Well, consider that particular veil lifted — Samsung had a near-final version of the Odyssey to play with here at Digital Experience in Las Vegas, and I took the secretive little guy for a spin.
Naturally, they call it Plan B. When Lawrence Lessig talks about a "veil of cynicism," he has a very particular veil in mind.
Modern-day Muslim girls know that wearing their Islamic headscarves, and veils in particular, really pisses people off, and pop stars and fashion designers love them because they're mildly controversial.
"It is false to say that it is aimed at Islam and the wearing of the veil in particular".
The Islamic Republic is against beauty and has imposed a particular form of Islamic veil on us, the women of Iran, in order to protect the chastity of the nation against the West.
However, modes of supply chain accounting can also be deployed as a mechanism to further particular interests behind a veil of talk about trust.
It was not the first time I had conducted an interview with someone in a full veil, but this particular encounter, though very polite and respectful on both sides, got me thinking.
People who experienced the secular tyranny of kitsch (an opera-tenor kind of tyranny) felt particular irritation at the rosy veil thrown over reality, at the immodest exhibition of hearts forever deeply moved, at the "bread drenched in perfume" that Musil speaks of.
During the 19th century, Iran saw a boom of printed and illustrated mi'raj books, with Muhammad's face veiled, aimed in particular at illiterates and children in the manner of graphic novels.
When I was talking to one of our minders about the particular way Iranian women wore the veil, she yelled "Don't you know the veil has been abahlished in Iran?" If she had opened her eyes she would have seen that the women in the streets were all veiled.
