anybody heard or read susan sontag?

[Lox]

Originally posted by MagiK: Mark I agree with your last comment [img]smile.gif[/img] And LOX no worries [img]smile.gif[/img] and you were correct about your definition of lemmings, and I agree that most americans if not most humans are very much lemmings, or perhaps to use another persons made up word, "sheeple". I think if there is one thing I can safely say, it is that I most definately do not fit the lemming or sheeple appelation. I have read some of Susan Sontags stuff in various news magazines or papers, don't remember exactly what she was writing about and so my stated opinion of her is just the sum total of the impressions she made on me. If she were sitting next to me, I might be nicer to her, but I would still be wanting to quote (pasaphrase actually) Chevy Chase of Saturday Night Live at her "Susan! You ignorant Sl**" I also agree with LOX that I was walking a fine line and was evidently just in a pissy mood when I first started posting in this thread.

Sheeple, I love it! I'm going to start using that one. Was it someone from IW that came up with it? If so I want to thank them for adding a good word to the English language. And you got to love Chevy Chase.

I can see how she would make someone mad though. If she says that about 9-11, I wonder what she says about less touchy issues?

Side note: Last night I met someone who lost a relative on Flight 93 (in PA). First person I met that lost someone that day. I actually have known the guy for a while (we play basketball once a week), but I went out for beer with 4 of the guys afterwards and heard his story. Kind of eerie, finally meeting someone with a personal connection 364 days later.