Gozen,
Although I respect your view, I stand by what i said =p.
I think this is very much based upon perspective. Although a view as radically relative as the one I'm assuming here may be a problematic from a moral standpoint, we're not talking about a moral issue; we're talking about a self perspective. Ergo, the truth from my perspective is just as much the truth as that of an arhat, and his perspective is just as much the truth as the every-day person going about their business.
I mean that quite literally, not in any sort of spiritual context. If you walk up to someone on the street and tell them "all you are is empty, devoid of meaning," they will give you all sorts of reactions indicating that you are the crazy one, not them. And they would be just as valid as you-- empathize with their perspective and you see that their form of truth is just as true as yours.
Whatever someone validates to be true in their mind is true for them, and these truths can be contradictory. Thus, I can assume the view that I possess a self from one view, that I am a process of infinite becoming from another, or perhaps that I'm purely empty from another, and so on. None of these are inherently more truthful than another, they are just different hats to wear. Some are more appropriate for some contexts, some perhaps rare and unusual, some lack any sort of suffering and some are steeped in various types.
So again, from the perspective of society, you certainly have a self, and nothin' you can do will get rid of it.