Greetings Economists, On Jun 19, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
It makes hippies feel good.
Doyle; When will you give up your international Hippism conspiracies? Jim Devine writes; what good does this kind of stuff do? Doyle; Many people who have seen these on stage in Las Vegas feel differently. Bang those garbage cans! Let the smoke and mirrors flash, it show time! Doyle; But what about war? Doesn't what three people do amount to a hill of beans? Doyle; There are moments like in Shakesphere when we few, we very few band of brothers can make a difference. But first we need to hang someone to show discipline. Jim Devine; this sure seems like a "two wrongs make a right" fallacy. The banks are destructive, so let's destroy them. Forgive me if I see that perspective as infantile nonsense. Doyle; Infants get a bum rap. Grown guys and gals do bad things. We need things to divert the youth. Have them come over to the U.S. for a year to live in a walled community. That sort of basic find out how the real people get by, will open up their callow hearts. Or volunteer for a year walking dogs and cats. Give them a reason to do community service that brings up their level of awareness. Leigh writes; 'Angry anarchy' has a tendency towards infantilism, but 'rational politics' seems to create mass murderers out of a society's individuals who then spend much of their time denying they are that... Rationalization & denial are forms of infantile, nonsensical behavior too. Doyle; You must be talking about the naked blocks! http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughes_leglise/541037926/ Long live rationalism! Pipes to mouth, words to lips, FIRE! Reload, Bathroom break. Jim Devine; What is this "rational politics"? who believes in it and what are its tenets? Doyle; I went to the Berkeley Math Institute to ask that question. In an ugly utilitarian room with pictures of obscure dead rationalists propped up on an oak desk, I found one of them. This scruffy fellow used a green chalkboard to write on. Not a jit or jot of it made sense to me. That's what they get away with, nonsense. Utter baby talk. Give me a break. This is sad and endgame culture that lacks the motivation to get out and see what the real world is like. People use cubes, people want quiet not fingernails on chalkboards. Doyle
