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Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Sat Aug 26 19:45:04 CDT 2000



On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, J Suete wrote:

> I'm sure that jbor does not hold that there are not as many 
> Valid and Legitimate ways of reading a text as there are
> Readers of said text or texts. The same cannot be claimed for 
> His position on writing about texts. So, a magic eye's view
> Or an Angel's view or an insider's view or whatever, is a claim of 
> "privlidge" and is therefore not legitimate or valid as a written commentary 
> on reading a text. 

Merely putting a pen to paper or picking up a book is a claim to
privilege--not leastwise if it involves a plea against someone
else claiming a privilege--so the only course of action is to take turns
claiming the privilege to deny the claiming of a priviledge to other
people claiming a priviledge. 

It's truly infinite regress.

Is there a priviledged way to spell privilige?

			P.




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