Willy's overanalysis

Peter K. peterk.enteract at rcn.com
Thu Feb 27 18:55:11 PST 2003



>>Didn't Eminem just win a Grammy? The youth must be
>>suckers for the "inflated style."
>
>An excellent analysis! I always wondered if spewing
>Hitchens quotes in resonse to substantive questions
>was a helpful mode of argument/advancement. Invoking
>unrelated entertainers as a defense of Hitchens'
>(coterminous with/determinative of your own) position
>or the "inflated style" it's presented in is even less
>helpful.
>

Who said it was a defense of Hitchens's position? Some quote Chomsky and others. Does this necessarily mean these people determine the quoters' positions? Maybe they just agree with them.

Peter



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