Comments on: Wrestling with the angel http://blog.pahlka.com/2008/10/20/wrestling-with-the-angel/ I put the Pahlka in Pahlka Dot. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:43:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chip http://blog.pahlka.com/2008/10/20/wrestling-with-the-angel/#comment-250 Chip Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:36:17 +0000 http://pahlkadot.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-250 Our cultural response to 9/11 was to manufacture a narrative of male heroism and female weakness/rescue... Shirley, not everything is about sexism. :-( Our cultural response to 9/11 was to manufacture a narrative of male heroism and female weakness/rescue…

Shirley, not everything is about sexism. :-(

]]> By: Christopher Fahey http://blog.pahlka.com/2008/10/20/wrestling-with-the-angel/#comment-243 Christopher Fahey Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:33:03 +0000 http://pahlkadot.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-243 Thanks for the book recommendation. I've long wondered, especially as one of New York's millions of eyewitnesses to the devastation, at many Americans' morbid (and IMHO unseeming and even offensive, as exemplified by the ground zero tourism and souvenir industry) fascination not just with the fear that 9/11 is going to happen again *to them*, no matter how ridiculously insignificant their town or home is as a desirable target, but also with their feeling and constant testifying that *they themselves* suffered profoundly on 9/11. The latter is perfectly admirable when inspired by a sense of national camaraderie and shared pain, but except for those who actually lost dear friends and family to the attacks, few New Yorkers dwell on the impact as obsessively and constantly, it seems, many other Americans do. It sounds as if Faludi has found a common thread, an underlying narrative fantasy of victimhood and redemption through heroism, that may explain much of it. It's now on my reading list. Thanks for the book recommendation. I’ve long wondered, especially as one of New York’s millions of eyewitnesses to the devastation, at many Americans’ morbid (and IMHO unseeming and even offensive, as exemplified by the ground zero tourism and souvenir industry) fascination not just with the fear that 9/11 is going to happen again *to them*, no matter how ridiculously insignificant their town or home is as a desirable target, but also with their feeling and constant testifying that *they themselves* suffered profoundly on 9/11. The latter is perfectly admirable when inspired by a sense of national camaraderie and shared pain, but except for those who actually lost dear friends and family to the attacks, few New Yorkers dwell on the impact as obsessively and constantly, it seems, many other Americans do. It sounds as if Faludi has found a common thread, an underlying narrative fantasy of victimhood and redemption through heroism, that may explain much of it. It’s now on my reading list.

]]> By: Andreas M. Antonopoulos http://blog.pahlka.com/2008/10/20/wrestling-with-the-angel/#comment-235 Andreas M. Antonopoulos Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:12:00 +0000 http://pahlkadot.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-235 I've always thought that we suffered a collective bout of PTSD. It took about 6 years to recover but by 2006 most people stop reacting by cringing and cowering in fear at every invocation or "terrists!". Good thing too, because we were running out of amendments to shred in the bill of rights. On another note, I solved the problem of carrying books by buying a Kindle. Best thing I ever did. I am now ordering this book on the kindle. Thanks for the review! I’ve always thought that we suffered a collective bout of PTSD. It took about 6 years to recover but by 2006 most people stop reacting by cringing and cowering in fear at every invocation or “terrists!”.

Good thing too, because we were running out of amendments to shred in the bill of rights.

On another note, I solved the problem of carrying books by buying a Kindle. Best thing I ever did. I am now ordering this book on the kindle. Thanks for the review!

]]> By: Darius K. http://blog.pahlka.com/2008/10/20/wrestling-with-the-angel/#comment-234 Darius K. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:10:31 +0000 http://pahlkadot.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-234 The Terror Dream is now scheduled for my next Amazon shipment. Thanks for the pointer. The Terror Dream is now scheduled for my next Amazon shipment. Thanks for the pointer.

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