pestifying the list (was: Derrida ing the list)

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

flaherty:

>  John Searle reports a conversation he once had (in 
> French) with Michel Foucault.  Foucault, who was even more
> opposed to 
> Derrida than Searle, stated that Derrida practiced the
> method  of "obscurantisme terroriste." When Searle asked
> "What the 
> hell does that mean?", Foucault explained that Derrida
> writes so  obscurely you can't tell what he's saying--that's
> the 
> obscurantism--and then when someone criticizes him, he can 
> always say, "You didn't understand me. You're an
> idiot!"--that's 
> the terrorism.

  in its xenophobic pestilence this mail surely de-constructs itself. no further 
  comment is needed. except for: you don't know a fuck about michel foucault, so 
  stop soiling his name with third-hand stories! 

 spitting out: kai