The Task Of Universal Pragmatics

All Affected Can Accept The Consequences And The Side Effects That [the Norm's] General Observance Can Be Anticipated To Have For The Satisfaction Of Everyone's Interests, And The Consequences Are Preferred To Those Of Known Alternative Possibilities For Regulation.

The Misery In War-torn Afghanistan Is Reminiscent Of Images From The Thirty Years' War.

The Avant-garde Understands Itself As Invading Unknown Territory, Exposing Itself To The Dangers Of Sudden, Shocking Encounters, Conquering An As Yet Unoccupied Future ... The Avant-garde Must Find A Direction In A Landscape Into Which No One Seems To Have Yet Ventured.

Perhaps At A Later Point Important Developments Will Be Traced Back To September 11. But For Now We Do Not Know Which Of The Many Scenarios Will Actually Hold In The Future.

One Never Really Knows Who One's Enemy Is.