[lit-ideas] Re: ye olde political mindset
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:29:31 -0400
Except that we have neither logic nor heart. Just ignorance.
> [Original Message]
> From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 8/4/2006 8:22:13 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: ye olde political mindset
>
> I'm glad you wrote "so-called" because that's not their agenda at all.
> That's just the sugar-coating they sold to their ignorant public.
> (Americans do love their junk food.) But you're right. Logic without
> heart is no good either. Star trek exemplifies this, of course. It
> was always Kirk's middle way which won the day. Spock was too logical.
> Bones was too emotional. Speaking of Star Trek, isn't it curious that
> in the 60s, we had Mr. Spock trying to erase everything human (and
> therefore flawed) from his makeup. And then in the 80s, we had Data
> trying to become human.
>
> Ursula, too tired already at eight in the morning to tackle your line
> about freedom coming through democracy...
>
> Phil Enns wrote:
>
> >It seems to me that the last thing one would want is a logical response.
> >After all, isn't the so-called Neocon agenda a thoroughly rational
> >approach to politics? Everyone wants freedom, freedom comes through
> >democracy, ergo everyone wants democracy, so lets give them democracy
> >and they will love us.
> >
> >
>
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