tony ralph wrote:
>As Baudrillard says, the
>Gulf (and the Kosovo) War did not take place, it was just a media event.
>What this may mean is that the complexities and contradictions of war are
>so incomprehensible that all one can absorb is the staged media event -
>which at the end of the day is the only tangible thing that survives.
Except for 1 million dead Iraqis?
Doug
>As Baudrillard says, the
>Gulf (and the Kosovo) War did not take place, it was just a media event.
>What this may mean is that the complexities and contradictions of war are
>so incomprehensible that all one can absorb is the staged media event -
>which at the end of the day is the only tangible thing that survives.
Except for 1 million dead Iraqis?
Doug