Murray

[John Halle]

>
> Let me expand on my point, just for the hell of it. Murray is a
> notorious cultural reactionary, so his views about "coarseness" and
> "vulgarity" might be dismissed as the ravings characteristic of the
> breed. Many so-called leftists, however - and not just Adorno - hold
> not dissimilar views, as subsequent posts have revealed. When the
> widely disparaged Judith B. criticized neoconservative Marxists, she
> was roundly denounced. But hardly a day passes without her point
> being confirmed.
>

As a matter of elementary logic, it is one thing to take issue with the
attribution of a characteristic and quite another to express doubt whether
the characteristic itself exists, or is conceptually meaningful.

Is the claim here that a) the words or b) the concepts "coarseness" and
"vulgarity" should be excluded as possible attributes of an instance of
some form of expression?


> Before they shut it down, why not Napster a ditty called
"Frank
> Sinatra" by Miss Kittin and The Hacker. Vulgarity can be so beautiful!
>

That, and a 9 figure inheritance, will get you tapped by Skull and Bones.

John