Tuesday, November 25, 2003

The resilient message of what American democracy means Britt Blaser writes: Somehow the Dean campaign dropped a little of this latent genetic sensibility into the nutrient pool called the Internet. Contrasted to an assault on freedom as we like it and a radical foray into preemptive war, we seem to sense an unprecedented disturbance in our collective force, as if a sister blue-green planet had been obliterated far, far away. Bruce, are you listening? 2:53:14 PM  permalink

There's a pebble under my mattress... Lakoff scared the hell out of me. I just ordered Heidegger's Children from Amazon to see if I can learn about passion and decisiveness. Dang! Just when I was thinking about hibernating for the winter... 11:08:15 AM  permalink

An utterly ridiculous fallacy Down in the comments of Old or Bold: re: September 11th The proper way to proceed would have been to just stay open to everyday risk, to live out the vicissitudes of the world of men as men (or women--whatever), to continue with intelligence and counterintelligence, to modify and enhance security procedures, and to take the strictest of measures (I am not wholly opposed to the spirit of the Patriot Act, as far as I understand it, but just in some of its anti-American details.) in winning world peace through cooperation, and not by vicious indiscriminate unilateral belligerence. The idea that we have avoided some future holocaust because of preemptive action now is an utterly ridiculous fallacy. 10:38:56 AM  permalink

Transcription in progress Chris Lydon with George Lakoff 2:28:15 AM  permalink