JB,

Thanks for trying, but either you miss my point, or I can't
manage to figure out what YOU are trying to say.  Either way,
no problem; I'd hate to see anything resolved on this list.

==DP

At 10:15 PM 7/23/00 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 07/23/2000 8:11:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
><< In the
> same way, the word "political" is rendered meaningless by those
> naifs who subscribe to the doctrine that "everything is political."
>  >>
>
>well, perhaps in the abstract.  the word political refers to the political
>dimension, and not the other way around.  it does not mean that that
>political is identical with "sameness."  when one fleshes out the political
>dimension (meaning) inherent in "each (all) thing is political", then some
>have more meaningful content than others, so Carol's point is valid in the
>sphere also.
>
>jb....
>
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