Nicholas Hermann on 14 Mar 2001 19:50:10 -0000 |
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[Nettime-bold] Bombings et cetera |
Dstreever wrote: As for our intentions, you still are ignoring my crucial point. I don't give two shits WHY Dubya does what he does. However, I am glad he is doing it. I am glad he blew up Iraqi military installations, at no cost to innocent civilians despite your accusations, and I feel Iraq should not be allowed to maintain a military. I feel that the solution to drug trafficking IS simple. ++ David: Number one, I should say I disagree with you on two counts: one, that bombing Iraq is a good and simple solution; and two, that a huge war in Columbia is a good and simple solution. Number two, I don't see what this has to do with anything. You can post as much as you want, of course, but you're not talking about anything related to Genius 2000 I don't think. You're arguing with Briggs, that's fine, enjoy, but you're not discussing Genius 2000. Unless of course you are arguing that Genius 2000 implies a bombing-based approach to world politics. If you are suggesting this, I have to disagree. Genius 2000 is open to many interpretations, and you're welcome to yours whether or not it jibes with mine, but to my mind Genius 2000 as such cannot accurately be interpreted as support for a bombing diplomacy. You'd be hard-pressed to rationalize bombings using Genius 2000 as such for your support. Moreover, to my mind Genius 2000 suggests quite the opposite: and end to bombing diplomacy and a transcendence, via enhanced cognition and media, of militarism in general. Many of my own interpretations of Genius 2000 have in fact been directed attacks against the military system that works hand in hand with the corporate global economy. You do bring up an important question, i.e. what is the best way to pursue Genius-2000-inspired progress. I think this is relevant but I have to restate very strongly that in my opinion George Bush and the corporate-military state are savagely opposed to almost any manifestation of Genius 2000 I can conceive of at this point. Such manifestations that spring to mind are the right to vote, the freedom from taxation without representation, freedom from a sham system of manufactured consent, and human rights in general but particularly economic and environmental rights. The corporate military also will suffer from any discredit visited upon corporate media, which as you know is one of my own favorite ambitions. Max Herman The Genius 2000 Network http://www.geocities.com/genius-2000 _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold