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October 08, 2006
Unforgettable either way
I'm back from New York, and not quite in the mood for essay writing, so instead here are a few photos from the trip.
With elephants totally out of my mind, I attended the International Art and Design Fair, held at the Armory:
A commenter mentioned the piece while I was away, and I forced myself to read it. Author Charles Siebert's argument stretches the communitarian impulse to unheard-of new heights; he argues that "we" are all responsible for the actions not only of tyrannical Third World countries, but that the "we" should also include elephants. The elephants are waking us up with their dysfunctional behavior, which includes things like rampaging, killing people and (I am serious) raping and killing rhinoseroses."We" must ensure that people in Africa "live with wild animals like humans used to do." (Good luck with that!) The author also seems to be forgetting that elephants are semi-domesticated in Asia, and domestication as well as working on breeding techniques might very well save them. But I'm sure he and most of his readers think such things are profoundly evil. Man must become more like animals, and not the other way around. And in the name of "we"! Communitarianism nonsense on stilts. Siebert's a great writer, but his idea is about as sensible as Dali's surreal elephants. (The problem is, when bad ideas are well packaged, people are more likely to fall for them.) Well, I'll say this: the elephants did manage to resonate. And New York is always fun, whether you encounter elephants or not! posted by Eric on 10.08.06 at 07:36 PM |
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