[lit-ideas] Re: Not very neighbourly
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:09:58 -0700
Omar,
No, in this case I see Fukuyama's thesis as being more applicable. History
has come to an end because Liberal-Democracy (Capitalism) has put most of us
in each other's pockets, kitchens and studies. I am typing this on my
recently purchased (Chinese) Lenovo laptop. Two of the best fast-food
establishments in the vicinity of my house feature Chinese food. Thus, we
in the U.S. can't seriously clash with China because if we did how would we
eat? How would we type these emails (Don't hold me to literality these are
synecdoche's J)?
In fact I don't recall that I ever sided with Huntington over Fukuyama. The
latter's thesis seems much more plausible. As to the ongoing clash with
Radical Islam, that sounds like Huntington, but Fukuyama addressed that
saying the radical Islamic force was doomed because Liberal Democracy
out-classed it in every way, and that the Middle East would inevitably
succumb to Big Macks (another synecdoche J)
Lawrence
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On Behalf Of Omar Kusturica
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 11:52 AM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Not very neighbourly
This must be the time for Lawrence to chime in with some Huntington-inspired
comments about the imminent and inevitable clash of civilizations.
O:K.
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From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 7:34 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Not very neighbourly
Donal: yet it is widely understood between various cultures that
refusing such an offer is not a friendly act and the risk of disease or
illness is not taken as rendering such a refusal proper. [An acceptable
refusal needs an acceptable excuse - and that is not 'No thanks, it
might make me ill'.]
There is an element of danger to consider. Peking Man, as is well known
from the fossil record, was a cannibal, usually preferring to eat
brains, perhaps as the highest protein, best tasting part of a human. A
stranger offered another human's brain might have the suspicion that he
or she is next on the menu.
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