I knew it was bad, Ken and mark, but didn't quite feel that depth of
pain.
Still, I do suspect that all that compartmentalization of thought does
go on, but some compartments are far too close together.
So what do we do with books like Thomas Friedman's new one on the
flattening of the world, where he finds a lot of potential in
globalization, & even hope? But then, he seems to compartmentalize
quite a lot too: is able to be pissed at Bush's war yet see some good
still coming from it (Where?).
Here in Canada, what I fear is the way that fundamentalist virus is
expanding. Our median way is really under attack, not least from the
south, or from social conservatives who are adapting the
Repundamentalist ethos.
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
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