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To: SirRealist who wrote (20753)3/6/2002 3:45:05 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 281500
 
Thanks, Kevin.

I like the Mills essay because the present language used to describe post 9-11 stuff is the classic stuff of meant to conceal rather than reveal. The problem is it's disgustingly bad at its task.

I like the notion that the language needs to be as adjective free as possible, because hyperbole degrades the reality.

John



To: SirRealist who wrote (20753)3/6/2002 4:31:08 PM
From: FaultLine  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
From: The Language of Slaughter, by Nicolaus Mills

Nobody today is talking about converting the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and East Timor into historical tourist spots, but what remains an issue is the ease with which the atrocities that occurred in these countries over the last decade can be turned, if a writer is not careful, into highbrow entertainment for the “concerned intellectual.”

gave me a cold chill...

--fl


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