Darren: You seem to have a problem of logic common to students of
media pundits.. A lot of things are cynical, but the category was US
government actions. Discussion is impossible if there are no
boundaries between categories.
And not everything really really bad is cynical. Very few people
voluntarily die for a cause out of cynicism.
Mark
At 09:25 PM 3/27/2007, you wrote:
>Huh? What on earth are you talking about? Someone said rendition was
>the most cynical act since Nixon and I replied that in my opinion,
>flying planes into buildings is more cynical. Nowhere did anyone imply
>Hicks did either.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Joseph Duemer
>Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 11:03 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: David Hicks
>
>David Hicks did not fly passenger planes into buildings. He was a
>fucking "former kangaroo skinner."
>
>"Rendition pales next to that."
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>Meeting terror with terror, nice.
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>jd
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>On 3/27/07, King, Darren <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > For me, flying passenger planes into buildings has been the most
> > cynical act I've heard of since Nixon. Rendition pales next to that.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of MC Ward
> > Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2007 11:11 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: David Hicks
> >
> > Worse yet is "rendition," the most cynical act I've heard of since the
>
> > days of Tricky Dick.
> >
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>--
>Joseph Duemer
>Professor of Humanities
>Clarkson University
>[sharpsand.net]
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