tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post110011296753217630..comments2023-08-24T17:19:21.183+03:00Comments on Cousin Lucy's Spoon: You Can Run, But You Can't HideSavtaDottyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1100197562652048132004-11-11T20:26:00.000+02:002004-11-11T20:26:00.000+02:00Hi Udge -
I agree with you that "normal" is a ques...Hi Udge -<br />I agree with you that "normal" is a questionable term today, although not for the reasons you cite. However, I was referring what Theodor Herzl had in mind, back in the days when "normal" had a particular meaning to the dreamers who founded Israel.<br /><br />"Normal" is problematic term for me today because it is mistakenly equated with "good." Norms change, so having MacDonald's SavtaDottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1100190180086402112004-11-11T18:23:00.000+02:002004-11-11T18:23:00.000+02:00"Normal" is one of those weaselly words that sneak..."Normal" is one of those weaselly words that sneak up on you from behind when you're not watching. Normal for whom, for where, for when?<br /><br />I think "normal" is in any case being rendered irrelevant by the homogenisation of taste and imagination that the globalisers are layering onto us. Normal implies (to me) the presence of alternatives, the paths not taken; where there are no Udgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949287559886228889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1100158903947533682004-11-11T09:41:00.000+02:002004-11-11T09:41:00.000+02:00Hi Kate!
Thanks for the welcome. I feel like I'm w...Hi Kate!<br />Thanks for the welcome. I feel like I'm walking into the Rec Room where the kids are having a writing party. Expecting everyone to stop having fun and devote themselves to resenting this gray-haired intruder. I guess it's an old self-consciousness thing that never goes away. NEVER.<br /><br />On the other hand, Israel does not have a generation gap, because it is not yet a SavtaDottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101071675505516473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056790.post-1100142673256442622004-11-11T05:11:00.000+02:002004-11-11T05:11:00.000+02:00Hi Elsewhere's mom . . welcome to the world of bl...Hi Elsewhere's mom . . welcome to the world of blogging!<br /><br />Kate<br />Hey, I have a whole bunch of relatives in Israel. Maybe you know them? Too bad I can't remember their last names . . . .Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.com