Slog - Comments on On Ideology

Comment by wf

wf — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:23:33 -0800

Fukuyama has no right to be shocked by the Bush regime. He was part of the Project for a New American Century with many people who decided its foreign policy during the first four years, and he signed a letter in 98 calling on Clinton to remove Saddam from power.

As for your "task"? You get paid to go to Italy and take pictures of your hair. Enough said.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:42:52 -0800

Hey, he did take pictures out the window too.

But I for one would love to see a pic of an Italian barber shop, Charles.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:28:32 -0800

There's no quandry here Charles, because "fictional" does not equate to "false". Fiction is a construct, a means of looking at hypothetical personalities and situations, and their subsequent interactions and resolutions. Just because a "fiction" may be completely made-up, (i.e. imagined) doesn't negate the probability of some or even most of its elements as having some basis in actual fact.

So, truth can in fact be "fictional", in that one can imagine all sorts of possible avenues or outcomes to a certain action, for example, and determine, with a fair degree of certainty, which of the probabilities is most likely to actually occur, based on extenuating or influencing factors.

It's just that "truth" itself can be ephemeral, since what may be "true" given one set of circumstances, may not be true if even one or two of the conditions that make it so were to change.

Comment by george

george — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:03:23 -0800

Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo?

Mr. Hand: Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you're doing?
Jeff Spicoli: Learning about Cuba, and having some food.

Comment by Reality Check

Reality Check — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:14:35 -0800

@3 Great points Comte

I concur wholeheartedly.

It's nice to see some deeper thinking here once in awhile....

Comment by Regina Spektor's squeaky larynx

Regina Spektor's squeaky larynx — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:01:20 -0800

On the radio, you'll hear November Rain, we listened to it twice, because the DJ was asleep.

Please, I'd rather see pictures of the nappy hairdo, than this sophistic crap.

Comment by Hallad

Hallad — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:59:02 -0800

Just because I read this, I'm going to sit on my window sill and take a shit.

Comment by Tybalt

Tybalt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:16:44 -0800

Aim down, Hallad. Aim down.