[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> It's the law!-Or is it the money?

[FrodeauxB@aol.com]

When one traffics in the idealistic, one is outside the mainstream. The facts 
of the matter is that relative few believe as you do, and even fewer act that 
way. It is not that simple. To speculate that you would act in a life 
threatening situation in a way which is not self defensive and driven by the 
instinct to survive is just that-speculation. To aspire is necessary-to be 
practical is another. Even now you, I, we, aren't acting so idealistic. The 
key is not to spend the energy speculating or criticizing. The key is to act 
within the framework to change the framework. If one desires to bring about 
meaningful change, one does so by acting the way one believes, and not by 
critiquing others. Honestly, this bit about the drinking age and speed limits 
suppressing freedom is silly. These are not the issues nor do I believe they 
are even a microcosm of the issues. They are diversions, nothing more. What 
you seek is license, not freedom. I guess we must agree to disagree. 
Here is the issue:
Now, if I may paraphrase what you're generally 
saying, the bourgeois mock-heroic shenanigans, as you
call them, of bored rich men floating around the world in 
hot air balloons, of our extreme interest in extreme sports, 
our obsession with face-lifted, liposucked, and tummy-tucked 
celebrities of mediocre talent, our deranged focus on the 
sexual peccadilloes of elected leaders, are all examples of 
the funneling of our will to power into trivial pursuits and 
away from genuine heroism, exemplified by the likes of Julius 
Caesar, Napoleon, and Fred Nietzsche.
Oprah/Nietzsche (James M. Crotty)
http://www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id1548/pg1/

Sincerely,

David A. Hamilton
Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 44202
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Telephone: 225/387-4982
Fax: 225/346-6360
email: FrodeauxB@aol.com


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