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9/11 Meeting Erupts in Chaos; "News" Networks Cut Away (Except CSPAN3)
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<blockquote data-quote="burrow_owl" data-source="post: 7998355" data-attributes="member: 11173"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-size: 10px"> I totally agree that the grieving ought to be given a kind of ethical control; you're right that we <em>ought</em> to defer to them within the realm of the ethical*. However, that's not what they're asking for; they're asking for <em>semantic</em> control. They want to control the meaning of the event itself - while understandable, it seems hubristic to me. At a minimum, it's a project reminiscent of Tantalus - since meaning is always-already decentered and fractured, there is no semantic center from which the grieving may control the semiotic effects of the event. If I throw a rock in a pond, the rock vanishes and the ripples move outward - their project is equivalent to diving in, grabbing the rock, and then demanding! that the ripples obey their command. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-size: 10px"> *Your conception of the ethical really, really reminds one of Emmanuel Levinas. You two sound like peas in a pod.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="burrow_owl, post: 7998355, member: 11173"] [font=Arial][color=Black][size=2] I totally agree that the grieving ought to be given a kind of ethical control; you're right that we [i]ought[/i] to defer to them within the realm of the ethical*. However, that's not what they're asking for; they're asking for [i]semantic[/i] control. They want to control the meaning of the event itself - while understandable, it seems hubristic to me. At a minimum, it's a project reminiscent of Tantalus - since meaning is always-already decentered and fractured, there is no semantic center from which the grieving may control the semiotic effects of the event. If I throw a rock in a pond, the rock vanishes and the ripples move outward - their project is equivalent to diving in, grabbing the rock, and then demanding! that the ripples obey their command. *Your conception of the ethical really, really reminds one of Emmanuel Levinas. You two sound like peas in a pod. [/size][/color][/font] [/QUOTE]
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