Comments on: Shadow of the Future

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:12:35 +0000

It turns out that Ms. Rice was “talking over our heads,” so to speak, when she chose to use the term “shadow of the future.” She is a bit too intellectual, as the term comes a from a book by Robert Axelrod called “The Evolution of Cooperation.” It is an economic term meaning; the likelihood and importance of future interaction, which puts Ms. Rices comments in a different light. She was trying to sound intellectual, however very few people would have understood her true intention in using that phrase.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

don’t forget Clash of the Titans. that crazy owl…

actually, i wonder what greco-roman mythical creature would condi be?

By: Sin

Sin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My vote goes for Janus (if we’re talking deity-level), for obvious reasons. Otherwise, she’s a Maenad (all crazy and destructive, for no particularly good reason).

Were I feeling academic enough to quote my undergrad dissertation at length, I’d probably babble about Bhaba’s liminal spaces, etc., but I’ll content myself with observing that Benedict Anderson was so right. Watching the Bush administration(s) and its members construct these alternative, imaginary communities for themselves is incredibly instructive, albeit occasionally mind-boggling.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I was gonna say Hera and then I saw this "which greek goddess are you?" and filled it as Ms. Rice and the answer affirmed my guess.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sepoy,

Coincidentally, I just posted about a US foreign service blogger’s claims about civilisation/cultural superiority.