From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 21:41:56 MST
On 2002.01.03, Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> wrote:
> If I used [profanity] all the time no one would notice. But the last
> time I did (I think it was "fuck the will of the people") it expressed
> my opinion of public consensus as clearly and directly as if I had
> said "I don't particularly value the will of the people in that
> context", but it also makes it clear that I think that's an important
> point, and that I actually have some /negative/ feelings about public
> consensus.
Compare:
"fuck the will of the people"
vs.
"I seriously couldn't care less about the will of the people!"
or
"Who cares about the will of the people?"
or
"The will of the people don't count for anything."
-- Dossy
--
Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
"He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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