[New-Poetry] Thought for the day after the elections

[Suzanne Burns]

On 11/10/06, Skip Fox <skip at louisiana.edu> wrote:

> Plus, saying something like "all discourse is political" tends to extend
> the notion of "political" unusefully.
>
Thanks for your response, Skip.

It occured to me that my post was expanding what "political" means beond
maybe what was initially being discussed.  Part if that is deliberate
because I think it is unfortunate that many people (myself included) tend to
hear "political" and think instantly about the evening news, and I think
does have a broader meaning than that.

And I certainly don't want to reduce everything to just one meaning-- its
entirely possible to talk about something that is separate from the
political, of course.  What I question is the opposite exclusivity-- this
idea that it is possible for any of us to compeltely separate ourselves from
the issues of our time, and that giving attention to political ramifications
of our speech or actions is inherently small and petty (this was sort of
what I was hearing Bob say anyway).

As with most things, the truth is probably somewhere between the two
extremes.

Hope I am not taking this way too off topic.

Thanks,

Suzanne


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