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This is all a bit beside the point, isn't it? Considering that there basically is no such thing as international law proper. International law, without a legislatively supreme international government, is little more than a facade (as current affairs are making clear to the average observer)...

thanks k-punk. I'm interested to know what your opinion on this peice is, because athough I don't know anything about chaos theory, I am uneasy with Baudrillard's forays into other topics for very similar reasons (as in the case of the Gulf War). Does the author have a good understanding of...

Wow.. ok I stand corrected. I didn't realize an actual book burning took place. They really are blockheads. All I'm trying to point out is that there has been valid criticism of Baudrillard from intelligent people that are sympathetic to his philosophy, but who have found reason, over and...

He has a point. The academic rigour of many recent intellectual superstars in the continental vein is hardly beyond reproach. It seems that all too often they are given a pass because they are on the good side, while someone like Allan Bloom would get absolutely ripped apart if he published...

some random Canadiana that might be of interest to Dissensians: Iggy Pop interviewed by Peter Gzowski on the CBC in 1977 http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-68-102-761/arts_entertainment/punk/

My question is who are the 14% that dislike Canada? European hockey players I imagine.

I think one can take valid issue with Baudrillard without accusing him of denying the actual events. More often than not, I think this argument has been used as a means of mis-characterizing the objections of Baudrillard's detractors (as if all these academics are blockheads that can't fathom a...

About the seal clubbing... It seems like you are joking, but I think it is worth addressing. There is nothing wrong with the seal hunt. Seals are wildly overpopulated because their natural predators have been destroyed. They are now hampering efforts to reestablish fish populations (no...

In the first case, yes it definitly was a match - it doesn't matter if the odds are 1000 to 1. (which are probably the odds that Saddam faced) In the second, well, I probably shouldn't have added the losing on purpose part, because it is disanalogous to the whole point I was making about Saddam...

Well, I wasn't responding to B's point. I was responding to the parade of false assertions upon which his use of the Gulf War as a perfect illustration of "the virtual" is based, as presented by Dharry.

The problem with Baudrillard's analysis is that it is not very well grounded in what actually occurred. Saddam did not sacrifice his troops, his lines of communication were cut off in the wake of the bombing campaign. The bombing was in fact highly strategic and not merely a show of force...

Haven't read it.. In all honesty I probably won't. I'll take your word for it, although I find it kind of difficult to conceptualize a way in which the dead are denigrated in Western culture.

So long as you are not one of the most conceited, foul human beings to ever stalk the halls of academia, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Baudrillard hovers just above Ann Coulter in my estimations of human worth. (I generally don't bash the newly deceased, but it's not like...

Forget Baudrillard

http://orgnet.com/mideast.html

I've spent a fair bit of time in upstate New York (including St. Lawrence and Jefferson county (I grew up not far on the other side of the river)) If that is the non-flag-flying area, then the southern states must really be something.

I can be exactly specific. Bin Laden's primary aim and the basis of his early recruiting was to have American military bases removed from Saudi Arabian soil.

Yeah I guess I was overstating the case with 95% hatred. I think if you forced a survey question on if you "generally like" or "generally dislike" the united states and co. Iran would not be much higher than average. Canada would probably be on top of the poll. The instances of outright...

Would that make him a disciple of the West?

That is a faulty comparison. Look at the areas that have experienced equal amounts of american politcal intervention in the last three decades... ie South America. Notice any anti-americanism there? Im sure anti-Americanism in many south american coutries as just as great as in Iran.