V-2nd - 2: clocks and mirrors

[Michael Bailey]

 Ian Livingston wrote:
> I sure do wish I spoke German. Can't say how many times I've wished
> that. I went looking for this quote in the English version and cannot
> yet find it, so I'd love to see it in translation

quick and dirty:

"Mein Freund Peter, zum Beispiel, fucking Sloterdijk, ich mag ihn sehr,
aber natürlich muss er in den Gulag. Aber er wird ein bisschen besser
gestellt dort, vielleicht kann er Koch werden."

approximately equals

"My friend, Peter (for example) fucking Sloterdijk, I like him a lot,
but of course he's got to be sent to the Gulag.  But he'd get a slightly better
position there, maybe he can be a cook."

one of the few other Zizek factoids I know is he turned down a position
of cultural minister in some Eastern European nation, saying it was chief of the
secret police or nothing for him...

he might be a philosophical genius but the line I get from those 2 data points
sure doesn't vector off in any direction I'm interested in...





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