[Newspoetry] Pomo (fwd)

[blanchard benjamin l]

Give a mallard a fiver and it'll just eat it.
Teach it how to mint currency and you'll have really done something
useless.

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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Mike Lehman wrote:

> Ah, but really living is a matter of balancing analysis, service to
> others and knowledge of one's self.
> 
> Self-indulgence leads to all the other sins.
> Mike
> 
> simon mills wrote:
> > 
> > Too true. Thankfully the two aren't mutually exclusive.
> > 
> > Jack however remains in danger of being self-obsessed and a bore down the
> > pub.
> > 
> > > All analysis and no introspection makes Jack a dull boy.
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > simon mills wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Ah that sounds just like Baudrillard speaking about modern culture! How post
> > >> modern you are!
> > >>
> > >> > Or it could be compared to the typical internet company- all flash and
> > >> > gee whiz graphics- very little substance.  Sort of like an ongoing
> > >> > hallucination, that disorients, without the benefit of insight.
> > >> >
> > >> > Mike
> > >> >
> > >> > gillespie william k wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Postmodernism is like the stealth bomber -- a technical wonder of
> > >> >> apparently devastating impact that is too complex to be deployed in the
> > >> >> field.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Regards, Carl
> > >> >>
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