Well I'm thinking that I'm either Molly's "Friend Slip" or her
"Freudian Slip", hoping to  find out soon!

On Feb 22, 3:40 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fiend might be better than Saint Slip given the sanctification of
> Foucault by some!  Wait until the moon is up before you howl Slip and
> you'll hear my echo ...
>
> On 22 Feb, 21:07, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >  Fiend?  *howls really loud*
>
> > On Feb 22, 2:57 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Very insightful, as usual, my fiend Slip.
>
> > > On Feb 22, 3:49 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Gee Molly, you must have much To Do to typo a To To for a Do To.  Busy
> > > > are we?
>
> > > > Miss your more in depth out looks.  {:-)
>
> > > > On Feb 22, 12:08 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > And by the way, moderators, many, many thanks for all that you to to
> > > > > allow these conversations.  You are appreciated.
>
> > > > > On Feb 22, 11:01 am, Kierkecraig <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Betty,
> > > > > > You probably joined the group and choose to receive updates via
> > > > > > email.  Change your settings to no email if you do not wish to 
> > > > > > receive
> > > > > > email updates.
>
> > > > > > On Feb 22, 1:18 am, Betty Boop <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > ok im a bit lost as to why i am recieving everyones mail but none 
> > > > > > > is directed at me????/ could you answer that for me
> > > > > > > From: Vamadevananda <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Say it ain't so....
> > > > > > > To: ""Minds Eye"" <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 8:16 AM
>
> > > > > > > Could we keep Goffman, Ludwig, Lyotard, etc. aside for a moment,
> > > > > > > Neil !  It is very easy to lose focus between the two virtues of
> > > > > > > listening and expressing, the kind you espouse.
>
> > > > > > > The point is you like Chaz and would like to have him back. 
> > > > > > > Keeping
> > > > > > > KC's offering in mind, the question was of maintaining order on 
> > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > forum. Which that involves isn't restrictive at all :  it just
> > > > > > > requires that one is verbally meaningful, polite and respectful
> > > > > > > towards each other. Do you disagree with that, this one basic 
> > > > > > > need of
> > > > > > > ensuring order ?
>
> > > > > > > And, how does one ensure that order without shutting out the 
> > > > > > > spammers
> > > > > > > and the deviants, the latter who continue to display obnoxious
> > > > > > > ( verbal ) behaviour despite having been given a long rope in 
> > > > > > > terms of
> > > > > > > caution and warnings ?
>
> > > > > > > I see this happenning as being more procedureal than 
> > > > > > > philosophical !
> > > > > > > Much as I envy your erudition, I also suspect that it can be
> > > > > > > debilitating.
>
> > > > > > > On 21 Feb, 20:22, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > The question, I guess Molly, would be how we might get the 
> > > > > > > > spirit into
> > > > > > > > our due process.  We fail almost entirely in the UK because we 
> > > > > > > > can't
> > > > > > > > work out what fair expression is and don't do proper 
> > > > > > > > investigations.
> > > > > > > > Goffman got a lot right in terms of what is said in different 
> > > > > > > > places
> > > > > > > > and contexts, and I remember a reference to a British 
> > > > > > > > bureaucrat in
> > > > > > > > 1941 pointing out the 'economical with the truth'  strategy - 
> > > > > > > > the best
> > > > > > > > answers one could ever draft being so meaningless as not to 
> > > > > > > > allow
> > > > > > > > critique or even understanding.  Aggression is often conflated 
> > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > frustration and a kind of righteous indignation we should take 
> > > > > > > > more
> > > > > > > > account of.  I guess the need to sort out spam and snerting 
> > > > > > > > etc. must
> > > > > > > > run up against the ideal of wanting anyone to be able to have 
> > > > > > > > their
> > > > > > > > say.  What kills me off in the general run of information in 
> > > > > > > > the media
> > > > > > > > is that they never get beyond a class view or seem to 
> > > > > > > > understand this
> > > > > > > > isn't balance, but prejudice.  Even this runs to a defence of 
> > > > > > > > the Sun
> > > > > > > > if not careful (our main grim tabloid).  I often get a 'let 
> > > > > > > > them eat
> > > > > > > > cake' feeling.
>
> > > > > > > > There is a need to spit in the face of smiling brotherhoods - 
> > > > > > > > yet the
> > > > > > > > spit is often merely to say this isn't working for me and is 
> > > > > > > > hurting
> > > > > > > > me.  There is a key inertial violence in our systems - standard
> > > > > > > > academic work would refer to paranoid-schizoid and depressive
> > > > > > > > positions - but even to say this is to be confused with claiming
> > > > > > > > people are paranoid-schizoid as an insult.  One is generally 
> > > > > > > > forced to
> > > > > > > > be a supplicant to those with the power to exclude evidence.  
> > > > > > > > Evidence
> > > > > > > > itself becomes an instrument of torture - perhaps as claims to 
> > > > > > > > provide
> > > > > > > > evidence might be used against some of your prose-ideas (which 
> > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > often a source of comfort to me).  I really don't want to be
> > > > > > > > distracted by bone pointers when trying to discuss methyl 
> > > > > > > > effects in
> > > > > > > > epigenetics - but there is an equal distraction from scientistic
> > > > > > > > boneheads amongst the phenomenological-experiential.
