Humpty Dumpty

[Terrance]

Otto wrote:
> 
> > Lit crit and Crit Theory are not what we do constantly in ordinary life,
> > Otto. You drive a cab.
> 
> Well, doing that I'm constantly interpreting, for example road signs, stop
> lights, the waving of a potential customer, the red light on top of the
> police car stopping me for driving with too much speed. My brain is
> constantly interpreting sign & signals. I'm aware that the reality is
> something that cannot be understood in full. 


Ever read "The Retrait of Metaphor"

 After reading it I got to thinking that the best thing in the world for
a Derrida reader to do to get a grip on what is real and what is text is
to drive a cab in NYC or any big city for a week or two then  pilot a
boat up the East river or any major river on any major city in the
world.  If this doesn't convince him that Derrida is a performing folly
that should have flopped like pet rocks and 8 track tape players, I
guess a few weeks operating a dredging machine won't hurt.