To: gerberc@hotmail.com From: andreyevich@rocketmail.com Subj: re: mediamachine The problem lies in the idea that I am trying to use it for something which a good portion of the populace would misunderstand because of the pop meaning. It is the dichotomy of needs and thus meanings which compli- cates things. It is amazing how much power these advertisers have in altering the lang- uage. It is what they "need" to sell the product that alters things, and I think (though naively, no doubt) that their need has much less worth than the uses which you or I might put it to. I think that the language is being raped, just as land is raped, to get the re- sources for capitalist success. |