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.... died on Friday, Oct 8.
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:58:38 -0400, GregP
wrote: ... died on Friday, Oct 8. Are you sure? I mean, really, really sure? Can you explain why you may or may not be sure, and if you deem to try to explain, why should we accept your explanation? After all, just because you read his obituary to say that he was dead, that doesn't mean that he is actually dead. Perhaps it is that you read it in such a way as to that he is, in fact, dead. And just what do you think you mean by "died on Friday, Oct. 8?" Are you certain that it was Friday, October 8, or even this year - perhaps he died last year, or will die on Oct 8, but of another year. Frankly, I'm not sure that what you thought you read was what the writer said, and even if what you thought you read was what the writer said, who is to say that the writer said what he actually intended to say, or more importantly, that what the writer actually said was what he thought he was saying and intended to say. Frankly, IF Jacques is _apparently_ dead, who is to say that he is actually dead, or that those who write about the supposed death are actually intending to say that they, do, in fact, think that he is, in fact, dead.... If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... ....G (if, of course, you see it that way...) R (or maybe not...) |
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:58:38 -0400, GregP
wrote: ... died on Friday, Oct 8. Are you sure? I mean, really, really sure? Can you explain why you may or may not be sure, and if you deem to try to explain, why should we accept your explanation? After all, just because you read his obituary to say that he was dead, that doesn't mean that he is actually dead. Perhaps it is that you read it in such a way as to that he is, in fact, dead. And just what do you think you mean by "died on Friday, Oct. 8?" Are you certain that it was Friday, October 8, or even this year - perhaps he died last year, or will die on Oct 8, but of another year. Frankly, I'm not sure that what you thought you read was what the writer said, and even if what you thought you read was what the writer said, who is to say that the writer said what he actually intended to say, or more importantly, that what the writer actually said was what he thought he was saying and intended to say. Frankly, IF Jacques is _apparently_ dead, who is to say that he is actually dead, or that those who write about the supposed death are actually intending to say that they, do, in fact, think that he is, in fact, dead.... If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... ....G (if, of course, you see it that way...) R (or maybe not...) |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:43:17 -0400, GregP
wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:59:57 GMT, wrote: intentionally snipped to misrepresent the representer. If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... (Trying to) read Derrida always led me to fidget, get a headache, desperately try to find something else "more important" to do, etc. Imitations are worse. Thankfully most are very brief. Aw, Greg, I suspect anything beyond "See Spot Run" would get you all nervous and twitchy...and FWIW, picking your belly button lint probably doesn't qualify, at least for most, as "more important"... |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:43:17 -0400, GregP
wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:59:57 GMT, wrote: intentionally snipped to misrepresent the representer. If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... (Trying to) read Derrida always led me to fidget, get a headache, desperately try to find something else "more important" to do, etc. Imitations are worse. Thankfully most are very brief. Aw, Greg, I suspect anything beyond "See Spot Run" would get you all nervous and twitchy...and FWIW, picking your belly button lint probably doesn't qualify, at least for most, as "more important"... |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:43:17 -0400, GregP wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:59:57 GMT, wrote: intentionally snipped to misrepresent the representer. If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... (Trying to) read Derrida always led me to fidget, get a headache, desperately try to find something else "more important" to do, etc. Imitations are worse. Thankfully most are very brief. Aw, Greg, I suspect anything beyond "See Spot Run" would get you all nervous and twitchy...and FWIW, picking your belly button lint probably doesn't qualify, at least for most, as "more important"... studying derrida a couple of semesters ago proved very challenging, and facing the prospect of writing a paper on his work, as well as foucault's, scared the ****** out of me. getting an *a* on a paper i thought i couldn't write ( and i can write some damned good papers) was one of the most satisfying experiences of my education thus far. snakefiddler |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:07:57 -0400, "snakefiddler"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:43:17 -0400, GregP wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:59:57 GMT, wrote: intentionally snipped to misrepresent the representer. If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... (Trying to) read Derrida always led me to fidget, get a headache, desperately try to find something else "more important" to do, etc. Imitations are worse. Thankfully most are very brief. Aw, Greg, I suspect anything beyond "See Spot Run" would get you all nervous and twitchy...and FWIW, picking your belly button lint probably doesn't qualify, at least for most, as "more important"... studying derrida a couple of semesters ago proved very challenging, and facing the prospect of writing a paper on his work, as well as foucault's, scared the ****** out of me. getting an *a* on a paper i thought i couldn't write ( and i can write some damned good papers) was one of the most satisfying experiences of my education thus far. snakefiddler And your point...well, other than you want to look like another of the ROFFian wannabe-pseudo-intellectuals? And I can hardly wait until Kenneth, Lord Farthingale joins in this one... Pomp to right of me, Pomp to left of me, Pomp in front of me Post'd and thunder'd; Storm'd with blather and smell, Blindly they wrote and, well, Into the jaws of ROFF, Into the mouth of Hell Typed another "intellectual"... HTH (how's that for irony...), R |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:07:57 -0400, "snakefiddler"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:43:17 -0400, GregP wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:59:57 GMT, wrote: intentionally snipped to misrepresent the representer. If one chooses to accept as fact that the writer is objectively correct and that he is, in fact, dead, RIP...or maybe not, depending on your interpretation of what the writer may or not have thought he meant... (Trying to) read Derrida always led me to fidget, get a headache, desperately try to find something else "more important" to do, etc. Imitations are worse. Thankfully most are very brief. Aw, Greg, I suspect anything beyond "See Spot Run" would get you all nervous and twitchy...and FWIW, picking your belly button lint probably doesn't qualify, at least for most, as "more important"... studying derrida a couple of semesters ago proved very challenging, and facing the prospect of writing a paper on his work, as well as foucault's, scared the ****** out of me. getting an *a* on a paper i thought i couldn't write ( and i can write some damned good papers) was one of the most satisfying experiences of my education thus far. snakefiddler And your point...well, other than you want to look like another of the ROFFian wannabe-pseudo-intellectuals? And I can hardly wait until Kenneth, Lord Farthingale joins in this one... Pomp to right of me, Pomp to left of me, Pomp in front of me Post'd and thunder'd; Storm'd with blather and smell, Blindly they wrote and, well, Into the jaws of ROFF, Into the mouth of Hell Typed another "intellectual"... HTH (how's that for irony...), R |
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