[Ben to Platt] 3b) If the article was not critical of the NHS, then it's misleading, so you
Can criticize Jos Laycock. I generally agree that all points are sound. [Arlo] No, Ben. All these points are not "sound". Platt read a headline and based on an ideological predisposition against "socialized" medicine, jumped to an assumption before gathering what he lacked, and that is an awareness and understanding of the NHS structure and history. [Ben] I take Platt to be an intelligent person and take him at his word that he read the article to mean a certain thing. I can thus understand his frustration that the article was written in a way such that he misread it. In cases of miscommunication, I think the author and reader share responsibility. Thus, point 3b--the point I think you're contesting--stands. [Case] No, Ben. You are still missing the point. Platt reads an article from a foreign newspaper, applies his own cultural frame of reference, totally misinterprets what was said and wants to blame the publication. A point that should leap out from this is that in many respects US and UK culture are very similar. Some might claim indistinguishable and yet making this assumption can lead to misunderstanding. Consider then how much more error results when one tries to apply ones own cultural context to a society that is even more dissimilar than ones own. In fact for some examples of this look at just about anything Platt has had to say about Iraq. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
