Hassan Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [i]Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market-place, and cried incessantly: "I am looking for Sulan Hassan! I am looking for Sultan Hassan!" As many of those who did not believe in God were standing together there, he excited considerable laughter. Have you lost him, then? said one. Did he lose his way like a child? said another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? or emigrated? Thus they shouted and laughed. The madman sprang into their midst and pierced them with his glances. "Where has Sultan Hassan gone?" he cried. "I shall tell you. We have killed him - you and I. We are his murderers. But how have we done this? How were we able to drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What did we do when we unchained the earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving now? Away from all suns? Are we not perpetually falling? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there any up or down left? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is it not more and more night coming on all the time? Must not lanterns be lit in the morning? Do we not hear anything yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying Sultan Hassan? Do we not smell anything yet of Sultan Hassan's decomposition? Sultan Hassans too decompose. Sultan Hassan is dead. Sultan Hassan remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? That which was the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our knives. Who will wipe this blood off us? With what water could we purify ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to be worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whosoever shall be born after us - for the sake of this deed he shall be part of a higher history than all history hitherto." Here the madman fell silent and again regarded his listeners; and they too were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern to the ground, and it broke and went out. "I have come too early," he said then; "my time has not come yet. The tremendous event is still on its way, still travelling - it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the distant stars - and yet they have done it themselves." It has been further related that on that same day the madman entered divers churches and there sang a requiem. Led out and quietened, he is said to have retorted each time: "what are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchres of Sultan Hassan?" [/i] I'm done with him. Being Sultan was fun for a bit but its gotten old. Please don't cry, my decision is final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 its ABOUT time. i was tired of that make-believe ego of yours moons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='TotusTuusMaria' post='1813709' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:12 AM']its ABOUT time. i was tired of that make-believe ego of yours moons ago.[/quote] You hide your anguish well If someone had not expelled someone else from his/her kingdom there would have never been a need for Sultan Hassan in the first place, now would there have been? Hmmmmmmm????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1813713' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:14 AM']You hide your anguish well If someone had not expelled someone else from his/her kingdom there would have never been a need for Sultan Hassan in the first place, now would there have been? Hmmmmmmm????????? [/quote] 1) get this straight: SULTAN NEVER EXISTED. 2) if some little peasant hadn't have aggravated the queen and insisted on the lies that she was a drunkard some little peasant wouldn't have got BOOTED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='TotusTuusMaria' post='1813716' date='Mar 22 2009, 12:16 AM']1) get this straight: SULTAN NEVER EXISTED.[/quote] Then how do you explain this photo take of me on my way to class? [img]http://www.nathanielturner.com/images/New_Folder3/sultan18.jpg[/img] [quote]2) if some little peasant hadn't have aggravated the queen and insisted on the lies that she was a drunkard some little peasant wouldn't have got BOOTED.[/quote] Prophets are never welcome in their own land, fearless truth tellers either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1813721' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:18 AM']Then how do you explain this photo take of me on my way to class? [img]http://www.nathanielturner.com/images/New_Folder3/sultan18.jpg[/img][/quote] That is "Sultan Mahmud the Second" not you. He lived over two hundred years ago. you poor thing. [quote]Prophets are never welcome in their own land, fearless truth tellers either [/quote] sure. ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Noooooooooooooooooooo. The humaniiiiiiiityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Lilllabettt' post='1813732' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:22 AM']Noooooooooooooooooooo. The humaniiiiiiiityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!![/quote] don't encourage him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Lilllabettt' post='1813732' date='Mar 22 2009, 12:22 AM']Noooooooooooooooooooo. The humaniiiiiiiityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!![/quote] I'm glad at least someone here appreciates the gravity of the situation. Does anyone here understand what this will do for America's foreign policy? It's like the Shah fleeing Iran, or the USSR collapsing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote]Does anyone here understand what this will do for America's foreign policy?[/quote] Well it can't get any worse right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='TotusTuusMaria' post='1813726' date='Mar 22 2009, 12:21 AM'] That is "Sultan Mahmud the Second" not you. He lived over two hundred years ago. you poor thing.[/quote] Your confused, it's the midday sun, go in the house dear, get cool and drink plenty of liquids [quote]sure. ok. [/quote] I accecpt your apology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I shall recite a poem upon the occasion of the Sultan's death unto new life and this poem shall be glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='kafka' post='1813742' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:27 AM']I shall recite a poem upon the occasion of the Sultan's death unto new life and this poem shall be glorious. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='TotusTuusMaria' post='1813739' date='Mar 22 2009, 12:25 AM']Well it can't get any worse right now. [/quote] oh? You think the Mongols are going to be stopped from storming across the Russian plains by magic? You think the Russian were afraid to storm across the rest of Europe for some reason other than incuring the Sultan's wrath? I like you, but goodness you can be nieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1813748' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:30 AM'] oh? You think the Mongols are going to be stopped from storming across the Russian plains by magic? You think the Russian were afraid to storm across the rest of Europe for some reason other than incuring the Sultan's wrath? I like you, but goodness you can be nieve [/quote] little man... how conceited you are. the world does not revolve around you, dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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