The Wagnerian myth, which he stylized from the Germanic root myths, stands as one of the great accomplishments of 19th Century Romanticism -- and perhaps the last great accomplishment - the conclusion - of 19 Century Romanticism.  I believe Wagner and Nietzsche should be taken together, by the by -- with kind tolerance for the characteristics of each that make them difficult for us - and made them, ultimately, difficult for each other.

I think that North America has become the foundry of the Modern Nibelungs, and that they work all their mischief - especially their deceits and seductions of honor -  from here, and I think the time has come to begin to inoculate the public against their pernicious influence.  They have appealed to the pity of a tolerant public for too long; their treachery in cheerleading us into a ruinous Middle Eastern war for their own dark purposes has exposed them to the public's ridicule and contempt -- and, they fear above all else -- to the public's just retribution.

Apropos of Wagner, in the opera Die Meistersinger, I believe the same that I encapsulated in the paragraph above comes true:  the false, insidious opponent is defeated in the end, and derided.  That seems to be cosmic irony and poetic justice, since these people use contempt and ridicule as their weapons of choice to abuse those who can think without or against them.

Thanks again for the compliment -- now is clearly the time to be made of stern stuff.  Like Siegfried himself, we must try to be above fear.  Remember the Nietzchean levels:  There is the camel/man who bears the burden of common opinion/morality; there is the lion/man who roars in the face of common opinion/morality; and there is the child/man who laughs at it all..., like Siegfried did.

With respectful regards, Capt. Eric May