SOO SQUEEZEY

"OF RON SILLIMAN'S THOUSAND-AND-ONE DICTA TJANTING, ONE I FIND IRKSOME IS (AND I ADMIRE MANY OF HIS DICTA) IS THAT THE MOST POLITICAL THING YOU CAN DO IS FACE THE LANGUAGE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I APPRECIATE THE RETURN OF REFLEXIVITY TO THE WRITER'S LINGUISTIC PROVINCE, BUT DOES THAT MEAN, THE PROVINCE OF THE WRITER IS LANGUAGE PERIOD? WHAT OF WHAT AGEE NAMED "THE SORROW, THE EFFORT AND THE UGLINESS OF THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD"? IF I ROLFED MY OWN LANGUAGE, IF I TUENED ON IT WITH A VENGEANCE, I DOUBT IT WOULD EVER WALK AGAIN, EVER HOPE TO CROSS THE COUNTRY AGAIN BEARING SOME NEW WORD TO THE OLD WORLD. OR OLD WORLD TO THE NEW WORLD. BUT MY REAL DIFFERENCE WITH THIS ONE CLAIM IS THAT IT IS STRICTLY SCIENTIFIC. IT IS ENGROSSED SOLELY WITH TECHNIQUE." C.D. WRIGHT