Re: Not really a gift...

AntiUtopia@aol.com
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 11:59:05 -0500 (EST)

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