Heidegger

—– Original Message —–
From: “Malcolm Riddoch”

> On 03/06/2006, at 3:36 AM, That Pete wrote:
>
>> I’ve been reading this thread, trying to understand the point you
>> are driving at. Is it that every group, nation, and political
>> entity has at some point in the past committed some despicable,
>> terroristic, or immoral act, so therefore they are all guilty?
>
> Ummm … no. The point I’m driving at is how power relations don’t
> intersect with morality, you can get as outraged as you like Pete but
> that will only have an effect if it’s en masse and has an impact on
> the public debate about matters of national unity and security during
> this era of indefinite global war, don’t you think?
>
> The point is also as simple as resorting to violence in order to
> procure declining resources and maintain a way of life. When
> practical necessity calls for it and the opportunity exists humanity
> historically has always resorted to mass murder, rape and
> dispossession to maintain the viability of its most profitable
> communities. Whether you think this is the essence of our predatory
> animality and its potential for evil or not is irrelevant to that
> history which is not something merely behind us in a past somewhere
> but is the historical foundation of our present reality.
>
> More or less. And quite apart from whether you think its good to
> murder your neighbours children or not, what do we moderns do if
> predation is already our present and future reality?

“mass murder, rape and dispossession”
“murder your neighbors’ children”

Posted on Friday, June 2nd, 2006 at 8:45 pm
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