Derrida Dies...or does he?
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstructionism

"Deconstruction was highly controversial both in academia, where it was
accused of being nihilistic, parasitic, and just plain silly, and in the
popular press, where it was often seized upon as a sign that academia had
become completely out of touch with reality. Despite this controversy, it
remains a major force in contemporary philosophy and literary criticism and
theory."

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Father of Deconstructionism Dies, If 'Death' Means Anything

(2004-10-10) -- French President Jacques Chirac announced today that
Jacques Derrida, the father of the intellectual movement called
deconstructionism, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer, "if indeed
'death' can be said to mean anything beyond the biases of culture,
language, religion and philosophy."

"Of course, we can't assert anything positively about Monsieur Derrida's
recent failure to exist," said Mr. Chirac, "We can't even state that he
ever did exist, since he may have been a mere metaphysical projection of
our own prejudices against absolutes. However, in as much as we may
categorically claim anything--Mr. Derrida will not likely be showing up
for work tomorrow. Although, who is to say?"

Mr. Derrida's many books and teachings spawned legions of American
college professors whose stock-in-trade is to "deconstruct" literature
and philosophy in order to demonstrate that, for example, the so-called
classics of Western literature are so distorted by their authors'
cultural prejudices as to render them useful only for literary
deconstruction.

"Monsieur Derrida bequeathed a magnificent legacy to the global
intellectual community," said Mr. Chirac. "He has provided us all with
the intellectual infrastructure to prevent us from seeking after truth.
Thanks to him we know it is fruitless to assert anything with
conviction, or to say that any ideology is less true than any other.
They are all equally trifling. Their value, if any, lies only in the
sport they provide for college professors."

In lieu of flowers, friends of Mr. Derrida are urged to devote their
lives to convincing at least one young person that there is nothing to
which it is worth devoting one's life.

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This is pretty funny. I can't imagine Dubya commenting on anything
intellectual, or even someone writing something for Dubya in jest on
anything intellectual.

We have a real dumbfoch for a POTUS, and it hurts us in too many ways to
be counted.

And I assert that with conviction.