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A nice example of Hegelian Dialectic (if we're being XIX) or Robinson Resolution (if we're being XX), involving public defecation being a crime, occurred recent
by 082349872349872 3y ago
A nice example of Hegelian Dialectic (if we're being XIX) or Robinson Resolution (if we're being XX), involving public defecation being a crime, occurred recently in Catalunya:
Thesis: the guy pooping is a traditional element of the nativity scene
Antithesis: government sponsored nativities shouldn't depict crime
Synthesis: keep the guy, but add a police officer, writing the guy a ticket
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer#Controversy_surrounding_Barcelona's_civility_ordinance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer#Controversy_surroundin...
- jadbox 3y agoThis is such a Zizek-esk kind of example of the dialectic, but I haven't heard him reference this as a classic example.
- bckr 3y agoWhat do you mean by XIX and XX? Thanks for the link to the caganer! Holy crap, that is amazing.
- uptime 3y agoPerfect summary, well done.
- 082349872349872 3y agoXIX: nineteenth century; XX: twentieth century; we're in the XXI now (even if we don't seem to be acting much like it) [nb. this notation is (without red ink?) unsuitable for dates before the Age of Pisces]
- bckr 3y agoIs this some occultism thing?
- 082349872349872 3y agoRoman numerals denoting centuries is a historian thing. I mentioned "Age of Pisces" just because it seriously annoys me that years go from 1 BC to 1 AD with no 0. (inspired by: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761574 )
- sdwr 3y agoThat's so stupid! I love it!