On 1/11/06 9:47 PM, "Dejan Nikolic" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We are also piercing > and tatooing ourselves in greater numbers, which clearly speaks of > the need to come back in touch with some primitive and exciting > sensation ...to relieve us of boredom. Dejan, I picked this quote from your post, but almost any other one would be as apposite. My question is about your thinking. You draw very interesting parallels and observe interesting things. Do you have any facts to back up any of these assertions? How would you back up this particular assertion? Part of my point is that you seem to do a lot of mass mind reading. It may be useful speculation, but any careful thinker would be hard put to allow as any more than a point of departure. You use it as the terminal. Just for the sake of discussion, would you look over your posts and ask yourself how you could know, point by point, that any of it is true? Again, your writing is provocative, but it might be more rigorous to frame it as "Could it be true that ...?" "It would not surprise me if..." was a good stab at this mental posture. I think you'll gain a lot of credibility. Nice talking with you in any case. Cordially, Dv Doug vanderHoof Producer/Owner Modern Media Bucktown, Chicago (773)394-0029 * * Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. **