Re: Bush admin pressed Brits to arrest suspects
On Aug 14, 2006, at 2:27 AM, Michael Pugliese quoted Jacques Derrida:
The brevity of the appellation (September 11, 9/11) stems not only from an economic or rhetorical necessity. The telegram of this metonymy—a name, a number—points out the unqualifiable by recognizing that we do not recognize or even cognize that we do not yet know how to qualify, that we do not know what we are talking about.
Not expressed with the utmost economy or clarity, but he’s got a
point. Just calling it 9/11 isolates the event from history and
politics, confirming the impression that it’s just a spectacular act
of inexplicable evil.
Doug