>Not to return to the Judith Butler inferno of many months ago, but I
>certainly endorse this criticism, found in this piece: "John Raulston
>Saul could not be described as conservative, but like Scruton, he has
>problems with Derrida, arguing that he is obscure, and therefore likely
>to castrate the public imagination. Clarity is always the method of
>those who serve the public imagination, he says, claiming that obscure
>writers serve what he calls 'established power'."
So can "clear" writers, like Roger Scruton with his "objective order." Big lies can be told in clear language, especially lies about the complexity of life. But we've been through this a million times, and I don't see any point in version 1,000,001.
Doug