BH annoys me and makes me angry.
"Marx is for retards" how ignorant!
I thought I was ignorant, he is even worse..
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From: "Warren Buckland" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:55 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: the cowboy request
> There is a huge gap between Bill's laudable aim (to study how cowboy
> culture may be carried over into the real world, to see how it might be
> satirized in various ways, as in Dr. Strangelove) and the simple listing
> of cowboy shouts in movies.
>
> My objection is, firstly, simply creating a list in itself (with no larger
> aim or purpose) has little value. A list is a low level rhetorical
> structure that does not go very far in organizing information and
> revealing meanings, patterns etc. in it.
>
> Secondly, listing fragments of an action does not lead to greater
> understanding. We can usefully draw upon Brecht's famous comment that a
> photo of the Krupp factory tells us nothing about that factory (its
> working conditions, labour relations, etc.).
>
> Similarly, an email simply listing Dr. Strangelove and Red River, for
> example, with no attempt at critical reflection, tells us nothing about
> how cowboy culture may be carried over into the real world, or how it
> might be satirized.
>
> Warren Buckland
>
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