* * * * * If only … > Jerry: (reading from card) So, Todd, you're here to tell your girlfriend > something. What is it? > > Todd: Well, Jerry, my girlfriend Ursula and I have been going out for three > years now. We did everything together. We were really inseparable. But then > she discovered post-Marxist political and literary theory, and it's been > nothing but fighting ever since. > > Jerry: Why is that? > > Todd: You see, Jerry, I'm a traditional Cartesian rationalist. I believe > that the individual self, the "I" or ego is the foundation of all > metaphysics. She, on the other hand, believes that the contemporary self is > a socially constructed, multi-faceted subjectivity reflecting the political > and economic realities of late capitalist consumerist discourse. > > Crowd: Ooooohhhh! > The Jerry Springer Show [1] I might actually watch Jerry Springer [2] if his shows were like this. If only … [1] http://daveworld.antville.org/topics/Philosophy/109621/ [2] http://www.jerryspringer.com/ Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .