Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:01:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Dennis R Redmond <dredmond-AT-OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
Subject: Re: Rules of functioning


On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Margot Ford wrote:

> Well Kent's earlier postings and his most recent;
> "From what you said their is a 
> naturalized discoursive axiomic plane outside of experience, objective 
> structures or centers of power. A sphere that provides a homogenious sphere 
> of linguistic transparency and univocality that is imaginary, but belongs in 
> a habermas newsgroup." (in this *deliberate* density do I detect a mixed
> metaphor?)
>  Just for fun would anyone like to
> translate the above for us lesser beings? 

It's a slam at Habermas, actually, who talks a lot about "ideal speech
situations", places where political conflicts can be resolved peacefully,
by each side understanding thoroughly what the other side wants/is
expressing. Literally, it means "the simple things you see/ are all
complicated" (to quote a song from the Who). But the complexity conceals
itself as the utmost simplicity: even the simplest TV ad was produced by
highly-trained professionals, and broadcast on a fearsomely complicated
distribution system. Or something like that.

Oops, I'm being too clear again. It's one of the hazards of being a
graduate student!

-- Dennis

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