>This kind of irrelevancy seems particularly grounded in the experience
>of teachers and of journalists (perhaps also of sports fans). More
>deeply, it is grounded in the total separation of production and
>consumption, and the radical individuation that this generates. What
>counts is which side one cheers for, not which activity one engages in.
>The spectator view of politics and war, or the ultimate trivialization
>of "Which side are you on?"
At 1:41 PM -0500 9/13/02, Carrol Cox wrote:
>It must be such a warm and fuzzy feeling to sit above the dust and heat,
>impartially judging humanity on left and right from one's superior view
>of the plains below.