DoubleQuotes consist of two quotes (or images), juxtaposed. They are intended to work in a way that I learned from haiku: as thoughts dropped into the mind-pond, not so much for their own sakes as for their concentric ripples and the interference patterns between them.
DoubleQuotes are a subset of my analytic work using concepts drawn from Herman Hesse's Glass Bead Game and my playable variants, the HipBone Games.
Two recent usages of the phrase, democracy is democracy, one with a but at one end, one with a but at the other.
I actually think this is one of President Bush's better statements, but a great deal depends on the force to be given to the but in each case... Democracy is tricky that way, it sometimes works against the wishes of those who proclaim its virtue.
Sources:
BBC News piece
Google cache of Moscow Times piece
I'm the designer of the HipBone Games, playable variants on Hermann Hesse's Glass Bead Game. I'm associated with the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University, and worked as Senior Analyst at The Arlington Institute, a beltway think tank in Virginia, on the social impact of large and surprising changes. Presently I'm focusing on the Middle East and developing a tool for conflict analysis -- and hopefully, eventually, conflict resolution!
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