Infinite Thought kindly passed her superhero meme to me; I was trying to convince myself to give a satisfying answer but I couldn’t:
Asian, Black and Latin people have no need for superheroes; compared to complex hyperstitional maps and polytical dynamics operating here, I have always found these superheroes so naïve, self-indulgent and full of adult fantasies and concerns; so no superhero meme for me either. But this doesn’t mean I can’t choose and name a few heroes for fun or I have sympathy for ‘Anti-superhero superheroes’ of such writers like Alan Moore, Frank Miller or Warren Ellis, or I don't like comics (not blind to their potencies).
I don’t want to live as a superhero, I want to die as a Siahi Lashkar [1].
Anyway, thanks very much for the superhero meme and sorry for the disappointing and crude answer.
[1] Well, find the meaning.
PS. Sorry for not answering emails or comments; my internet connection has become very limited and unstable. I hope it returns to normal condition very soon.
PPS. IT: "and reza from hyperstition, just because." - just because?
Posted by Reza Negarestani at June 10, 2005 02:43 AMyou mean my heroes? no, not sinister heroes; of course, i can't ignore a couple of wicked ones.
Posted by: Reza at June 10, 2005 03:49 AM'Just because' - curiosity! Turns out, tho, that asking you and northanger caused rather more trauma to the both of you than I had envisaged...
Posted by: infinite thought at June 10, 2005 09:38 AMok ok ok. i'll stop reading Black, Jail, Prison & read Gramophone, Film, Typewriter. :sniffle:
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Posted by: mark dery at June 10, 2005 11:05 AM"notangirl" - yes, that could only be pesky piet. (at least i hope so, coz i really don't need a sex meme. no no. not good idea).
Posted by: northanger at June 10, 2005 11:35 AMIT,
trauma?!!!! are you kidding? i actually enjoy reading superheroes comics. Anyway, thanks again for passing the meme ... personally, i like it to pass this superhero meme to Undercurrent (hope he/it reads this comment).
Northanger,
sometimes finding the meaning of each word and then assembling them together is not a good idea. no, it doesn't mean black army or similar things although Siah (is black) and Lashkar is Army, battalion ;)
Posted by: Reza at June 10, 2005 11:39 AMReza, yes
notangal, no
i know, you too busy mapping Robert Graves' Greek myths (recursion of traffic accidents and sundry olympian collisions) onto the shattered and dispersed fragments of pasts that prove paradoxical, as irretrievable as irradicable; long live the return of the ivory billers!!!!!!! knock, knock pock pock pick pick, poke poke, pay the piper please.
Posted by: p at June 10, 2005 12:05 PMp. i'm changing gears & working on the gutenberg galaxy.
Posted by: northanger at June 10, 2005 12:17 PMreza. "I am with useless clumsy sidekicks" - please not explain this.
Posted by: northanger at June 10, 2005 12:17 PMand what a topic it is! with a fruity after taste, woody overtones.
Posted by: northanger at June 10, 2005 12:49 PMYou are so lucky, northanger ... H.'s birthday is near and i don't want to ruin it by sending the Ninja hackers after you! (by the way, normal internet connection will be back until Monday ... will try to post a pathetic piece)
Posted by: Reza at June 10, 2005 03:15 PM"Asian, Black and Latin people have no need for superheroes..."
That's an inane statement. Have you ever been to a comic store in a black city? Lots of blacks read superhero comics.... Wu-Tang clan, manga, luchadors wrestlers... it's all superheroes.