RE: america
Sean Draine (seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:01:28 -0800
This latest war reflects the rebirth of the myth of US Technological
Supremacy and Omnipotence. The media reassure us with accounts of impressive
space-age military gadgetry and equally impressive price tags. We're in the
midst of a very real revolution in computing technology and a booming
economy. We've had recent successful military campaigns against a morally
wanting regime in Iraq. We're feeling pretty good about ourselves.
Vietnam ultimately demonstrated that American omnipotence was an illusion,
but it also demonstrated how stubbornly some of us cling to it. I think
we're in for another demonstration of the former. I hope our leadership
doesn't treat us to another demonstration of the latter.
-Sean
"Tell them to stop touching my eyeballs!"
-Sal Putzman
-----Original Message-----
From: John Touzios [mailto:JTouzios@mwumail.midwestern.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 8:53 AM
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
Subject: america
when the u.s. goes to war, what banner does it carry with it. is there a
mythology there that goes to war also, superman or john wayne, or mom and
american pie. i suppose there must be. but then this might also be
constructed on the spot by the government and media for why people have to
die, and it's all about power.
john
"Man the most complex, intricate and delicately constructed
machine of all creation, is the one with which the osteopath
must become familiar." A.T. Still
"Everyone seems to know how useful it is to be useful.
No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless."
Chuang Tzu