Re: brouhaha-hahaha

Regarding the "lethal weapon" theme, did you know that in New York City more
people are mugged with screwdrivers than guns? In list of popularity, it
goes:
1 Knife
2 Screwdriver
3 Gun
"statistics change how you think about things" tina

>Right, Daniel, anyone who disagrees with you on this point not only
>misunderstands, but is a Pharisee :). I would argue that when an airplane
>is deliberately crashed into a building, its meaning changes from its
>intended meaning (transportation) to the terrorist meaning (lethal weapon)
>-- not only for the terrorists, but for the victims.
>
>There's nothing wrong with identifying obvious plot elements, but if that's
>all our reading strategies allow us to do, then we have a pretty
>impoverished view of what literature can communicate. There's nothing
>wrong with reading for the immediate pleasures offered by a text, but if
>that's all people ever did with the Bible, for example, you probably
>wouldn't be able to quote it meaningfully here and now.
>
>Jim
>
>Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:
>
>>It wasn't a lethal weapon it was a commercial airline and it meaned
>>exactly
>>that, that is why it is terrorism. It only means lethal weapon when you
>>simplify it. You take ownership and act like it is still out there on its
>>own. You don't like the alleged 'obvious plot elements' because why?
>>They
>>don't have enough meaning? Or enough of your meaning or any other readers
>>for your or their purpose? That's it Jim, it isn't good enough to see a
>>flower, you have to dig it up. You have to plant it in your garden and
>>contrive an explanation to justify it all, like; 'Hey we gave it an
>>enclosre
>>based on it's natural habitat'. Again, we all pour our meanings into a
>>'text' but some of us admit it but those 'obvious plot elements' are never
>>as good as the what the critic has to say. I read your post and well, all
>>I
>>am responding to are its obvious plot elements. I'll piss off Carter and
>>end with a quote, " you tithe in anise and cummin but neglect the
>>weightier
>>matters of the law." I suspect that you will say I am misquoting but all
>>it
>>would prove is that you misunderstand.
>>Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>-
>* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message
>* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH

_________________________________________________________________
Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

-
* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message
* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH
Received on Tue Apr 22 14:55:38 2003