Yes, Doug
I go along, as far as I remember it ('s been a long day here) with his
comments on the Bush admin. but what troubles me about the depiction of
Islam is that it suggests that the 'answer' is to 'convert' the
fundamentalist 'baddies' strands into Islam into good jeans and (halal)
burger loving little Americans overseas, which again highlights a side to
American foreign policy that has potentially disastrous effects, the desire
to not just Americanise Emily but also Ali. The US +is+ culturally
imperialistic, and that imperialism is quite simply economicly based, from
Hollywood to Diet Coke it seeks to culturally suborn the world to itself. In
order to sell things.
And such a policy will produce counter-reactions, which do not necessarily
have a basis in material immiserisation. People don't always react well to
having their souls stolen for the sake of a dollar.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: FW: George Lakoff on September 11
> David
>
> you might be right,
> >I also felt his analysis of Islam was primitive, culturally superior and
> >simplistic, as if it were just composed of Coca-Cola friendly 'moderates'
> >and regressive fundamentalist from the hills, who would imagine he was
> >talking about a culture of over a thousand years pedigree, that extends
as
> >much across the human space of the globe as it is recessed in time.
>
> but it's what he says about how the Bush admin will continue to re/act
that
> seems all too frighteningly 'Right'. On.
>
> That connects to what we read from Fisk earler...
>
> Doug
>
> Douglas Barbour
> Department of English
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
> (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
> I am afraid. I said that. I said that
>
> for you.
>
> Phyllis Webb
>
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