Heidegger

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

On 07/06/2006, at 9:05 PM, Anthony Crifasi wrote:

> Your silly little proscription speaks for someone trying to misportray
> anti-anti-Americanism as merely dismissive by ripping accusations
> from the
> specific contexts in which they were originally applied, which is
> your usual m.o., and therefore hardly surprising.

Okay so how about we universalize them then? This draft list is just
an abstraction anyways, and an outline of a possible methodology for
a polemics of propaganda, a phenomenology of polemical truth or a
‘how-to’ for a polemics of modernity if you like.

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Nope, I insist - include the specific example (WTC brought down secretly by
the US) under 1, 1-a, and 1-b. Otherwise, the abstraction as you present it
would misportray anti-anti-Americanism as universally dismissing of all
opposing views as “flat-earth” and psychiatrically disturbed. I’m sure you
wouldn’t want your “proscription” to contain such a misportrayal, would you?
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From the perspective of power it seems truth is merely something
utilitarian, effective or ineffective in the maintenance and growth
of power. It’s very Darwinian really, or Roman, truth belongs to the
most profitable ideology as it brings the mass of believers along
with it. Any truth that has been proscribed is a threat to that
belief so is subjected to polemics to be either assimilated or
banished into exile and silenced.

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Nope, just ones like that the WTC was secretly brought down by the US. So I
insist - please include that clarifying example below under 1, 1-a, and 1-b.
Otherwise, one might get the mistaken impression that you are trying to
misportray anti-anti-Americanism as simply banishing all opposing views into
exile and silence, instead of just silly theories like that the WTC was
secretly brought down by the US. And as we all know, you would never be
guilty of such a misportrayal.
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It doesn’t seem to matter what the
belief is about either, whether religious or secular, everything is
subject to polemos. Here’s one of my favourite Heraclitus proclamations:

Polemos is lord of all things;
it has shown some to be gods and some mortals,
it has made some slaves and others free. . . .
Everything originates in its strife . . . . Strife is justice;
and all things both come to pass and perish through strife.

Anyways, I’d like to thank you both for your contribution so far and
here’s the last working draft along with a very rough Google
translation for our native German speakers, any comments/edits are
welcome.

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Nope, I insist - please include under 1, 1-a, and 1-b the specific example
that was being addressed - that the WTC was brought down secretly by the US.
I’m sure you would wish to avoid any … ambiguities. Specifically, add it
in the following way:

Preliminary Draft of the Principles of a Universal Proscription
Or a code of practice for the self-reflexivity of modern polemos

1. Denigrate and dismiss - specifically, views like that the WTC was
secretly brought down by the US government (Scholars for 9/11 Truth)
a. Opposing views are flat earth science - specifically, views like that the
WTC was secretly brought down by the US government (Scholars for 9/11 Truth)
b. Opponents suffer psychiatric disturbances - specifically, those who
maintain views like that the WTC was secretly brought down by the US
government. (Scholars for 9/11 Truth)

If you want to play this obvious, silly game, then let’s play.
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Posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
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