Last post - mutual reflections

[Michael Eldred]

Cologne 09-Aug-2005

Malcolm,
I gave you plenty of philosophical meat to chew on, and also carefully
considered, extensive critiques of your positions in previous posts since
the start of the year. These posts were either ignored or declared to be
reactionary and/or merely polemical. Life is short.

Michael
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Malcolm Riddoch schrieb Tue, 9 Aug 2005 01:55:17 +0800:

> On Aug 8, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Michael Eldred wrote:
>
> > Malcolm,
> > I am rather tired of your goading mirroring and your never-ending,
> > frivolous stroppiness.
>
> Have you not had enough reflection yet Michael? Well since you goad me
> to it here's some more: From this side of our reciprocating exchange I
> can say that I am in no way tired of your own philosophical writing
> which I find is anything but frivolous. However, I find your goading
> criticism of my philosophy as "abrasive, oftern frivolous and, more
> importantly, philosophically evasive ... pseudo-relativist ...
> [involving] a refusal to engage with the other's arguments and whole
> swathes of serious counter-arguments are deleted or ignored" somewhat
> reactionary and unfounded. If you could provide me with some specific
> examples I am fully prepared to defend my writing on any of these
> counts at any time although you should of course be prepared to do the
> same.
>
> What are you actually so pissed off about anyway? This global war on
> terror is rather aggravating don't you think? Its dis-ease constantly
> invades everydayness, getting louder as the days go by while our
> leaders tell us we should be prepared to endure this dis-ease for many
> years to come. I agree that it is an tiring subject but that tiredness
> is also a consequence of engaging with the will to will, it is a never
> ending exchange, a world historical struggle that meaninglessly repeats
> without end.
>
> I am rather tired of it too for the moment. Perhaps it's time for one
> of Tympan's reflective pauses, clearing an anitcipatory horizon in all
> its open ended glory. A pause for thought perhaps akin to Heidegger's
> silence.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Malcolm