Has your prof. tried to cross the Canada-US border since Tuesday? Next class
put up your hand and ask him these questions:
1) If the concept of national boundaries are blurred how come the actual
geographical border is just the same and it is even more difficult now to
cross them?
2) Blurring of boundaries is somehow connected with the BOUNDARIES of the
US being breached. This logically connects the idea of the blurring of
boundaries with their being distinct boundaries. Just how is vulnerability
within a countries boundaries related to boundaries being blurred. Are
Iraq's boundaries blurred because it is vulnerable to US attack. Won't this
blurring cause difficulties for US planes enforcing the no-fly zone etc. Hey
this border is all fuzzy, sure hope we arent keeping Kuwaiti planes from
flying.
3) Does your prof. mean that commentators find it appropriate to say: We
are all Americans now? Does your prof. think that it might be possible to
understand the function of such phrases in terms of their mobilisation of
people to accept an American response that would have the support of the
governments of most nations? Why is that post-modern. Seems like standard
manipulation of people by the ruling classes and their minions in different
countries..Does callling it post-modern shed the least bit of light upon
what is going on? Exactly how?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 12:20 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:17219] abstract questions
> In one of my classes on Friday, the professor started with a discussion
> of postmodernism. He defined it as roughly the blurring and breaking of
> categories. He noted that the attacks breached the boundaries of the
> US. The boundaries of the US were never before considered vulnerable.
> Now our concept of national boundaries is blurred. Thus, the attack is
> postmodern.
>
