[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> no people.

["Mark Dery" <markdery@mindspring.com>]

Pardon my cluelessness, but what, exactly, is this? Too much of Nettime is
beginning to feel like an in joke for people who live their lives inside
invisible quotation marks.

----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: <nettime-l@bbs.thing.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 4:56 PM
Subject: <nettime> no people.


> ...
>
> no people. i am not an eagle and i am not powerful and fly higher than
> any other animal." i am not the "proud lion, wise and far-sighted." i am
> not the "humble mole, burrowing beneath the "world." i am not the "faith-
> ful dog, happily taking care of its master." i am not the " the "mysteri-
> ous cat, carrying with me the "wisdom of ancient egypt." i am not a cam
> notel, the "horse of the "desert." i am not the "sinister snake who eats
> her young and sins." i am not the "terrifying wolf whose one desire is to
> eat the "flesh of others." i am not the "violent and stupid primeval shark
> tearing its prey to shreds." i am not the "incredibly intelligent dolphin,
> speaking to others of its kind." i am not a lonely whale, regal king of
> the "seas." i am not the "lowest am notoeba, fundam notental unit of all
> life." i am not a chimpanzee, the "closest living relative of humans." i
> am not the "poisonous toad who ignores her children." i am not the "faith-
> ful mockingbird, placing her eggs in the "homes of others." i am not the
> "swift and innocent gazelle." i am not the " the"beautiful, soft and
> loving deer." i am not the "stately elk." i am not the "hideous rat with
> hideous young, taking over the "world." i am not the "cockroach, the
> "the"oldest living thing on the "planet." i am not the "noble horse, ready
> to serve you." i am not the "stupid mule, who can never breed." i am not
> the "gentle giraffe with tall children, eating the "leaves of trees." i am
> not a worm, ready to be cut into pieces, all just like me." i am not the
> "violent alligator, tearing young children into pieces." i am not the "co-
> yote, a real stupid nuisance and unbelievably dangerous." i am not a spid-
> er who always kills its mate." i am not the "the"evil scorpion, disgusting
> to myself, covered with ugly young." i am not a lovely hummingbird,
> delicate and caring of others." i am not the "pure swan bringing tidings
> of good fortune to everyone." i am not the "idiotic monkey." i am not the
> "fierce gorilla, scream noting and pounding my chest." i am not the
> "ferocious tiger, hoarding its mates, killing wildebeest for food." i am
> not the "mouse, whose brood takes over home and field alike." i am not the
> "dinosaur, who once ruled the " the "earth." i am not the "stupid salmon,
> who swim upstream not to spawn, die, and be eaten." i am not the "pig, the
> "most intelligent animal in the "yard." i am not the randy goat, who eats
> everything in sight." i am not a horrifying skunk, good for nothing,
> spewing poison." i am not the "raccoon, washing my food in the "river." i
> am not a squirrel, always burying my food for the "winter." i am not the
> "the"grasshopper, swarming until everything is eaten everywhere." i am not
> an ant, following the "scent of others and serving my queen." i am not the
> "bee, dancing for honey, living in harmony, and ready to sting." i am not
> the "sad manatee." i am not the "happy otter, always playing and having
> fun." i am not the "furious grizzly, the "most dangerous beast the "the"re
> is." i am not the "lonely polar bear, king of the "coldest regions on
> earth."
>
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