But that, as Dostoevsky points out in Notes from Underground, is a
deep and secret pleasure.
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> You don't think that "refusal of pleasure, cold obstruction" isn't
>> sufficiently in place already? Eg in protocols for arts funding,
>> moralistic media hysteria about obscenity, the pleasureless
>> commodification of sex, etc etc? It seems pretty well built-in to me.
>
> You think moralistic media hysteria isn't about enjoyment? Anyway, I
> don't mean obstruction of others' access to pleasure; I mean refusal
> to be gratified.
>
> Dominic
>
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