Whatever happened to Tacky Tack - An Interview

Before Tacky Tack started writing about murders and homicides, he interviewed his own computer to see if it could really process an emotional outburst. Later, after the interview, he poured kerosene on his computer, and set it on fire before he left the city. Excerpts:


Would you explain yourself, ever?

No

Are you sure you will ever be able to jump over the hedge?

Yes.

Will that take a long time?

Yes

Are you communicating now?

Yes

Do you think you can communicate better? May be 'interact'?

No

But this can't go on like this. I hope you know it is not something binary?

Yes.

So do you think I am doing this as an exercise?

No.

Do you wish that world is a simple place with yes or no as answers for everything?

No.

But your answers ... they seem to be only 'yes' or 'no'. Does it not mean that you think the world is made of binaries?

No

But your approach is obviously binary in trying to understand the nature of this problem? Isn't it?

No.

Well it is ... and this is how you work: you have been carefully analyzing my questions. Your reasoning skills cancels out the contradictions in any argument and forms a conclusion, which therefore depends on whether you accept what i am saying to be true or otherwise ... and this you express in form of yes or no. What is true for you is a yes, what's not is outrightly rejected as no. So the truth is corresponds to acceptance, while what is not true for you becomes a 'no'. But with this approach, aren't you clearly denying the existence of other truths, which may not be true in your case, to exist? You are being totalitarian.

No

But you are rejecting them?

Yes.

Now, here is the problem: I have no clue as to why you would do something like this instead of answering the questions. Do you think reasoning is below you?

Yes

Oh well, then who would explain your actions. Do you think one needs to explain their actions?

No.

Even as you say no or yes, you are reasoning it out for yourself. Therefore you are a hypocrite if you say I do not reason, but I just do it. Aren't you trying to play this Eve Democracy character from Sympathy for the Devil?

Yes.

Oh! So you are some kind of wannabe?

Yes.

Just analyse this situation if you can. I ask questions, assuming things since there is no reference whatsoever to what your thoughts are, no words except an affirmative or a negative. You say reasoning is below you which I think follows a wellknown Eastern mystical philosophy. Am I right?

No

So this is your own philosophy?

No.

I mean something that you have devised it yourself over the years ... say for being the witness to the vagaries of life; that the moment you reason, there's going to be an argument. Since, reasoning offers infinite possibilities, therefore no argument is either flawed or perfect. Therefore, silience on some basic issues, would eventually lead you to solution but not by reasoning per say. Are you with me on this?

No

Are you saying 'no' because I am counting only the fundamental issues?

Yes

So it is a worldview?

Yes

there exists a common solution for all the problems?

Yes

And the solution is ... Answering things as if they are absolute answers? Or the joke is on me?

No or Yes

Oh we have state like that ... “a No or a Yes”. That is absolutely fantastic. This is where you go fuzzy. This is where all your truth tables are a waste. This is where you have a moral dilemma. I have trapped you finally my friend. Therefore, you are free to speak now. You have sealed yourself in this morass of absolutes to this extent that now when we move towards a “logical” end, you appear to be confused while I am sure of my actions.

Tack disappeared like many others did when they realised that only one set of people are going to live in this world. The mainstream was the only stream.