[thechat] happy imbeciles

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed Jan 15 03:53:00 CST 2003


On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jon Haworth wrote:

> > cf Derrida's argument that there was no Gulf War in 1991.
> > Not that nothing happened, but that what happened wasn't a war but a
> > simulation
>
> <bill hicks>
> ... a war is where TWO armies are fighting.
> </hicks>

Apologies, it was Baudrillard, not Derrida.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253210038/

Cheers
Martin

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