There are distinctions and gradations to be made, but these are not
indications of them.
You are not offering us uses of language but alphabetical strings and at
that level there is no difference. At a higher level there is a qualitative
but not a quantitative difference. Seen as written language they have
minimal meaning, minimal because they lack context. All are potentially
politically contextualised.
In some senses "Vote for Adolf Hitler" could be the least political of the
three statements. So there is a distinction.
I have a feeling, and no more, that your objection is to the statement that
everything is political. I accept that and to wish to add "in the general
sense" would be to do violence to my understanding of what is meant.
I do see how you can differ. Please explain, but clearly.
L
----- Original Message -----
From: pain <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 18 December 1999 00:02
Subject: RE: Olson, Freud, Jung and all that other stuff
| Richard --seasonal greetings.
|
| There is a difference I should hope between:
| "I want to go to the toilet"
| and
| "Vote for Adolf Hitler."
| "Olson is a rhapsodist"
|
| While I can see you might view the use of all language as being political
in
| the general sense, clearly there is distinctions and gradations to be
made.
| Or am I wrong?
|
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
| ol : Richard Caddel <[log in to unmask]>
| ^ : [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
| "Zz : 1999"N12OZ18" 6:43
| O- : Re: Olson, Freud, Jung and all that other stuff
|
|
| >On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:32:25 +0900, pain wrote:
| >
| >> Why can't
| >>you say that it is political rather a matter of poetics.
| >
| >I thought we'd agreed in earlier discussion that everything was
| >political.
| >
| >RC
| >
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