Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:42:46 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: AUT: Identity, Zapatismo, Reeve


Harry M. Cleaver wrote:

[...]
>     Above me the sky clears, and with reddish blue eyes, is
>surprised to find that Mexico is still there, where it was
>yesterday.  I light the pipe, look at the last slashes of night
>leave the trees, and say to myself that the struggle is long and
>it is worth it...
>
>Bill: Some commentary.
>
>1)Even without knowing in advance that Valazquez and the "official"
>Mexican unions are in the pocket of the state, I think this understanding
>comes through clearly in this story. Don't you think?

Are you serious?

[...]

>9. Final comment: isn't it obvious that such stories contained within
>communiques are aimed at reaching/amusing a wider audience than might be
>willing to work its way through leaden prose?

Perhaps, but try as I have I simply can't read it. It makes no sense at all
to me and it makes me feel so uncomfortable to pore through such cryptic
writing, that I can't even read right through it.

It alienates me big time. Perhaps this is merely a rare cognitive
disability, any other sufferers out there?

Bill Bartlett
Bracknell Tas.




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