> > Simple courtesies cannot be mandated, least of all in Internet chats,
>> but discussion surely would be facilitated if Angela would trifle to
>> comprehend this thread before pouring invective into it
>
>Yes, it's very hard to remain polite in the face of invective and ignorance.
>Might I suggest you read your posts before, or even after, you hit send.
>Btw, I do so much enjoy being called ignorant and a bitch, but I think Mack
>and Doug are entitled to the same attentions -- or is this some het thing
>happening that I don't quite understand?
<sniff> nobody ever calls me "bitch"
> > , especially if she wishes to
>> pursue her allegation that I have an obsession with Zizek
>
>So, the worst thing you see about this discussion is that I implied Slavoj is
>your inaccessible object of desire?
>
> > In fact, as I have written before, I have no interest at all in Zizek
>
>You think? How many times, by comparison, would you say you've posted on the
>ostensible content of your difference with Z (border struggles in the EU,
>anti-immigrant politics, whatever along those lines), as distinct from using
>the topic symbolically as a point-scoring exercise, the coal to locomotive
>the train with Lenin at the front pointing the way? I've seen the painting.
Ken Lawrence has posted 29 times since mid-April; of those, 19 contain the name "Zizek."
Doug