Diary, Wednesday
12th April 1995. 6.30 in the morning, the children are up watching
violent cartoons on televison amidst advertisements for Kellogg’s Pops and
Nesquick, M&Ms and then more Teenage Mutant Heroes. An interview with an
actor whose life is dedicated to simulating violence tells us that violence is
no fun.
Kappeler: the
opinion seems to be gaining ground that what really matters is the explicit
articulation of intention – what I SAY that I want and mean – less what I
actually do and in doing express as my will. The emphasis is on the’content’ of
politics and political discourse, less on political practice – so that politics
is increasingly becoming a matter of the articulation of good intentions.
(Kappeler, 1995: 12)