Welcome to the Desert of the Real

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

There is a partial truth in the notion of the "clash of 
civilizations" attested here -- witness the surprise of the average 
American: "How is it possible that these people have such a disregard 
for their own lives?"  Is not the obverse of this surprise the rather 
sad fact that we, in the First World countries, find it more and more 
difficult even to imagine a public or universal Cause for which one 
would be ready to sacrifice one's life?

-- Slavoj Zizek, "Welcome to the Desert of the Real," 09/15/2001, 
<http://web.mit.edu/cms/reconstructions/interpretations/desertreal.html>
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>