as “out of one, many.” But I’d go even further down that road, much more further.

The Europeans with their EU “In varietate concordia” (Unity in diversity) are just as screwed up when it comes to the delusion of potential solidarity.

To understand, look first at Oliver Wendell Holmes’ use of the expression in his Medical Essays:

“The more you examine the structure of the organs and the laws of life, the more you will find how resolutely each of the cell-republics which make up the E pluribus unum of the body maintains its independence.”

Yes, in 1883 –as is the case today, still– the spleen and skin, liver and lungs, and so on, all functioned together miraculously whilst insisting upon their separateness, asserting or maintaining, as Oliver says, their individuality.

The news –sad that it can be called news at this late stage– is that the heart (when halved or quartered) and the (beautiful) eye rarely blend well, the brain ablaze and bladder (as used by the neighborhood Prick we all know)…never.

No, I can’t use “normal” language to state The Obvious.

What’s coming out of the mouth of the eagle, wriggling around the Great Seal’s forced symbology is The Big Lie.

For both Left and Right.

E pluribus Unum? I don’t think so. The phrase is –inaccurately– attributed to Virgil, who did write “dis aliter visum.”

“The gods thought otherwise.”

That’s why we are the way we are.

Almost Included: “Solidarity? The delusion works for some scripts (both psychological and dramatic), chapters on revolution and reform in saleable history texts, and soaring (alternative) subscriptions/memberships. At times, for an unrepresentative life or paycheck here or there. Oh yes, and for suicide bombers sometimes.” — A grip connected with the highly-touted Paradise Now, recent Golden Globe winner of Best Foreign Language Film.

Richard Oxman, info@parisgraves.com, believes that his work has zero to do with elitism, and everything to do with urging elision. The most updated versions of his articles are at www.oxtogrind.org.

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