At 09:04 AM 09/11/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>It is this trap, I think--this kind of dilemma--no
way in, no way out--that
>noir has traditionally been about.
>
>"The twp-way trap"--as Thompson called it.
Yes, noir is about the way power works I think. It always
corrupts but you can't fight corrupted power without
it.
In my student days there was a sit-in at the university
administration offices due to the sad condition of campus
cafeterias. Rats and disorder owing to big construction
projects. I went down for an evening but it seemed silly to
occupy the dean's office over hamburgers. Some concessions
were won, but I see the latest issue 45 years later is
whether or not Coke should have the monopoly in campus pop
machines in return for giving the University a big grant.
Laugh or cry, anyone?
I've mentioned before on this list that I liked Sol Alinsky's
point of view, that it's the ongoing process that counts and
so he made a career of joining in on the side of the little
guy. It's not a solution but it sure keeps a body busy for a
lifetime.
Not that I've joined a lot of picket lines since. Mostly just
shot off my mouth. Kerry
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