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

[Suzanne Burns]

On 11/10/06, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:

 I then popped off about the value of politics (as opposed to political
> science, I might insert--as a gesture toward Anny's response to what I said)
> because of my annoyance with current politics,
>


I share that visceral annoyance, believe me.  I think it is unfortunate but
inevitable that when the word "political" comes up people immediately think
of politicians, elections,  bureaucratic bickering and incompetence, and a
whole slew of very dismal things.  Which was why I attempted to expand the
meaning somewhat to get closer to  the original meaning "polis", of the
people.  Meaning nobody is an island living separately from the rest of the
human race or the issues that effect all of us.  I have nothing but respect
for a decision to hide from the morons in power (its what I do best,
frankly)  but I just wanted to point out that this too is a kind of
political decision.  Silence is a statement.  Refusal to engange is a
statement.  Maybe it is the wisest statement.

Anyway, cheers.  I've enjoyed talking about this subject and I hope I didn't
hijack the thread too much.

:-)

Suzanne




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"Start with your identity, which is a combination of your assets and what
your friends mean when they discuss 'the trouble with you,' polish that, and
you have style."

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