Michael Perelman wrote:
Isn't theory ultimately a way way to comprehend and to organize empirical knowledge?
. IMvHO, theory is the framework that we try to shoehorn our empirical knowledge to fit. It's like trying to fit ten lbs of sh-t in a five pound bag. I think that's what Yoshie sensed when she typed: > I might suggest that if I were talking to people who aren't familiar > with Marx and Lenin. Here, the problem, imho, isnt' lack of theory. > I'd say it's the vision thing that most Western leftists today don't > have. :-> That 'vision', all 'vision' if I may be so bold, is built on empirical knowledge, and it's where the 'left' of the 'vanguard' (Woof Woof Growl Sic 'em...!) persuasion fails dramatically. They need to take trips to Esalen Institute or somesuch, and sit in a hot tub under the stars on a regular, much like the innovators in the early days of personal computers. Then maybe they'll come up with something that would be creative enough to catch the imagination of the people of America, instead of just being legends in their own minds. Leigh http://leighm.net/ I used to say, a wee bit of time ago, that you haven't lived till you've dated a truly hot stripper. The ride nearly always ends in a fiery wreck but goddamn is it worth it! But now, in my premature dotage, I feel the need to modify this for present circumstances and say you haven't lived till you've been accused by a list member of being a general of the army of darkness. --Anonymous