>
> > > > > > > > This used to be put in terms of competing paradigms, or analytic
> > > > > > > > versus immanent critique - my view was that we do this at some 
> > > > > > > > speed
> > > > > > > > in scientific hypothesising and trying to understand others - 
> > > > > > > > moving
> > > > > > > > as quickly as we could towards observational data in an 
> > > > > > > > understanding
> > > > > > > > of its theory-ladenness and critical experimentation.  None of 
> > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > was about trashing someone talking about treating traumatised 
> > > > > > > > kids as
> > > > > > > > an idiot because her work couldn't generalise (which, of 
> > > > > > > > course, it
> > > > > > > > could if one looked hard at its conditions of possibility) 
> > > > > > > > because it
> > > > > > > > was only her experience.
>
> > > > > > > > Gabby said something about repetition that seems tangentially
> > > > > > > > relevent.  We all repeat.  Indeed, her posts repeat some kind of
> > > > > > > > enigmatic message, always welcomed even when I'm confused.  
> > > > > > > > 'You poor
> > > > > > > > little wain' she might reply - and there would only be an 
> > > > > > > > exchange of
> > > > > > > > smiles.  Your response on the return of logos certainly made me
> > > > > > > > smile.  Polite postmoderism only demands a lack of seriousness 
> > > > > > > > along
> > > > > > > > with a refusal to dance on graves.  I can't remember a bunch of
> > > > > > > > politicians so serious as we have now, ceding opposition merely 
> > > > > > > > to the
> > > > > > > > satirists and the dire smalltalk of the pub.  Of course, 
> > > > > > > > postmodernism
> > > > > > > > forgets it demands anything.  In Lyotard's version it arises 
> > > > > > > > before
> > > > > > > > modernism - I guess as a critical (pretty scientific) moment in
> > > > > > > > hypothesis to move to a rationalism again subject to the moment 
> > > > > > > > of the
> > > > > > > > postmodern.  We had heard this long before his report in 1979.  
> > > > > > > > One
> > > > > > > > might wonder how we can progress past the hostile barriers of 
> > > > > > > > the old,
> > > > > > > > repeated arguments people want to ascribe importance to.  This 
> > > > > > > > might
> > > > > > > > be the highly impolite Wittgesteinian deconstruction moment of
> > > > > > > > noticing the same old sets at work in all side of an argument.
> > > > > > > > Everyone hates this smartass, though the matter is key in the 
> > > > > > > > Ludwig
> > > > > > > > (not Witters) and Snell programmes that have identified 
> > > > > > > > approximation
> > > > > > > > in all research programmes.  Negotiation and argument have, 
> > > > > > > > sadly,
> > > > > > > > become forms of life that actually exclude what we would intend 
> > > > > > > > them
> > > > > > > > for.  Conviction politics have become a grim form of not 
> > > > > > > > listenning
> > > > > > > > and endless justification by singing hymns louder.  The 
> > > > > > > > repetion is
> > > > > > > > everywhere.
>
> > > > > > > > On 21 Feb, 13:45, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Just as politesse for the sake of politics is abhorrent, 
> > > > > > > > > hatefulness
> > > > > > > > > in the name of free speech is even more so.  Bullies who cry 
> > > > > > > > > their
> > > > > > > > > right to aggression have it all backwards, but this is 
> > > > > > > > > nothing new.
> > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, our court rooms are full of them, so the blind 
> > > > > > > > > eye of
> > > > > > > > > justice remains so often closed. Now we are back to a set of 
> > > > > > > > > morals
> > > > > > > > > and ethics that these folks just can't understand because if 
> > > > > > > > > they did,
> > > > > > > > > they would need to let go of that all powerful feeling of 
> > > > > > > > > domination
> > > > > > > > > or being right.  I, for one, am glad for a space to express 
> > > > > > > > > myself
> > > > > > > > > that includes folks that, in their wisdom, can get beyond all 
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > nonsense.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 7:04 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > I tend to agree Craig - even if the free speech bit sticks 
> > > > > > > > > > in my craw
> > > > > > > > > > and I actually like Chaz.  Knowing you tried is important, 
> > > > > > > > > > so thanks
> > > > > > > > > > for telling us.  I feel incidentally that there is 
> > > > > > > > > > conflation in my
> > > > > > > > > > concerns between the dire silencing of what people feel in 
> > > > > > > > > > our society
> > > > > > > > > > under political correctness and wanting the impossible from 
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > generally high standards in here.  The conundrum in 
> > > > > > > > > > postmodernism is
> > > > > > > > > > that voices are silenced despite the insistence we should be
> > > > > > > > > > listenning to them.  There's been fair play and this is all 
> > > > > > > > > > we can
> > > > > > > > > > ask.  I suspect, had I been party to this, I would not have 
> > > > > > > > > > wanted to
> > > > > > > > > > change the outcome on the evidence.
>
> > > > > > > > > > On 21 Feb, 00:22, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > You could have forced the last three sentences to remain 
> > > > > > > > > > > in your
> > > > > > > > > > > fingers.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On 20 Feb., 22:57, Kierkecraig <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Nom,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Of course your just as
>
> ...
>
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