Karen Watters Cole wrote:
We’ve often discussed language here and the trouble it sometimes gives
us in written communication as well. Thought this might be of interest
to some, especially in light of the protests spreading in the Middle
East and a new movie here about the historical Crusades.
[snip]
I went to a prep school that called its student body
"The Crusaders".
Here's my Crusaders webpage ("Dulce et decorum
est pro patria mori" -- whatever the patria du jour
happens to be in our home town today):
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/IHS.html
The contrast between this -- and also with John
F Kennedy's famous encouragement for all
Americans to turn themselves
in to be sacrifices for the motherland --
and Edmund Husserl's magisterial defense of
the unique nobility of what I will call,
mixing tongues, Geistige Europe, is
tragically, painfully great.
First, here's where JFK's famous "Ask not..." came from:
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/quotes10.html#Q236
And, still for today, Husserl's lecture: _Philosophy
and the crisis of Eyropean humanity_ is available at:
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/husserl_philcris.html
"We" have crusades; they have Jihads. A pox
on them all [but, alas, the pox would
spread to the innocent too, since
we live in a world understandable in terms of
epidemiology, not Heilgeschichte.
\brad mccormick
--
Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
<![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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