tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post64171214215412914..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: More Ontological Griefpatroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-30333814403870859652008-03-29T11:48:00.000+00:002008-03-29T11:48:00.000+00:00Wow, I just came about this post - a bit after the...Wow, I just came about this post - a bit after the battle - and I'm not quite sure whether I could really follow all the philosophical implications it offers for thought : -)<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to say that I never knew that this "imondise", which used to be called "la décharge d'Olargues" and polluted and smoked for years above our heads, had been in extremis baptized "Lisson" when they finally were obliged by European laws to close it down and to cover it. Perhaps it was considered as a cemetery or special burial place and that's why they thought that it should have a memorable name written somewhere...<BR/><BR/>During its existence, every time I went to the local mairie to complain about the nuisance it caused, I was told that I was the only person to care about it - perhaps I should take it as a special honor that after it's death it has been baptized "Décharge de Lisson" - like our pests-free naturally working winery Domaine Lisson (the name exists since the 15th century) further down....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-34084064063197711182008-02-15T14:09:00.000+00:002008-02-15T14:09:00.000+00:00Thanks Billy and Cello, I enjoyed writing this one...Thanks Billy and Cello, I enjoyed writing this one. Sadly I'm now back to the grindstone of writing about payroll management systems.<BR/><BR/>Tim: I reckon it's not a dump until someone's complained to the local paper about it.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-21538647837357999402008-02-15T13:35:00.000+00:002008-02-15T13:35:00.000+00:00I'd love to see that dump, even though it's not th...I'd love to see that dump, even though it's not there. But do you think it's the same thing, seeing-it-not-being-there, where it was possibly intended to be and seeing-it-not-being there in my back garden? It would save an awful lot of trouble if so. <BR/><BR/>Possibly my fave post ever, if you're interested.cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-61150169439717580952008-02-14T23:59:00.000+00:002008-02-14T23:59:00.000+00:00No, the whole point of simulacra (in their ultimat...No, the whole point of simulacra (in their ultimate manifestation) is that the simulacrum remains when the original has faded from view (more people remember Garry Shandling's Show than Kelly Monteith, say). But Baudrillard is still bigger than me, despite being dead. So (since, conveniently, chronology and creative genealogy are among the first things to be kicked in the nuts by postmodernism - was going to post something Umberto Eco said about 2001 vs Star Wars, can't be arsed), maybe Baudrillard is a simluacrum of me.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this dump, right. Is it a dump, even if nothing is dumped there? Does a sign saying THIS IS A DUMP make it so? If not, how much needs to be dumped there? A single broken Thompson Twins cassette - does that a dump make? Or do you need to add an old cushion and a warped saucepan as well?<BR/><BR/>(You can tell I'm the one without the philosophy degree, can't you?)Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-71006777562449800832008-02-14T17:50:00.000+00:002008-02-14T17:50:00.000+00:00That is just brilliant. More posts like this pleas...That is just brilliant. More posts like this please.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-66689950097523487112008-02-14T15:19:00.000+00:002008-02-14T15:19:00.000+00:00I think Mr Footman *is* his simulacrum.I think Mr Footman *is* his simulacrum.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-38827497335445730952008-02-14T15:11:00.000+00:002008-02-14T15:11:00.000+00:00>>I'm pretty sure that the combined intellects of ...>>I'm pretty sure that the combined intellects of OPC and Tim Footman will soon be along to trash what little I think I know about French philosophy<<<BR/><BR/>Oh. Right.<BR/><BR/>Whatever we might be using for said trashing, looks like Mr Footman will be lifting the heavy end then...Occasional Poster of Commentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780858079455768452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-22152989265079069132008-02-14T15:04:00.000+00:002008-02-14T15:04:00.000+00:00>>Now, Occasional Poster of Comments has a philoso...>>Now, Occasional Poster of Comments has a philosophy degree<<<BR/><BR/>Shush! Everyone will want one.<BR/><BR/>Hmm...<BR/><BR/>Waiter, waiter! There's a philosophy degree in my soup!<BR/><BR/>Sartre might not have liked doorknobs, but he was quite fond of waiters. Erm, for illustrative purposes at least.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I was actually going to say something sensible, but you'd already pursued the Baudrillardian argument yourself by the end of the post. <BR/><BR/>It does raise another interesting question, though: if the rubbish dump 'is', then is Baudrillard? At least in a Baudrillardian sense. If he wasn't dead we could probably ask him. <BR/><BR/>Or can we ask his simulacrum?Occasional Poster of Commentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780858079455768452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-92106932784257109322008-02-14T13:22:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:22:00.000+00:00Desperately want to say something clever using the...Desperately want to say something clever using the words teleological and epistemological but can't. Just can't. That's alcohol for you. Don't do it either, kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-37051890554706273242008-02-14T13:11:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:11:00.000+00:00I understand that pregnancy makes women's minds go...I understand that pregnancy makes women's minds go all woolly and fluffy, and incapable of rational thought.<BR/><BR/>Let us know if this happens to you, won't you?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-71400498196700890422008-02-14T13:05:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:05:00.000+00:00Hee, your Nicolas Cage post really made me laugh. ...Hee, your Nicolas Cage post really made me laugh. Also, don't be fooled by my pretend eloquence; I'm pretty sure that the combined intellects of OPC and Tim Footman will soon be along to trash what little I think I know about French philosophy.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-84868413073332688812008-02-14T12:56:00.000+00:002008-02-14T12:56:00.000+00:00I'm suddenly feeling very inadequate in the blog-s...I'm suddenly feeling very inadequate in the blog-stakes. Having read your most eloquent post (Philosophy rocks!), I'm quite embarrassed that my latest post is me grumbling about Nicholas Cage's new movie...9/10ths Full of Penguinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380841087786085974noreply@blogger.com