tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112779.post-1143327372660680442006-03-25T17:21:00.000-05:002006-03-25T17:56:12.716-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.matthewshouse.com/uploaded_images/capt.vmi10503231937.france_job_protests_vmi105-744185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.matthewshouse.com/uploaded_images/capt.vmi10503231937.france_job_protests_vmi105-737586.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />declare l'étudiant <span onclick="dr4sdgryt(event)">qui </span><span onclick="dr4sdgryt(event)">revendique (the student protesters).<br /><br />Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben suggest that as the individual becomes comodified along party lines, their voice is controlled and even silenced. Yet, however, when the individual disallows such an allegience with political controls and responds inkind to momentary governmental injustices, only then can individuals see their power exercised in the collective. While I disagree, on some level, with the violence and destruction of property as a result of the French student protest, I am in complete agreement with their fight and support them whole-heartedly. It would seem that in moments such as these, the true political voice is heard.<br /><br />Protest is patriotic. <br /></span>joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350688606790291671noreply@blogger.com