Hi Billy, On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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.
Ironically, the Obama's are arguably the most functional high-profile couple in the world right now, at least in terms of marriage. :-0 There are better fictional figures -- in fact, Cliff Huxtable (aka Bill Cosby) is arguably the modern ideal of fatherhood for my generation. "What this country needs is a Huxtabelian government, with a strong balance of support AND responsibility". -- Ernie P. > > 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] 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 > > >> 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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