Sorry Candice, I had been meaning to withdraw the statement you are
confused by because it misrepresented your posts and more accurately
represented my frazzled brain. I am obviously interested what is
being said about the WTC collapse. I am terribly sorry if you find my
enquiries heartless and distressing but these are questions which I
simply have to ask, currently in terms of affect.
I last worked as a communication specialist in the HIV/AIDS field on
an international scale, dealing daily with extreme distress, fear,
anger, painful illness and death. In my statement below I was simply
trying to be honest and precise, in part, about my professional
experiences. I am still researching and writing on communication
systems, such as Ilya Prigogine's out of equilibrium systems, in
order to provide further input to the various communication problems
which persist in the HIV/AIDS field and require urgent attention. I
do not enjoy this work, finding I have to put up a hard wall of
defence against what is still happening, but find myself in a postion
where I am one of the few with the required expertise. I also
research communication, media and affect issues (am about to start
looking more closely at Silvan Tomkin's writings) and am looking at
the very different disequilibrium deployments of affect between the
two areas, those of HIV/AIDS on an international and local scale, and
what happened after the WTC disaster, especially in international
terms. I hope this explains my interests, although I will cease
discussing it on this list, as you find it distressing as, to be
honest, so do I. I need a holiday!
best wishes and many joyous times
Chris Jones.
On Friday 21 December 2001 05:30, you wrote:
> Hi, Chris--I'm just getting caught up with the list post and am
> totally
>
> confused by this:
> > I think Candice is wrong to argue the WTC collapse is about
> > United States national issues, although to be fair, Candice is
> > responding to a post that puts it in national terms. Something
> > else is going on, which I don't pretend to understand.
>
> I don't recall ever arguing this position, here or anywhere else.
> What did I say and where?
>
> As for the first sentence in the following paragraph, do you have
> any idea how offensive and, in some cases, deeply hurtful it's been
> for Americans on this List and others to have repeatedly heard over
> the past couple of weeks these "oh is that all?" reactions to the
> new estimates of the WTC death toll? Something to think about.
> Thanks--Candice
>
> > Really, the number of people who died in the WTC is much smaller
> > in number compared to the scale I dealt with in a pass life I
> > have now retired from. I was also going through an episodic time
> > of ill health when the Towers collapsed and had bombed myself
> > with legal and illicit medication and it didn't really affect me
> > at the time, except to ponder if friends who worked there were
> > still alive. It wasn't until I recovered enough to start mixing
> > with people that I then saw the affect. It startled me somewhat
> > that the response was so intense. People actually believed the
> > world had now changed, for example. The only explanation for this
> > I have is the deployment of affect by the various governments,
> > Bush, Blair and Howard, here in Australia.
> >
> > The WTC collapse is connected with what is being currently done
> > to refugees in Australia, for starters. The racism, I must admit,
> > I find almost frightening. Are we heading quickly towards a
> > fascist Australia?
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