tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post6360321327282378323..comments2023-06-27T16:51:05.805+02:00Comments on The Pangrammaticon: FootnoteThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-39894687153489797492008-08-06T04:58:00.000+02:002008-08-06T04:58:00.000+02:00I like games in which everybody loses.I like games in which everybody loses.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-59614278507688753812008-08-03T11:20:00.000+02:002008-08-03T11:20:00.000+02:00My sense of Rothenberg's suggestion is that "we" a...My sense of Rothenberg's suggestion is that "we" are the squad and "they" (the "them" to be beat) are the bad guys. I think he means "beat" not as in thrashing them but as in defeating them.<BR/><BR/>Once we posit a "them" to help or hurt, as if they are wholly at <I>our</I> mercy, the damage is done.<BR/><BR/>Surely you would agree that there is nothing wrong with a confrontation that yields winners and losers?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-64800727315642356092008-08-03T00:54:00.000+02:002008-08-03T00:54:00.000+02:00I think it's important not to beat on people, or h...I think it's important not to beat on people, or hurt them in any way. I don't think this helps them.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.com