Sid Shniad wrote:
>
> I heard the author of Dilbert interviewed on national CBC radio a while
> back. The guy's a reactionary individualist whose perspective is a kind
> of with it cynicism about anything social (i.e. unions, politics, etc.)
>
> I think that too many people embrace his stuff without reading between the
> (fairly prominent) lines.
>
> Sid Shniad
>
> > >
> > From: valis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
> > > ===> Norman Solomon, reachable at [EMAIL PROTECTED], is a writer
> > > dedicated to alerting us about the perverse relationship between
> > > politics and public language, a realm now almost wholly taken up
> > > by the covert combat of spin doctors. . . .
> >
> > I like Solomon's work and haven't read his book, but
> > from your post it sounds like much ado about nothing.
> > I follow Dilbert religiously and never got the impression
> > that it was in great part supposed to be about corporate
> > downsizing.
> >
> > Dilbert is funny because it's about the idiocy of
> > bureaucratic culture in general and the natural follies
> > people who happen to be in a corporate/technical
> > environment. Note that most Dilbert strips could be about
> > workers in a public agency, a non-profit, or, for that
> > matter, a progressive think tank.
> >
> > What a colossal waste of time to get diverted by this.
> >
> > Next we'll have, 'why television cop shows aren't
> > revolutionary art.' Oh wait. We already did that.
> >
> > MBS
> >
> >
> >
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There is a small book that gives a left critique of Dilbert and Adams. I
have looked through it but do not remember the author. I know that
Dollars and Sense gives it away to people who donate, I think, more than
$60 to D&S.
