http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:33:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/171506.php#comment-16484 When one finds the social convention abhorrent and immoral, one must work against it. That is something I learned from Dr. King. 16484@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:33:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/171506.php#comment-16482 True. Perhaps, the argument isn't what's petty, it's the way we talk around each other that is. 16482@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:17:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/171506.php#comment-16481 Natalie, One of the things I most admire about you is your refusal to be categorized, either when it would be to your disadvantage or to your advantage, and surely this is what society should strive for. But in the meantime, there are some things that cannot even be discussed without referring to categories because that is the linguistic convention. You can fight it case by case, but it seems rather pointless to get upset about it in general - typically people mean nothing untoward by it at all, they are merely partaking of the social convention. 16481@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:11:37 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/171506.php#comment-16474 I would disagree respectfully, Joe. Judging people by their character rather than by putting them into societal categorizations and such is very much at the heart of many of the "squabbles" taking place, for example, on Blogcritics right now. I see nothing petty about that argument. 16474@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:57:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/171506.php#comment-16444 Thanks, Natalie, for reminding us of more important things than our own petty squabbles. 16444@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:32:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/28/171506.php#comment-16340 Beautiful and very beautifully presented Natalie, thanks. 16340@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:46:48 EDT