pyn quotes foucault?

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Mike Weaver writes:
> Andrew Dinn sez of Franz
> >He is not a `male chauvinist pig' so much as a die-hard rationalist
> >who will not shift until the order to shift comes in language he can
> >understand.

> What is an MCP but what you describe, where the rationale is that
> domineering/ hostile/patronising (add your own favourite) behaviour
> is a normal way to behave with a woman?  Most of us chaps are slow
> (if ever) in learning to see the world as women see it, i.e. to
> learn their languages.

Franz is not domineering nor particularly hostile. Extreme rationalism
can indeed manifest as MCPiggery but not every rationalist is also a
misogynist and bully, things I consider to be essential elements of
the MCP's makeup.

>  Isn't what you say is pretty much of a non definition?  Nobody can
> respond adequately to a direction they cannot understand.

Well, yes and no. They can try. And they might even respond right
first time thanks to nothing more than the usual familiar voodoo which
gets us through the usual day to day situations. While yer typical
rationalist will stand his ground in the face of incomprehension
declaiming `parse error, parse error, does not compute . . .', someone
who is less of a basket case will say (and/or do something to the
effect) `You mean like this . . .' which, even if it is an
inappropriate response, will at least thereby initiate a dialogue
which may converge on clarity.


Andrew Dinn
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