Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:50:46 -0700
Subject: RE: Racism & genes 


Randy Moon wrote:
>Isn't the thumbs metaphor drawn from the world of Roman spectacle and not
>rituals of sacrifice?  Isn't the analogy between IV drug use and human
>sacrifice a bit strained?

Thumbs....go back and forth ...up and down...it represents a move from 
priest/ritual/religious format to a citizen/spectacle/social format.... a 
progressive "oppositional" link with pasts....

Strained....I don't think so....when we consider the metaphors of IV & HIV....
drugs & sex....instantaneous gratification and homosexuality and social 
death....and all the others metaphors that kill real people....

heading for Vancouver tomorrow....






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