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From: dcs2e@darwin.clas.virginia.edu (David Swanson)
Subject: Re: Literary theory as humor  (was: Math as pornography)
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In article <4nime8$3cc@swsu65.swmed.edu>
a man of no importance <noone@nowhere.net> writes:

> This makes me very suspicious of the whole movement

Fair enough.  But let's not confuse a writer with a movement.  I've
never met a movement I liked, and have met few if any better writers
than Derrida.

DS



"It is interesting to note that the death penalty for individuals is
less controversial than the mere suggestion that a few corporations may
have forfeited their right to exist.  How many people does a company
have to harm before we question if it ought to exist?" Paul Hawken
