tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post3308029411517091531..comments2023-12-19T15:10:02.866-08:00Comments on ex cathedra: Language gamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-2354235718507215192012-04-17T13:05:42.655-07:002012-04-17T13:05:42.655-07:00... And yet in defense of the gameplaying, we shou...... And yet in defense of the gameplaying, we should admit that the circus can really make a lot out of a single death, namely Trayvon's. "Wars" or military violence do away with thousands and thousands, frequently in really gruesome, agonizing slow-death; but it's all simply statistics, and usually statistics that are either not tally'd up or are tally'd up and bury'd.<br /><br />Yes, if Deryshire had simply claim'd to extrapolate on Jesse Jackson when warning his children to avoid blacks whom they don't know, it would have been impossible for NR to fire him. In fact there wouldn't even have been a fuss at all. But ultimately this means we should revere the circus for its commotion poetics. Locke's cold political of doing progress doesn't generate a commotion which Rameau's nephew finds boring, or rather he sees in boringness a way to traduce Locke's cold politics. ... Hölderlin: "by commotion man dwells."<br /><br />The only thing that seems missing is a serious purpose or agenda, or an orchestrator to impose a serious purpose or agenda on the circus. ... Unless the agenda is simply to ruin American ideals as possible pragmata.<br /><br />In the 1960s, there was serious commotion, but the commotion was not "mere circus loosed upon the world," and MLK was taken seriously when he preach'd his "I have a dream" agenda sermon. But maybe in today's circus he would sound simply insane in real time. ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-9102886447254360292012-04-17T11:05:55.087-07:002012-04-17T11:05:55.087-07:00Turns out belief, behavior and self are three diff...Turns out belief, behavior and self are three different things. Sometimes they overlap, either as compliments or contradictions. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes they change, either together or individually. <br /><br />This should not be a cosmic revelation to any adult. I see it lacking in most political talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com