LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport

Howard Zinn’s new documentary, The People Speak, on the History Channel, Sunday night.

Doubtless this too shall have the "daffy-likes' spitting, though not as much probably as if the History Channel ran a documentary on Said and Orientalism.

Chomsky, Zinn and Said -- the leftist triumverate of EviLe! MuhahahahaHAW.
 
Gotta say though, there's precious little democracy to found here or elsewhere these days.
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