From: Michael Eldred (artefact@t-online.de)
Date: Tue Jan 28 2003 - 16:24:14 EST
Cologne 28-Jan-2003 Re: [OPE-L:8400] Asfilho@aol.com schrieb Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:04:51 EST: > If You're Happy And You Know It Bomb Iraq > > by John Robbins > > If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq > If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq. > If the terrorists are frisky, Pakistan is looking shifty, North Korea is > too risky, bomb Iraq. > If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq. > If we think that someone's dissed us, bomb Iraq. > So to hell with the inspections, Let's look tough for the elections, Close > your mind and take directions, Bomb Iraq. > It's pre-emptive non-aggression, bomb Iraq. > To prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq. > They've got weapons we can't see, And that's all the proof we need, If > they're not there, they must be there, Bomb Iraq. > If you never were elected, bomb Iraq. > If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq. > If you think Saddam's gone mad, With the weapons that he had, And he tried > to kill your dad, Bomb Iraq. > If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq. > If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq. > If your politics are sleazy, And hiding that ain't easy, And your manhood's > getting queasy, Bomb Iraq. > Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq. > For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq. > Disagree? We'll call it treason, Let's make war not love this season, > Even if we have no reason, Bomb Iraq. Freedom of expression: The placard of a protester against the World Economic Forum in Davos last weekend reads: "Stop the economical terrorism" (sic. photo Financial Times Deutschland 27-Jan-2003 p.29) This is freedom of the _logos_. For the most part, _legein_ is _legein ti kata tinos_, speaking is saying something with respect to something -- _doxa_, opinion. In this example, "economy" is seen with respect to something else, namely, "terrorism". Freedom of opinion, freedom of speech, freedom of the media -- all freedoms characterizing the Western world. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle all saw the danger in the freedom of _legein_ -- the freedom to practise sophistry, the wedding of word with the striving for power and influence. There is also the possibility of _legein kath'auto_, speaking according to the thing itself and thus uncovering the being in its being as it shows itself of itself. This is the work of _horismos_ performed by the _logos_ to achieve Begriff, concept. Aristotle conceives this as the task of _protae philosophia_ within a certain way of living -- _bios theoraetikos_, the theoretical life that withdraws from the fray of practical life and devotes itself to uncovering, decrypting what is covered up and encrypted beneath the strivings of practical life -- the 'economic' striving for goods, the 'social' striving for esteem, the 'political' striving for power. Too "philosophical"? Adopt a worldview. Share it with your like-minded friends. _-_-_-_-_-_-_- artefact text and translation _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- made by art _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ http://www.webcom.com/artefact/ _-_-_-_-artefact@webcom.com _-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Dr Michael Eldred -_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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