[Erik Olson]

Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale

And if you don’t like “shit”, will “fuck” do? We’re in the process of fucking-up the earth while we look romantically towards the bit we haven’t yet shat on. I am put in mind of Oscar’s gutter, and his stars.

Ann, you sounded like my favorite philosopher on the subject, Slavoj Zizek, just then. Here he is from the Examined Life in a pile of it.

P.S. I might not agree with all of his conclusions, but he never fails to invigorate my thinking and I agree with much if not all.