The Last Tourist, Revisited

Or, one great replacement deserves another.

We must begin with the misrepresentation and transform it into what is true. That is, we must uncover the source of the misrepresentation, otherwise hearing what is true won’t help us. The truth cannot penetrate when something is taking its place. – Ludwig Wittgenstein, quoted in Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Children of the Sun

In the wake of the 2005 bombings i…