tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post486885842738071799..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Thoughts on the Giffords ShootingNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-7343242679831584032011-01-12T10:20:21.911-08:002011-01-12T10:20:21.911-08:00j.m.m.
it's very true that we need to change...j.m.m. <br /><br />it's very true that we need to change our relationship with the media, and also that the commonplace exploitation and objectification must be transformed into something more humanistic. <br /><br />it seems harder these days to get away from the media. i don't know what it's going to take before something changes for the better.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-46081772193623379112011-01-11T20:41:22.696-08:002011-01-11T20:41:22.696-08:00Thank you for your post. I live in Tucson and am f...Thank you for your post. I live in Tucson and am feeling shell shocked after the events of Saturday. It seems like everyone here is in a bit of a daze, trying to make sense of the senseless and slightly overwhelmed by emotions that are hard to even identify. <br /><br />You mention how with today's technology and media, it's easy to become overwhelmed by all the urgent, instanteous, j.m.m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14736923672632124866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-15900592363094654152011-01-11T14:01:10.827-08:002011-01-11T14:01:10.827-08:00Hi Carol,
Yeah, I often feel that sense of not b...Hi Carol, <br /><br />Yeah, I often feel that sense of not being able to have much impact myself. It's really challenging to see such little in terms of tangible results. <br /><br />I've been trying to develop a seven generations approach to whatever I'm doing. That what I'm doing now is planting seeds, a few of which can and do fruit in the short term, but many of which I might Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-47634805444756058372011-01-11T13:44:39.291-08:002011-01-11T13:44:39.291-08:00Nathan - I agree with you completely, although day...Nathan - I agree with you completely, although day-to-day doing my little bit to promote sanity feels so inadequate. But what else can you do? I do find myself turning more and more toward contemporary Buddhist thought and meditation for solace (in addition to the yoga, which remains central for me). But I am skittish about what seems from the outside like the relatively sectarian nature of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954595575931726418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-84094364230444517802011-01-11T10:22:00.210-08:002011-01-11T10:22:00.210-08:00Genju,
I think you're right to wonder about t...Genju,<br /><br />I think you're right to wonder about the gun issue. I have as well. Easy access to guns, like many states in the U.S. allow, makes gun violence more prevalent here than in Canada and some other countries. But it's bigger than guns; they are just a deadly tool in the story. <br /><br />NathanNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-24028040488876927322011-01-11T10:17:10.684-08:002011-01-11T10:17:10.684-08:00Carol,
I have been convinced for a long time that...Carol,<br /><br />I have been convinced for a long time that the best, most fruitful action comes outside of electoral politics. I've read piles about social movements large and small around the world, both historical and current. The successes are often either experienced completely outside of elected systems, or they come from engagement with politicians after much other groundwork has beenNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-3584940150851774202011-01-11T06:25:14.371-08:002011-01-11T06:25:14.371-08:00"the constant flow of "terrible news,&qu..."the constant flow of "terrible news," from floods in Australia, potential civil war in Ivory Coast, continued misery in Haiti, to the shooting in Arizona can easily lead to an underlying sense of overwhelm, even amongst low level media users."<br /><br />I don't even have TV access - mainly only listen to NPR for news - and this is still a big issue for me.<br /><br />ButAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954595575931726418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-89818470183235804692011-01-10T19:08:02.779-08:002011-01-10T19:08:02.779-08:00Powerful post, Nathan. Almost exactly a year ago...Powerful post, Nathan. Almost exactly a year ago a federal police officer who was about to lose his job stabbed one of our municipal officers in the parking lot of the ER. Eric died almost immediately despite having several medics and surgeons work on him in the parking lot. He was 51 and had been hired three years before. That night, the man who killed him had also stalked the officers Genjuhttp://www.108zenbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-52436774405226418502011-01-10T12:08:47.581-08:002011-01-10T12:08:47.581-08:00Robyn,
Somehow, I forgot to add the gender/viole...Robyn, <br /><br />Somehow, I forgot to add the gender/violence piece, even though I read a few articles this morning making that exact point. I wrote a post last summer I think about men and guns. Maybe it was longer ago than that. I'm going to go look for it now. <br /><br />NathanNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-10915625087874903762011-01-10T11:46:37.311-08:002011-01-10T11:46:37.311-08:00Just another thought to add to the growing pile......Just another thought to add to the growing pile....I have been reading some rather convincing points of view about how this was (yet again) male violence against women. Reading your story about the female bus driver and angry man, I thought you would mention that in the list of why this is extra disturbing. <br /><br />In among the many things I have read, someone actually had statistics of Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.com