RE: Feral Cats and cimarron (sigh) and counter smirk

I guess we can thank the Scots for inventing golf otherwise John wouldn't
have any meaning in his life. So Scottie we are relying on you to relay the
message.
 
Daniel

 
Scottie.

I'm sorry. I sure don't want to confuse you or anyone with my "jargon."
Let's see if I can explain such a difficult phrase clearly.

Daniel wrote that Derrida "burns down the house."

I wrote that Daniel was "simply wrong" and pointed out that he cited nothing
in support of this silly claim and that it was an inaccurate generalization.

I wrote that Derrida insists on "the maintenance of the archive."

"Maintenance" means he wants to keep it, to "maintain" it, *not* to burn it
down.

The "archive" is what Daniel was referring to as the "house." Sorry if my
word was more "jargonesque" than his.

I have offered several citations from Derrida in the past where he says
precisely this, by the way.

Hope that makes things a little bit clearer.

As to the "seriousness" of "gestures".... Well, that's another topic, but
I'd think you might know something about that.

Yours (sans any gesture)

--John

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