Where The Torture Never Stops

Kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Sun Oct 28 07:28:39 PST 2001


At 09:05 AM 10/28/01 -0500, Todd Archer wrote:
>Kelley replied, in response to my posts:
>
> >>Kelley said:
> >>
> >> >is that your structuralism again, or are you just happy to see me?
> >><smile> Both!
> >>
> >>BTW, I don't have anything against Structuralism, you big bully;
> >
> >excuse me?
>
>No, excuse ME. I'm afraid I didn't put in the winking smiley face; I'm
>spoofing with you.
> >
> >>I said it's a great tool for the forces of good, but it's great powers can
> >>be also misused (forgive my metaphor; I just finished watching re-runs of
> >>the old Spider-Man and Fantastic Four cartoons).
> >>
> >>Todd
> >
> >
> >i know what you said. i also told you that, despite your claims otherwise,
> >you are using a structuralist perspective.
>
>I'd stared at that sentence for some time last night and hadn't got it. I
>still don't understand it this morning. Could you please explain what
>you're talking about? And where did I claim otherwise i.e. that I am or
>am not using a structuralist perspective? Seems to me I was a touch
>closer to a post-structuralist perspective, if anything (although,
>granted, one must start with a struc perspective to move into post-struc
>perspective).
>
>Todd

i think you need to explain what you think strcuturalism is and why you thought it was in that article.

kelley



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