Friday, September 02, 2005
Just Desserts?
Ooh...probably, though I wonder how effective this will be overall, given that it assumes the act will be done in extreme haste. Sometimes, maybe...but of course, it's more about power, and one assumes there'd be a steep learning curve on this sucker.
...point for discussion.
Another: I recently found myself involved in a conversation in which my interlocutor insisted that what happened to the Native Americans could not possibly be termed "genocide," because the term had yet to be coined. Now, I've not yet studied Heidegger, and would not pretend to know precisely what he was on about with the phrase "language is the house of being," (hint: any clues on this sucker would be appreciated...), but I always kind of assumed this was fairly metaphysical in nature, and did not suggest that a thing could not exist simply because it could not be spoken. Oddly, a term that seems more specific to the events in Germany during WWII--holocaust--was around, though honestly, I would have been more likely to refer to the Native American experience using the former term much more quickly than the latter.
It's a fairly pedantic objection, in my mind...but, what think you?
...point for discussion.
Another: I recently found myself involved in a conversation in which my interlocutor insisted that what happened to the Native Americans could not possibly be termed "genocide," because the term had yet to be coined. Now, I've not yet studied Heidegger, and would not pretend to know precisely what he was on about with the phrase "language is the house of being," (hint: any clues on this sucker would be appreciated...), but I always kind of assumed this was fairly metaphysical in nature, and did not suggest that a thing could not exist simply because it could not be spoken. Oddly, a term that seems more specific to the events in Germany during WWII--holocaust--was around, though honestly, I would have been more likely to refer to the Native American experience using the former term much more quickly than the latter.
It's a fairly pedantic objection, in my mind...but, what think you?
# posted by Gene Justice @ 10:21 AM 
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@robin
WTF? Heidegger without clothes? *shudder*...
Randall, I'm right there with you, except that I did have the privelege of speaking to Lindsey Collen, who asked the question (quite pertinent, to my mind)...why would a man want to sully his own sexuality in such a manner?
Doesn't necessarily help much on the practical front, but damn, it is a good question...
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WTF? Heidegger without clothes? *shudder*...
Randall, I'm right there with you, except that I did have the privelege of speaking to Lindsey Collen, who asked the question (quite pertinent, to my mind)...why would a man want to sully his own sexuality in such a manner?
Doesn't necessarily help much on the practical front, but damn, it is a good question...
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