Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 02:45:39 -0800
From: Joshua Houk <jlhouk-AT-mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: amazon and anarchism




Erik wrote:

> Occasionaly i buy a book at amazon.com. Last year, i'm afraid, i overdid
> myself a bit. So today i received an unexpected free gift from amazon. A
> drninking cup. On it where two quotes :
> 
> "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened
> of old ones." (John Cage)
> 
> "The world is but a canvas to the imagination" (Henry David Thoreau)
> 
> Although on the one hand happy that maybe people could discover other
> writings by these two anarchists, on the other hand it's always a shock to
> see how easily capitalism (and/or the spectacle) can appriopriate (radical)
> ideas and turn them into a selling slogan.

http://www.dosx.com/revision/debord.html

Nuff said.

Joshua H
jlhouk-AT-livetherevolution!.com