V - 2 - Your answers questioned

[Mark Kohut]

Robin writes right on: 
"And what is Colonialism, anyway? Look it up and you'll see the word's 
"Dominance" and "Exploitation" in there, the acknowledgment of an unequal 
relationship—tops 'n' bottoms. What is going on here at one of the outposts of 
what used to be Deutsch-Südwestafrika is S & M on a global scale. 


I realize that citing a left-wing Witch may be considered hors concours, but 
what we have going on here, as background noise, constant as the sferics that 
surround them, is what Starhawk calls "Power Over." The exploitative nature of 
the relation between colonizer and colonized extends through all relationships. 
Of course, there's always the possibility that 'great minds think alike', that 
Deleuze 'n' Guattari, Norman O. Brown and Miriam Simos all look at the continuum 
of sexual relations from the strictly personal to the global because those 
thoughts were in the air, particularly among the Radical Left. 

Here we are in the mirror time of South-West Africa, centered by a young German 
engineering student who doubtless will one day be an enthusiastic supporter of 
Adolph Hitler and most likely one of the select few at the design level of the 
A4. It's name will be vengeance, but we must ask -- Vengeance for what? 
Kreplach? Mutti's kiss just wasn't good enough?"

MK:
Actually busy today but have started an answer to a post that sez: M. even wants 
the 'tardy' sun to rise when he wants---like another subject of the 
empire.....AND, remember that phrase "The sun never sets on the British 
Empire"......Pynchon sets
it right here, for no reason but that, I bet...!!..........love that f'in 
genius........ 


      
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