Yes - the only philosophy we need on this, though, is "open the borders, let
them in!"michael
From: Kath O'Donnell <alia...@gmail.com>
To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
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Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] dismal news
it's shocking to hear of so many people fleeing Syria and other countries. what
kind of world is this where they are turned away.
meanwhile in Australia, our borders are shamefully, effectively closed to
refugees, our prime minister is now considering supporting US with air strikes
in Syria and his 'border force' team are planning on checking everyone's visas
in Melbourne CBD on the weekend. it's like they think we're in 1939 Germany or
something.
I hope something can be done to help the refugees. it seems like a forced
population shift is going on atm
I haven't read the philosophers' take on it all.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/23/tony-abbott-to-decide-on-joining-fight-against-islamic-state-after-us-talks
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-28/border-force-to-check-visas-on-the-streets-of-melbourne/6732086
On 28 August 2015 at 11:19, Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote:
which in a weird way is why I hate theory - sure the whole economy is going
towards Franciscan, everyone will wise up, I don't know how this connects to
anything but I don't know how Zizek connects to anything, all this theory,
people being slaughtered in the meantime -
- Alan, if you do get more insight into Agamben please publish, thanks
On Thu, 27 Aug 2015, Johannes Birringer wrote:
dear BishopZ you have not heard of the thousands and millions of refugees and
migrants who are flooding into northwest Europe from the middle east, africa,
and the balkans (e.g. Kosovo) ? there are more than 1.5. million refugees alone
trying to leave Syria and Iraq. Have you heard of refugee camps being attacked
by right wing radicals, who fought police in east germany last week, and the
turmoil at the camps in Calais?
strangely, philosophers are writing their comments, and today V. Agamben
published an interview calling for "Europe must collapse" and suggesting a new
refuge or exit policy, that he calls 'd?soeuvrement' or 'inoperosit?'
(destitution or deactivation of the economy, the law, biology). I have not
really a clear idea what that means, but the examples given are the Fransiccan
monks and the idea of withdrawal to poverty and automomy in a cloister. I do
not know how this connects to the US election campaign, sorry.
regards
Johannes Birringer
[snip]
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