debates was guilty / innocent was debates

Gar Lipow lipowg at sprintmail.com
Sun Oct 15 11:10:53 PDT 2000


Kenneth Mackendrick typed:


>In psychobabble, there are a good many layers to this: first, the desiring subject of the unconscious is not the same as the desiring ego (ie. what my 'uncs' desires is not the same as what 'I' want). I might want a cheeseburger, but my uncs desires something else, like to be mystically unified with the cheeseburger or some other such weirdness.

Mystic to hot dog vendor:

"Make me one with everything..."

Hands hot dog vendor a ten dollar bill.

Mystic (after receiving hot dog).

"My change please."

Hot Dog Vendor:

"Change must come from within..."



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