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I found the following quotes to be generalizations: Gek-opel: "but how many of these people (be they fundamentalist Islamic or Christian) have a functional understanding of their religion as we would conceive of it...? Most of them take it as an identity, constituted in terms which have...

Well this is just splendid. The Brit is going to tell us what Islamic followers worldwide actually believe. Hey thanks for explaining it to us! The ultimate expression of the UK imperialist attitude yet again. Have you ever read documents from the 19th century British administration of...

Heidegger's thought was not "eventually swallowed up by the Nazis," he openly supported them from at least '33 onwards. There is his nasty, nasty rector's speech in favor of Hitler's regime, and plenty of other evidence, for starters. Or his refusal publicly to apologize. Or his letters later...

Bizarre but telling to suggest that the historical chronology of Descartes and Leibniz needs 'looking up' - by anyone. The chronology/philosophical relations from Leibniz to Christian Wolff to Kant is hardly an obscure period in the history of philosophy. To confuse Descartes' work/chronology...

Hardly a surprise that you would answer with sarcasm. Hypertextual modes are effective for that approach, too.

Not stricly chronological, considering that Decartes writes before Leibniz, surprising error there. Certainly not pedagogical, as no one's teaching anything, and sure as hell not structuralist, under any comprehension of the term. Not to mention, if you had even the least acquaintance with the...

Two interesting quotes that say some similar, some quite different things: Mos dan explains that namechecking familiar, local places/people can be thrilling and I totally agree - locality has always been an essential part of music-making. I too love the fact that east london kids have their...

This 'report' is hardly neutral, it's a piece of ideological dung from a 'free markets will fix the world' organization. Did anyone read around the website from which it was linked? Maybe sort your sources next time (not to mention, the plural in your title) ...

Jesus, this endless obsession over what is 'British.' I mean whether it's jungle or grime or dubstep, you all. never. stop. talking. about. it. It comes off as really, really weird after years of reading it (say, on dissensus). It's like some sort of weird nationalistic streak on the...

uh, no. maybe you should get out of the studio more ... :D

It certainly does have a singular aesthetic, namely one copped warp and woof from other people (beach boys/brian wilson). How does one listen to something so utterly and completely sonically derivative with a straight face? File under: "Overrated Retro Pastiche For Middle-Aged Music Bloggers."

You're obviously a brilliant fellow and a valuable poster, I didn't mean to sound so harsh ... And to answer your question, I don't think a male's fear of rape is really an operative criterion here - how often does that actually happen? Especially in comparison to women? "Alpha male" behavior...

sloane, we get it, you're cool, you're one of the guys, you don't mind if people "hate" homesexuals - however, you're also one of the only openly gay members of this forum, so when you blow off the topic, it has the effect of shutting down the discussion ... which is unfortunate, imho ... In...

Yes, it was Woebot, who also started a thread comparing Aretha Franklin and Missy Eliot by suggesting that one of the four critieria be: that both were "beautiful, feisty, but slightly over-weight ladies." Which is unnecessarily pedantic, quite frankly, nevermind the fact that Aretha herself...

Talk of "sinodub" to someone who is in reality familiar with the music of China and east Asia is quite strange. First of all, the opening sample in "Sensei" is not even a Chinese instrument, and I hope to god that using a gong doesn't imply that the "instrumentation" is specifically "Chinese"...

There are so many things to be said in support of dHarry's post, and in response to the many utterly predictable attacks upon it, that I literally do not know where to begin. I do find it telling that one of the moderators, John Eden, instead of saying, "maybe you have a point, it's worth...

Is it possible to have a thread about a female musician without discussing her physical appearance?

A point so sensible that I didn't realize 'til this thread that it was ever in question. :)

Well, you would know, wouldn't you, since you're obviously the expert on Common's psychological motives and lyrical goals? Whatever, pal. Heaven forbid that he might actually be saying what he wants to say, making the records that he wants to make. I can hear the gallery already, "Oh, no...

Very good advice.