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  • A lot of people swear by this whole “death of the author” philosophy because it let’s them ignore the literal stated intent of the author in favor of whatever pet theory they have. Which is fine, but you can’t use it in a debate about theories about the work. There isn’t a right answer to what you want to believe, but there often IS a right answer to what the actual author actually intended, especially modern authors in the age of information.








  • You’re getting downvoted but you’re not wrong. I lived in Israel for 4 years and I was in an Arab neighborhood. They were mostly christian, but they were all pre-israel descendants and they had all the same rights as anyone else.

    I’m super against what the government of Israel does, but apartheid just doesn’t fit.

    I have also lived in south Africa, post apartheid but close enough that I’m very familiar with what it really was.

    I see why apartheid is used, in some ways it is descriptive and useful but it ignores a lot and is ultimately inaccurate like you say.


  • Question, do these bodies have teeth? And if so would these teeth exist without the EU?

    My understanding of the EU is that the only thing they can really do to coerce uncooperative members is threaten to revoke membership.

    So, if these bodies are not EU, and it wants to impose a sanction against a member nation, by what mechanism can it enforce that?

    Just wondering.