tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511225335061225471.post5585636557712405093..comments2012-03-07T03:02:58.837-08:00Comments on יומני הממלכה הגולה: MYLF communique in discussionAvi Pitchonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12567264329304575799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511225335061225471.post-15728353770539031832012-03-07T03:02:58.837-08:002012-03-07T03:02:58.837-08:00Immediate response from Bertrand, and another from...Immediate response from Bertrand, and another from me - <br /><br />Bertrand: Hiya Avi, no problem, I just have a lot of spare time! <br />This certainly clarifies your position but also leads me to ask another question - if you see politics as an expression (albeit a potentially corrupt one) I can imagine that you judge of all things, political or creative, on a unified scale of beauty rather than good. <br />In that regard, for example, do you consider woman's equality to men as promoted in punk culture, to which you were referring to earlier, as beautiful? If you do how does this inclusive aesthetics translate into the realm of say music, or visual arts?<br /><br />Avi: Well, I solve these issues by separating the grand/philosophical scale from the immediate/pragmatic one. On the grand scale I'm a nihilist seeking cure; pragmatically I am a social democrat with anarchist sentiments. Therefore, I only use good and evil in the limited context of daily life without needing to address their grand meaning. Not as a cop out, but because, to quote from a song by Beyond Dawn, "everything is beautiful, it's just a matter of distance". I can say that pragmatically speaking, gender equality is beneficial, IE good. However, this assumption has no meaning.Avi Pitchonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567264329304575799noreply@blogger.com