In a message dated 12/24/99 10:33:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, Omlor@aol.com writes: > > HAPPY E-MAS. > > -- John Dude, welcome back :) So, Derrida is the grinch that stole giftmas? :) To me the whole paragraph smacks of the worst of Derrida's work. If we just redefine "gift" to include, "what has been given," as opposed to "what is being given," his observations fall through. Which is part of what we really mean whenever we say, "Her Christmas gift to me this year was a. . ." Jim