I tend to agree that this is a great gesture. I am also very happy to see that they have stopped the project. One of the largest problems that I see in this day and age is what I call "The Exhaustion of the Symbol", in which the repetition of any idea, symbol, gesture, expression drains it of meaning. This has been a concern in regards to US medical practice, which has begun to standardize methods of contriteness for mistakes.
I don't want to say I'm sorry, I want to BE apologetic and try to live it.
And as an unrelated missive, I just learned that McDonalds is beginning to use call centers to outsource order taking at drive thrus.
Makes my outsourced art seem quite tame in comparison.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
—–Original Message—– From: owner-list@rhizome.org [mailto:owner-list@rhizome.org] On Behalf Of Lee Wells Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:19 PM To: rhizome; rob and mike - nerdtronica.com postfixE; Bill O'brian Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Sorry Everybody
This is very touching. FYI Lee
Some of us < hopefully most of us < are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us < hopefully most of us < are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones who aren't.
I tend to agree that this is a great gesture.
I am also very happy to see that they have stopped the project.
One of the largest problems that I see in this day and age is what I
call "The Exhaustion of the Symbol", in which the repetition of any
idea, symbol, gesture, expression drains it of meaning. This has been a
concern in regards to US medical practice, which has begun to
standardize methods of contriteness for mistakes.
I don't want to say I'm sorry, I want to BE apologetic and try to live
it.
And as an unrelated missive, I just learned that McDonalds is beginning
to use call centers to outsource order taking at drive thrus.
Makes my outsourced art seem quite tame in comparison.
Patrick Lichty
Editor-In-Chief
Intelligent Agent Magazine
http://www.intelligentagent.com
1556 Clough Street, #28
Bowling Green, OH 43402
225 288 5813
voyd@voyd.com
"It is better to die on your feet
than to live on your knees."
—–Original Message—–
From: owner-list@rhizome.org [mailto:owner-list@rhizome.org] On Behalf
Of Lee Wells
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:19 PM
To: rhizome; rob and mike - nerdtronica.com postfixE; Bill O'brian
Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Sorry Everybody
This is very touching.
FYI
Lee
Some of us < hopefully most of us < are trying to understand and
appreciate
the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the
rest of
the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you
over, please remember that some of us < hopefully most of us < are
truly,
truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones
who
aren't.
http://sorryeverybody.com/
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