Comments on: The public, the private and everything in between http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/ Misfit thoughts on marriage, working, reading, writing and everything in between. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:28:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: charlotteotter http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4930 charlotteotter Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:24:34 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4930 I also found this a stunning post. I can't yet see how people like Cho or Grant can be stopped from acting on their madness, but our social networks are somehow failing if the signs they do exhibit are not noticed and acted upon. However I fear the freedom of weird but non-psychotic people being infringed upon. It's a very fine line, but I guess we all have to take responsibility one way or another. I also found this a stunning post. I can’t yet see how people like Cho or Grant can be stopped from acting on their madness, but our social networks are somehow failing if the signs they do exhibit are not noticed and acted upon. However I fear the freedom of weird but non-psychotic people being infringed upon. It’s a very fine line, but I guess we all have to take responsibility one way or another.

]]> By: Susan Hated Literature » Blog Archive » The blame game http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4891 Susan Hated Literature » Blog Archive » The blame game Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:17:44 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4891 [...] This post at The Public, the Private, and Everything In Between it struck me that it could almost have mentioned the Dunnes as well. How private should private be, and who can ever possibly take it upon themselves to turn the private public? We are living in a precarious time, a time when both spheres are bleeding into each other and the line of demarcation is wavering. There is great potential here. Either we will become a society who ostracizes even more violently those who are different from us, suspect of every quiet student who doesn’t dress like the rest, suspicious of any husband or wife who doesn’t drag his or her child to every Saturday soccer game, or maybe, just maybe, we’ll become a society responsible to something greater than ourselves [...] [...] This post at The Public, the Private, and Everything In Between it struck me that it could almost have mentioned the Dunnes as well. How private should private be, and who can ever possibly take it upon themselves to turn the private public? We are living in a precarious time, a time when both spheres are bleeding into each other and the line of demarcation is wavering. There is great potential here. Either we will become a society who ostracizes even more violently those who are different from us, suspect of every quiet student who doesn’t dress like the rest, suspicious of any husband or wife who doesn’t drag his or her child to every Saturday soccer game, or maybe, just maybe, we’ll become a society responsible to something greater than ourselves [...]

]]> By: Fence http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4890 Fence Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:38:15 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4890 Interesting post. Increasingly I find myself thinking that there really is no difference between the public and the private. That everything is political. Or at least that there is substantial cross over between the two. Interesting post. Increasingly I find myself thinking that there really is no difference between the public and the private. That everything is political.
Or at least that there is substantial cross over between the two.

]]> By: Emily http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4864 Emily Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:28:46 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4864 Terrific thoughts here, and I'm glad to see someone noting that Supreme Court decision. I'm afraid it's been pretty much buried, what with the focus on VT. What appalled me was Justice Kennedy's quote that the vote "expresses respect for the dignity of human life." My response: whose dignity? Certainly not the dignity of the woman who doesn't want to have the child. And what kind of dignity does an unwanted child have? Terrific thoughts here, and I’m glad to see someone noting that Supreme Court decision. I’m afraid it’s been pretty much buried, what with the focus on VT. What appalled me was Justice Kennedy’s quote that the vote “expresses respect for the dignity of human life.” My response: whose dignity? Certainly not the dignity of the woman who doesn’t want to have the child. And what kind of dignity does an unwanted child have?

]]> By: litlove http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4847 litlove Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:12:53 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4847 Wonderful post, Courtney. I tend to think that in order to manage the public/private divide we need better transition zones. More support networks within the community, less intrusion by the media. There should always be someone available who will listen, and reliable sources of free citizen's advice. It's not going to solve everything - people have intransigent wild sides - but it might help a little. Wonderful post, Courtney. I tend to think that in order to manage the public/private divide we need better transition zones. More support networks within the community, less intrusion by the media. There should always be someone available who will listen, and reliable sources of free citizen’s advice. It’s not going to solve everything – people have intransigent wild sides – but it might help a little.

]]> By: LK http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4838 LK Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:29:18 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4838 I agreee with Andi. So many disturbing juxtapositions. I agreee with Andi.

So many disturbing juxtapositions.

]]> By: Andi http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4783 Andi Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:49:13 +0000 http://everythinginbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-public-the-private-and-everything-in-between/#comment-4783 Stunning commentary. Absolutely positively stunning. Will be using part of this in an impassioned post on my own blog later. Stunning commentary. Absolutely positively stunning. Will be using part of this in an impassioned post on my own blog later.

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