individual responsibility - was Re: Nationalism vs Globalism
John Newman
jnn at synfin.org
Sun Sep 4 16:21:24 PDT 2016
> On Sep 3, 2016, at 8:59 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> On 09/03/2016 06:51 AM, John Newman wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 12:03:56AM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
>>> I wouldn't say monastic. Just private. Read old Bill Burroughs' stuff
>>> about the Johnson Family.
>>
>> It's been years since I read Naked Lunch or any of the other cut-up
>> novels (although I did re-read Junkie and Queer recently)...
>
> If you like the Johnsons, you gotta read his last trilogy: _Cities of
> the Red Night_, _The Place of Dead Roads_ and _The Western Lands_.
>
Funny you mention it - The Western Lands is on my book shelf right now. I don't seem to have copies of the other two, but I can dig them up somewhere ...
John
>> Still, I remember the Johnsons... the correct interpretation of WWJD
>> is, of course, What Would a Johnson Do ?
>
> Right, WWJD :) His Johnsons are cypherpunks. Recall who he was. An heir
> of Burroughs Corporation founders.
>
>> John
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