Serpent bites own tail painfully in Ukraine
[ by Charles Cameron — a minor post — OTOH, Shakespeare had it worse ]
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I’m recording this as another example of the ouroboros form in contemporary geopolitics.
#Ukraine busts a prosecutor who tried to pay a $10k bribe for job in anti-corruption bureau https://t.co/cALDTIPpz3 pic.twitter.com/aZfE8Q5EZK
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 17, 2016
Shakespeare‘s riposte:
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
But that’s a response to the serpent that eats its own tail, not to the global issue of bribery & corruption.
Charles Cameron:
February 19th, 2016 at 1:22 am
While we’re on the topic of ouroboroi, Adam Elkus had a fine example on FB today:
Recursion!
larrydunbar:
February 19th, 2016 at 1:44 am
But if the serpent’s tooth was actually sharp as a scissor instead of an arrow, it would bite its own tail off and, in effect, end further swallowing.
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So the tooth in question needs to be sharp horizontally, as the child, instead of pointed as the vertical fang of a venomous snake.
Charles Cameron:
February 19th, 2016 at 2:04 am
Oh, Larry, but the serpent doesn’t stop with a single bite — it keeps on chewing until it has quite consumed itself:
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