2010/10/17 Göttingen
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Dawson

Octogenarians

At the train station I noticed a man in a kilt. Later I saw the same man at my hotel, and after my event I saw him again. It turned out that the man was an author and a singer, named Julian Dawson.
I enjoyed the discussion and the reading last night tremendously. Excellent moderators, intelligent questions and the audience didn’t consist only of octogenarians – nothing against octogenarians by the way.
One of the moderators referred to my novel “The Asylum Seeker” as The Great Göttingen Novel; which made me smile.


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kilts can be handy but not for stalking
said bossa screwanova 17/10/2010 19:41 • x
Barbaren
Mooie voetnoot vandaag. Zie voor het kritisch onderzoek naar onze beschaving bv. Geweld van Zizek (Boom 2009), waarin hij de vernedering van Arabische gevangenen in Abu Graib vergelijkt met ontgroenings- en intiatierituelen aan universiteiten en in het leger: 'Je wilt een van ons zijn? Oké, hier heb je een voorproefje van wat onze manier van leven in de kern is...' (p.168)
said marcel misset 18/10/2010 11:00 (Updated 00:52) • x
@Marcel Misset
Indeed, I have read the book too. And was it not Rumsfeld who used the same phrase about the Abu Graib, those days ? (however in a slightly different tone)
said Bernard f 19/10/2010 14:15 • x
Guess I've missed that...what did he say, and where?
said marcel misset 19/10/2010 20:38 (Updated 23:59) • x
@Marcel Misset
I remember Rumsfeld on TV stating that what happened in Abu Graib is quite similar to an all American student intention rite, so no big deal. (I cannot find it on the web, now)
said Bernard f 20/10/2010 08:58 • x
Erratum
Read: ‘initiation rite’
said Bernard f 22/10/2010 08:18 • x
high water in goettingen.
said p. rothoe 13/11/2010 11:07 (Updated 11:10) • x
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