Re: (idm) meta-modern

From wells
Sent Fri, Aug 6th 1999, 16:31

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, ChairCrusher wrote:

> Is this anything other than an ad hominem attack on me personally?
> I was writing off the top of my head, and while very much a generalization,
> it is a useful generalization. It is also a demonstrably valid interpretation
> of the historical record. Not a complete explication, but especially
> useful in terms of the task at hand -- to explain why 'modern' isn't 'now'
> and why we're post-post-modern now.

Do you realize you used 'ad hominem' in a sentence? Do you expect us to
buy that kind of silliness? Your point would have had the same impact had
you left out your little Latin skills.

- wells