[550] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Racism and what-not
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wally)
Sat May 5 15:20:27 2001
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Wally <wally@sub-zero.mit.edu>
To: Michael E Rolish <merolish@MIT.EDU>
cc: Zhelinrentice L Scott <zlscott@MIT.EDU>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
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> choices are. What if I said, "I'm proud to be Brown-Eyed," "I identify
> myself as Right-Handed," or "my parents raised me to be Catholic"?
> Statements such as these are insults to one's intelligence and free
> will.
Well, you don't appear to have a grasp of the concept of 'jouissance',
which is about as free-will as you can get.
It's all about getting pleasure where you can, making your own life,
defining what's important for you, baby. Wait, that's an awfully
Objectivist notion, ain't it?
W.
