Wednesday, February 23, 2005
“Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.”
- Edward Hoagland (b. 1932). American novelist and essayist: ‘The Ridge-Slope Fox and the Knife Thrower’, first published in “Harper’s Magazine” (New York) January 1977, reprinted in “Heart’s Desire”, 1988.
“What concerns me here… are the different conditions that exist today for recognizing countercultural expression and activism. Twenty years later, the technology of hacking and viral guerilla warfare occupies a similar place in countercultural fantasy as the Molotov cocktail design once did.”
- Andrew Ross (b. 1956), British social theorist: “Strange Weather”, 1991.
“It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.”
- Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980), Canadian communications theorist: ‘The Tough as Narcissus’ in “The Mechanical Bride”, 1951.
“Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it. … Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.”
- Camille Paglia (b. 1947), American author and critic: “Sexual Personae”, 1990.
- Edward Hoagland (b. 1932). American novelist and essayist: ‘The Ridge-Slope Fox and the Knife Thrower’, first published in “Harper’s Magazine” (New York) January 1977, reprinted in “Heart’s Desire”, 1988.
“What concerns me here… are the different conditions that exist today for recognizing countercultural expression and activism. Twenty years later, the technology of hacking and viral guerilla warfare occupies a similar place in countercultural fantasy as the Molotov cocktail design once did.”
- Andrew Ross (b. 1956), British social theorist: “Strange Weather”, 1991.
“It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.”
- Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980), Canadian communications theorist: ‘The Tough as Narcissus’ in “The Mechanical Bride”, 1951.
“Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it. … Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.”
- Camille Paglia (b. 1947), American author and critic: “Sexual Personae”, 1990.
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