http://wrecking.org/cbd/2008/02/17/northern/ Software studies, technical communication, writing studies, web accessibility, and new media. Life with my girls. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:15:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2008/02/17/northern/comment-page-1/#comment-20150 Glenn Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:19:58 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2008/02/16/foo/#comment-20150 I also wonder about this rejection of "politicizing" a tragedy. What exactly does that mean? Isn't it just as political to say we shouldn't talk about the implications (meaning, in a back-handed way, that it's fine to keep the status quo?--isn't that incredibly political?). It seems to me those that say we shouldn't politicize most often say that before any political commentary comes out, meaning "Don't you dare start talking about reasonable responses to such a tragedy...." I say, why the hell not respond! I'd say searching for reasonable responses is precisely how we should respond to a tragedy. Anything else seems politically and socially irresponsible and the rhetoric that we shouldn't have the political discussion seems equally irresponsible. I also wonder about this rejection of “politicizing” a tragedy. What exactly does that mean? Isn’t it just as political to say we shouldn’t talk about the implications (meaning, in a back-handed way, that it’s fine to keep the status quo?–isn’t that incredibly political?). It seems to me those that say we shouldn’t politicize most often say that before any political commentary comes out, meaning “Don’t you dare start talking about reasonable responses to such a tragedy….” I say, why the hell not respond! I’d say searching for reasonable responses is precisely how we should respond to a tragedy. Anything else seems politically and socially irresponsible and the rhetoric that we shouldn’t have the political discussion seems equally irresponsible.

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