Anniversary

[Peter K.]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>>
>> In practical terms, what matters today whether or not you cheer
>> Osama's death or AQ's demise?  It won't be you who will be
>> responsible for either when it comes.
>>
>
>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?"
>
>Carrol

Both of you are being completely unfair and typically holier than thou.
All she said was that she'd be happy to hear of bin Laden's demise.
Does her echo of the majority's wishes so offend your sensibilities,
that you have to ascribe to her some sort of straw person theory of
the spectator approach to politics?

           And by the way, by not participating in the anti-war against
the Taliban movement and speaking against it I like to think I do
deserve some credit for the Taliban's demise and AQ's dispersion
and disruption. There was a serious choice of action involved for
many, many people.

          During the Vietnam war, you'll remember, the popular anti-war
movement actually accomplished things. I don't seem to recall that
people would say stuff like "I wish the US would stop acting like a
bully, but I would cheer if they killed Ho Chi Minh."

Peter