Well in a post-modern world in which categories break down and are blurred
,where the world is sometimes called a text, it may very well be extremely
difficult to tell whether it is the concept of the dog or the dog that bites
or even what the difference between them is. And whatever it is may not bite
but rather *bite*.
As we all know in the post-modern view there are no selves but lives are
narratives. So what we have is a story.
Rex who once was Carrol's best friend one day turned upon him and bit
him ferociously. In his anger Carrol turned on Rex and beat him mercilessly.
Next day considering Rex a mad dog he took him to the vet and had him put
down. He did not grieve the loss of his former friend but rejoiced in his
security. Carrol resolved that before any more dogs should live in his house
they must recognise Carrol as the master.
and then another story....
bin Laden a good friend of the United States and a hero of the campaign
against the Soviets in Afghanistan one day turned against the US and bit
ferociously causing great grief and lamentation and then gnashing of teeth.
In anger the US turned on bin Laden and killed him and also those who were
his friends. And for good measure the US destroyed all those states who
might have any connection with bin Laden or his cause or that the US thought
might cause it further grief. The US did not grieve the loss if its former
friend nor of anyone else they had killed but rejoiced in its security. The
US resolved that before any more states should survive in this world they
must recognise the US as master.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:17226] Re: abstract questions
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>
> Ken Hanly wrote:
> >
> > [clip]
> > Cheers, Ken Hanly
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Andrew Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > [clip] The boundaries of the US were never before considered vulnerable.
> > > Now our concept of national boundaries is blurred. Thus, the attack is
> > > postmodern.
> > >
>
> I don't know if this wording is the professor's or Andrew's, but many
> professors could indeed use this exact wording. And in that case one
> must add to Ken's points the query as to whether it is the dog or the
> concept of a dog that bites one. The concept of a boundary never has
> kept anything out or in. One is reminded of the sentence, "Once upon a
> time an honest fellow had the idea that men were drowned in water only
> because they were possessed with the idea of gravity" (M&E, German
> Ideology).
>
> Carrol
>
> Carrol
>
