Pretty, huh: the conventions ground up to powder and sifted. But does this tell us anything interesting or important? Forget about whole speeches or arguments! Forget even about slogans and one-liners! No need to listen, just send your index-function robot to plough through the texts. Every reference to God is for all intents and purposes the same, or to energy, or to change, or to war? Nonsense. This is one factoid too many.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Smaller than soundbites
Pretty, huh: the conventions ground up to powder and sifted. But does this tell us anything interesting or important? Forget about whole speeches or arguments! Forget even about slogans and one-liners! No need to listen, just send your index-function robot to plough through the texts. Every reference to God is for all intents and purposes the same, or to energy, or to change, or to war? Nonsense. This is one factoid too many.