[lit-ideas] Geary's Medium; or The Message (Was: The Medium is the Message
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:55:29 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 10/25/2011 8:47:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx writes:
: ) But you know I love you.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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The medium is the message.
The message is the medium.
Cp.:
"The medium is the medium" -- tautologically true.
"The message is the message" -- similarly tautologically true.
Cfr.
"The message is not the message" -- irony via implicature (Cfr. "War is not
war", "Women are not women")
"The medium is not the medium."
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And so on.
Cheers,
Speranza
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