I has a run-in with the Kenyon polisci dept in what, 1993 or 94. I was
invited to speak at a conference they had there on Marxism. I was on a panel
with a very smary guy from the Dept, pretty young, very conservative, a
Straussian. thered were also some old Straussians who were attacking
democracy in the discussion. They were not so smart. They were old enough to
have been there when Watterson was there.
For them as don't know, Straussians are followers of the U of Chicago
political theorist Leo Strauss, who has a sort of cult about how to read
classical texts of political philosophy for hidden esoteric messages
advocating reactionary and aristocratic values. Straussian ideas were sort
of popularized, if that is not a contradiction in terms, in Allan Bloom'a
_Closing of the AMerican Mind_.
--jks
>From: "ann li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [PEN-L:3700] Re: Re: Calvin & Hobbes
>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:15:12 -0400
>
>actually, since Watterson was a poli-sci major as an undergrad at Kenyon,
>the choice of Calvin & Hobbs seems pretty self-evident. As for the decals,
>it's too many chocolate frosted sugar bombs eaten by intellectual property
>pirates.
>
>Ann Li
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "martin schiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 6:55 PM
>Subject: [PEN-L:3695] Re: Calvin & Hobbes
>
>
> > Jim Devine said on 10/28/00 1:18 PM
> >
> > >more importantly, why do large numbers of vehicles in Southern
>California
> > >(and perhaps in the civilized world) have window-stickers showing
>Calvin
> > >pissing on various targets like Ford Motor Co or Al Gore? (There's one
> > >where Calvin has a halo and is pissing on the word "devil.")
> > >
> > >inquiring minds want to know...
> >
> > Hey! This inquiring mind wants to know why _thats_ more important. It's
> > not more important to me? Is pissing on the word "devil" the same as
> > pissing on the devil? Bellarminds want a Devine opinion.
> >
> >
>
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