Ernie: Point well taken. Now, speaking as an adman, how do you personalize the idea ? Gotta give people a "hook," you know. Abstractions rarely ( if ever ) sell anything. OK, maybe they are persuasive in departments of physics or philosophy, but for the hoi polloi --which is us, more often that we like to admit-- what is the best way to make the concept clear ? Needed, an example of a really functional family that is well known enough to summon an "aha" insight when their name is / are mentioned. I think it is safe to say that Bill and Hillary don't make the cut, or the Sanfords or, for the matter, Abe Lincoln and Mary Todd. Famous very functional couple.? Hmmmmm. Any ideas ? Billy In a message dated 3/2/2010 12:53:49 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
HI Billy, On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:24 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Ernie: If the two parties are mommy and daddy, suppose there was a Radical Centrist party. What would be the appropriate metaphor ? I think our friend Mark Satin nailed it pretty well with his (re)definition of "nurturing parentS" vs "strict daddy" and "indulgent mommy": _George Lakoff, Don’t Think of an Elephant!: A Critique_ (http://www.radicalmiddle.com/x_lakoff.htm) Moreover, Lakoff’s frames are hardly scientifically drawn. The counterpart of the strict father model is not nurturant parent. It’s what you could call the “anything goes” model, from which millions of youth are suffering today. The nurturant parent model (and how’s about plural -- nurturant parents) is the golden mean, with appropriate discipline and freedom both built in. Some dare call it the radical middle model. -- Ernie P. = _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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