> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Charles Matthews > <charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> On 24/05/2011 18:49, George Herbert wrote: >>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Fred Bauder<fredb...@fairpoint.net> >>> wrote: >>>>> Yes, let's replace our elite judgment for that of everyone else. >>>> You've got one word right, "our". You are responsible for this. >>> No, he (and we) are not. Dan Savage is responsible for this. >>> >> Right - and an egregious case of bullying it is, based on a distinctive >> surname. (Fred's comparison with ED is not off-beam, just missing the >> point IMO.) I'm clear that, in human terms, I have a low opinion of it. >> If our article doesn't give the data that would make it possible to >> come >> up with an informed opinion on Savage's campaign on that level, then it >> is failing. Too much to ask whether it could do the same on the issues >> of whether this kind of campaigning actually changes minds, or >> discredits freedom of speech, etc. These things are more interesting, >> when it comes down to it, but constraints on OR mean the article is >> really just a compilation of quotes from journalism. > > I don't know that it's been reviewed in analytical terms at that > level. It's so offensive on one level that academics and political > commentators seem to just shy away from it rather than addressing the > rather deep "Hey, what does this say about society/politics/etc". > > If that exists then it almost certainly should be covered in the > article. I am not aware that it does, but this is outside my core > areas of competence (though I was pretty aware of it when it started). > > > -- > -george william herbert > george.herb...@gmail.com
We could try cooking up some serious analysis, perhaps by political scientists or journalists. So what are the serious questions to be addressed? Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
