The prevalent meaning of to "take the veil," during my childhood, was to become a nun. If this is no longer the case, perhaps it is an indication of how much of a societal shift the U.S. has made since the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Thanks for the post Dr. Cole. One thing I'm gleaning from it is that, ironically, despite the possibility that it might lead to regime change, militarism maintains the status quo systemically. Nationalism is bolstered; social reform is reversed; profiteering kicks into high geer. It reminds me of Orwell's description of war as always actually being waged by the empowered class against their subjects. Maybe the root cause for this new, active agenda is to destroy the current wave of social activism by common people.
Perhaps, in addition to the immediate goal of transforming ideas into commodities, subject to title,there is an alternative agenda of tying up the internet,encumbering it with legislation so that anyone contributing to it is afraid they'll be punished.
The prevalent meaning of to "take the veil," during my childhood, was to become a nun. If this is no longer the case, perhaps it is an indication of how much of a societal shift the U.S. has made since the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Thanks for the post Dr. Cole. One thing I'm gleaning from it is that, ironically, despite the possibility that it might lead to regime change, militarism maintains the status quo systemically. Nationalism is bolstered; social reform is reversed; profiteering kicks into high geer. It reminds me of Orwell's description of war as always actually being waged by the empowered class against their subjects. Maybe the root cause for this new, active agenda is to destroy the current wave of social activism by common people.
Perhaps, in addition to the immediate goal of transforming ideas into commodities, subject to title,there is an alternative agenda of tying up the internet,encumbering it with legislation so that anyone contributing to it is afraid they'll be punished.