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> So far, I have heard no one provide a constuctive answer concerning my
> question of action.
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> Bryan Palmer
> bpalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Canberra - Australia's National Capital

I don't know if this helps, but...

We are all programmed beings, there's no way out of it.  In fact there's 
some question as to whether as human's we recquire a program, an 
operating system, and elicit a certain amount of oppression from any 
environment we fall into.  Straight jacket, armor, prosthesis, extension 
of immortality- the body suit we don, our bodies as the physical reality 
of a mind in the world, is a complex intersection.

I think the best that you can hope for, an idea I get from Foucault, is 
to have a hand in your own programming.  Awareness, as opposed to 
narcosis, is the key and prime directive of intellectual activists, or 
simply those who think and do.  I think Foucault's or any philosopher's 
work could not serve as a manifesto for action, a manual to refer to at 
times of decision making.   At best they can make us more aware of 
ourselves, our past, our current situation, and perhaps paint a 
plausable portrait of our future.  The choice is not Foucault's but ours 
alone.

So when the minister asks, "What shall I do in this situation?," refer 
to what you know and believe to be true not what Foucault's text allow.

EP(not Elvis Presley)

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