tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361862002655562210.post7551674618047653509..comments2023-09-22T20:37:50.853+08:00Comments on Evening Sky: Quotes for Mr. EvilDavid Biddlecombehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00883152455633412934noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361862002655562210.post-60806910169284128512008-08-03T17:34:00.000+08:002008-08-03T17:34:00.000+08:00great quotes. I grew up in that in SA during the ...great quotes. I grew up in that in SA during the apartheid era where you could just substitute socialist for "white liberal" and working class for "black person"Gweipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377349664812948121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361862002655562210.post-244441169803441852008-07-25T18:50:00.000+08:002008-07-25T18:50:00.000+08:00OK, I'll chuck up some thoughts about when I get t...OK, I'll chuck up some thoughts about when I get time to post.David Biddlecombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883152455633412934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361862002655562210.post-39902959604731211422008-07-25T14:44:00.000+08:002008-07-25T14:44:00.000+08:00"The Chomsky-Foucault Debate on Human Nature"I'd b..."The Chomsky-Foucault Debate on Human Nature"<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested to know what it's like. I ran across both in my studies: Chomsky's linguistics (especially his early stuff) is fascinating, but can only be read "in translation", while Foucault's early book "Madness and Civilisation" is very thought provoking onthe nature of "madness" and its "treatment". The later stuff is mostly hogwash.ulacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841336559436577751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361862002655562210.post-52760175247539711252008-06-30T11:32:00.000+08:002008-06-30T11:32:00.000+08:00Another disaffected "leftie", Dostoevsky, pointed ...Another disaffected "leftie", Dostoevsky, pointed out the tendency of radical ideologists to combine an altruistic desire to alleviate injustice and suffering with a supreme contempt for the masses who were actually suffering.ulacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841336559436577751noreply@blogger.com