Not sure if this has risen to the surface here or not
But somehow seems appropriate M From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anjana Basu Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 2:39 AM Cc: Triumph Content; Bonnie Bracey; Jo Clifford; Tom Hubschman; Alicia Stalllings; Zoe Strachan; Katrina Tuvera; Karen Press Subject: [TriumphOfContent] Poetry-vs.-Prose Argument Leads to Stabbing Death in Russia <http://gawker.com/poetry-vs-prose-argument-leads-to-stabbing-death-in-ru-15 11468174> Poetry-vs.-Prose Argument Leads to Stabbing Death in Russia Poetry-vs.-Prose Argument Leads to Stabbing Death in Russia <http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-xlarge/19e1mrmgp8n6pj pg.jpg> SEXPAND At risk of being somewhat reductionist, here is a bit of advice: Russians love poetry. Fuck with that at your own risk. If, for example, you tell a learned Russian that "the only real literature is prose," don't be surprised when he shivs you in the face. According the the Russian news service <http://en.ria.ru/crime/20140129/187015221/Russian-Man-Stabbed-to-Death-in-P oetry-Over-Prose-Dispute.html> RIA-Novosti: A former teacher was detained in Russia's Urals after being accused of stabbing an acquaintance to death in a dispute about literary genres, investigators said Wednesday. The 67-year-old victim insisted that "the only real literature is prose," the Sverdlovsk Region's branch of the Investigative Committee said. The victim's assertion outraged the 53-year-old suspect, who favored poetry, and the dispute ended with the ex-teacher stabbing his friend to death, investigators said. Both of the men were purportedly drunk at the time. What can be said about this? In one sense, since it leads to a murderous dispute, the pen proves itself mightier than the sword. On the other hand, screw that noise: Dude with the blade won this round. All we can really say for sure is 1) the real truth of genres is that comedy and tragedy coexist easily; and 2) these assholes are lucky <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Luk%C3%A1cs> Lukács wasn't there to murder them both for decadent subjectivism and a failure to privilege the realist novel. Relatedly, one Russian man shot another repeatedly with rubber bullets after they had a dispute over the philosophy of Immanuel Kant while waiting on line for some beers. <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-man-shot-in-quarrel- over-immanuel-kants-philosophy-8820327.html> That attack, in Rostov on Don last September, was categorically wrong. But sublime nonetheless. http://gawker.com/poetry-vs-prose-argument-leads-to-stabbing-death-in-ru-151 1468174 __._,_.___ <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyNHN2MW5oBF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRtc2dJZAMyODUyMA RzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzOTEzMDg3NDU-?act=reply&messageNum=28520> Reply via web post <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Poetry-vs%2E-Prose%20Argument%20L eads%20to%20Stabbing%20Death%20in%20Russia> Reply to sender <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Poetry-vs%2E-Prose% 20Argument%20Leads%20to%20Stabbing%20Death%20in%20Russia> Reply to group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOGtrcHRoBF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTEzMDg3NDU-> Start a New Topic <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/message/28520;_ylc=X3oDMTM3a HM1YWdhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRtc2dJZ AMyODUyMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTEzMDg3NDUEdHBjSWQDMjg1MjA-> Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNmg0YWtsBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2h wBHN0aW1lAzEzOTEzMDg3NDU-> Visit Your Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNDJyc2NqBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE3O TM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM5MTMwODc0N Q--> Yahoo! Groups Switch to: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Change%20Delive ry%20Format:%20Traditional> Text-Only, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20 Digest> Daily Digest <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> Unsubscribe <http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> Terms of Use . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=17938639/grpspId=1705063985/msgI d=28520/stime=1391308745> __,_._,___ !DSPAM:2676,52edafcc92535597014862!
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