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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2007-01-21 under

From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2005-12-17:

"I believe that despite the enormous odds which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual determination, as citizens, to define the real truth of our lives and our societies is a crucial obligation which devolves upon us all. It is in fact mandatory.

"If such a determination is not embodied in our political vision we have no hope of restoring what is so nearly lost to us --- the dignity of man."

-- Harold Pinter, in "Art, Truth & Politics", Nobel Lecture, 7 December 2005.

(submitted to the mailing list by Jeffrey L. Copeland)

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posted by [personal profile] zenlizard at 05:44pm on 2007-01-21
Ah, but therein lies the conflict of politics, because political "truth" is like religious "truth". Ever so dependant on one's point of view.
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posted by [identity profile] realinterrobang.livejournal.com at 09:43pm on 2007-01-21
Even assuming that he's not talking about "political truth," whatever the hell that means, what exactly is "the real truth of our lives" and or "the real truth of our societies"? Does that mean actually coming out and saying, things like "Our social safety net sucks, Mike Harris did more to fuck up this province than any other ten premiers combined, the reason we don't have any money to do anything governmentally anymore is directly correlated to the top marginal tax rate paid by the wealthy and corporations, and OHIP works, and dammit, people like it," instead of pussyfooting around with mealy-mouthed politician's circumlocutions?

If he's talking about stuff that's generally lumped under that meaningless trope "the meaning of life," he should be roundly slapped, and then set to work in a lab somewhere, cleaning pipettes.
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