FISCHER

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book reproduces the original text written by Fischer in June 1981 documenting the incredible and absolutely true events of his arrest and torture in Pasadena California of May 26-28 1981. The text offers a glimpse not only into the aguish of a brilliant man and the harrowing circumstances which beset one of the greatest thinkers of his time; it is written testament to the long history of abuse suffered at the hands of unchecked arrogant authority the plight of a thinking man in 'civilized' society-the kind of society distinguished for its thoughtless obedience and its expectation of conformity. Fischer's text is followed by Benjamin Franklin's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Morals of Chess </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>as a means to capturing the characteristics of the player who masters the game of chess who appreciates the special qualities of a game emulating the aspects of life itself. Fischer's text is preceded by the writings of J. M. Rock author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Death by Socialism</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> as a means to priming the reader to receive Fischer's message in its proper context to relate his experiences and the themes of his writing to more recent and relatable events to enable the reader to appreciate the implications of such a society tolerant of abuse. This book serves thus not only as a time capsule but as a reminder of the clash between man and machine the latter in this case being the machinery of the state which claims to be the master of men. Ultimately this story represents the thinking man's plight against the conventions his yearning to be valued and respected where he already knows he will never be truly understood where any public appreciation of events tends to favor the forces against him: the government the establishment the status quo; the problem with the human condition being such that in one's desire to understand (or to justify his continued complacency) the bystander inherently finds himself seeking a justification even for the unjustifiable the kinds of injustices beyond basic understanding or too disturbing for the sensitive stomachs of people with little tolerance for unsettling facts. It is due to these facts of life that genius tends toward a state of desperation loneliness and few allies and perhaps why the likes of Fischer possess such extremes of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>foresight</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>circumspection</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>caution</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>perseverance</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and why as Franklin put it the game itself is not merely an idle amusement but the image of human life... and war.</span></p>