Nothing against her, but can you explain to me: In what sense she is a philosopher or intellectual? Yes but in what sense is she a thinker? She just tries to bring democracy to Myanmar. Oh, democracy! Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions. For example: What is really decided in a democratic process? I have good relations with Paul Taylor , who edits it. We are friends.
Ironically, he thought that this would help him in his academic career, but it only brings him trouble. I find it absolutely unbearable to see myself on a screen. And when people write about me, I never read it β unless there is a brutal attack and my friends think I should answer it. And you have noted the tendency for journalists to portray you as clownish or buffoonish.
But I have to wonder: To what extent are you flirting with that? You know why I do it? You know, in my private life I am an extremely depressed guy. Look where I am now! Look around. You see? I escaped my home for a week; I needed it. Here, I go out just once or twice a day to eat. And I like it so much! My big fear is that if I act the way I am, people will notice that there is nothing to see. So I have to be active all the time, covering up. This is why, incidentally, I claim that reality TV is so boring: because people are not themselves.
They are acting a certain image of themselves, which is extremely boring and stupid and so forth. I cannot see why people are attracted by reality TV. I think it should be prohibited. And I think Facebook and Twitter should be prohibited. But wait! No, I like my printed work. I live for that β for theory, really. And shamelessly. I hate this leftist humanitarian attitude: People are starving! Children in Africa! Who needs theory?
We need useless theory more than ever today, I claim. I watched it recently. There was a scene in it that struck me. Yes, to shock her! It was a very naive thing that happened. I had mentioned that my socks were in my kitchen. She thought: "Oh this is one of his postmodern extravaganzas. Some idiots made a lot of another clip from the film Some idiots asked afterwards: Oh, what was the message in that?
