Heidegger

On 10/06/2006, at 11:22 PM, That Pete wrote:
> This occurred to me last night. The affinity with the “WWII was a
> Roosevelt conspiracy” theme popular with some. The struck me was
> the parallel threads of: Arabs and Japanese aren’t clever enough to
> pull off such attacks.
I’m not one for popular conspiracy myths That Pete, […]

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
a. Denigrate opponent
b. Denigrate opponents claims
2. Dismiss the old guard
3. Politicization of science
4. Reject scientific authority
5. Anti-intellectualism
6. Claim intellectual superiority
7. Enemy succour
8. Radicalize opposition
9. War crimes are liberation from tyranny
10. Dismiss government criminality
11. […]

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 […]

On 06/06/2006, at 2:02 AM, That Pete wrote:
> Hey, thanks for all the sarcastic chuckles.
>
> My intial point, before the departure into silliness, was
> that if you have a substantive point to make in the
> Heidegger department, not drowning it in anti-americanism
> would help me to discern it.
I’ll add this as:
12. Befriend and distract
You […]