[lit-ideas] Re: ye olde political mindset
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:44:04 -0400
Heart, right, in the form of mountains of skulls and exhortations to
confine and torture the bastards, in secret no less, even if literally
something like over 85% of the prisoners who were in Abu Ghraib were just
regular Iraqis. Gitmo is anybody's guess. Read Ron Susskind. That's how
this administration won hearts and minds after they blew off the war. Then
the Americans can't figure out why they're hated. Ron Suskind and Tom
Ricks should be mandatory reading for all Americans, except Americans can't
tear themselves away from Mel Gibson.
> [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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