.....if artforms, such as poetry, could be said to consist of three elements: -artist, instrument and audience (performer, media, viewer) ---then; -: in the art of poetry i am audience. when the performers occassionally meet the audience in the lobby; at the right? point and time? in space?.... ...*_"plink"_*...and then gone... just normal social architecture? ~~~jmp~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erminia Passannanti" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: Re: opinion - left/right ? -- bertinotti.... > On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 20:33:07 -0800, mindfight <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > >the real question below: > >(would not the interesting question concerning politics be how to move > >beyond hierarchically organised party politics in a left/right spectrum? > >difficult to see how the 'common human' can feel much of a difference > >between subordination to power based elites based on whether they (claim > to) > >adhere to one or the other dogma? > > Well, if you are an anarchist I imagine you keep being an anarchist. > > > > >it all smells rigid and static, and always did for the anarchist - but with > >the contemporary architecture of global economy, advertising and the > >concentration of anarcho-capitalist ownership of global media networks > (such > >as General Electric, the world's biggest media corp.), politicians, whether > >loyal, flexible or inflexible -or to whichever degree they bend or stand > >strong, left, right, green or centre-, --todays's politicans, are better > >referred to as media circus artists in a monopoly game where the winner > >sells most vegetative transponders (viewers) to the advertising > >industry.....thus: universal rejection of government is blooming, left, > >right and green) > >**so much for keeping the dream alive** > > > > - now to real politik: > > > > > totally in agreement, "Fight your mind",.... > > > > > > >--if bertinotti is inflexible, why did he not refuse to let his political > >counterpart seize control and signal a rise of fascism? who is the martyr, > >Carlo Giuliani or Bertinotti, of this summer's political arena in italia? > > > >-i mean either we play chess or we don't, or? wenn schon, denn schon... > >ideologies, may they rest in peace.. > > > >~~~jmp~~~ > > > > > > Bertinotti did something very dangerous, with his integralism, this summer: > lots of Communists did not approve or appreciate his refusal to oppose the > rise of Berlusconi: let's say that the move could be a very disastrous one, > or maybe very successful: we shall see what happens next, in Italian > politics: how quick people will reach nausea and turn towards the left > again (these are the poeple whose votes you can never trust, but still play > a huge part in the game).......... > > I also would like to know, dear "Fight-your-mind" why you so rarely take > part in discussion, why there are so many poeple who, although follow the > disputes very seldom intervene. > > Thank you for intervening, dear one, though... > Erminia > >