Re: deprogramming language

AntiUtopia@aol.com
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 21:37:00 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 10/22/99 9:10:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com writes:

<< run like hell to the nearest investment
 bank or insurance company to plead for a job. 
 
 -Sean >>

Sean, you miss the point.  You can't seriously "dismiss" a philosopher until 
you've demonstrated that you've tried to understand him (at least, you can't 
do this and be taken seriously by thoughtful people).  To those who've made 
the effort (and who really understand the difficulty of these authors better 
than you seem to admit, having failed to some degree in their efforts) you 
really just sound stupid.

Kinda like Falwell complaining about The Last Temptation of Christ without 
having seen the movie.

I've read some pretty intelligent critiques of Derrida.  Yours, as of yet, 
isn't one of them.

Jim