Archive for August, 2008

Violence, community discourse, and personal responsibility (Draft Discussion)

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Right now I am working on an essay to discuss how the disrespectful language we use in our daily lives (and in online forums) contributes to a culture of violence that contributes to PHYSICAL as well as VERBAL violence.The point is that we each as individuals have responsibility for creating ...

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My Grief, my Grief: Homicide at Maxwell & Ellicott Streets

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Between 1991 and 1999, I lived in a house I owned on Ellicott Street only one house away from its intersection at Maxwell, the location of the most recent shooting/homicide. All those 8 years, there was not one single incidence of violence. In fact, I remember during the riots in 1991 ...

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Insult Flinging and the online D&C circulation rate

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

I know that individual D&C editors are appalled at the uncivilized discourse we have seen on these pages since the inception of the comments feature last February. More than a few have expressed their discomfort with what has been unleashed here.I haven't been able to figure out why on god's ...

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For the Commenters on my Blog: Apologies and Thank You

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

I need to apologize to the commenters on my blog because I only recently discovered that many people actually DID post comments. I thought I was being ignored! What a joy it was to find that in fact many were attending to my posts. I was unaware of what one needed ...

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Re-Post: Without Hope, Change is Impossible

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

I posted this back in March. Decided it was time to re-post it. That's because we continue to be besieged by posters who seem hell-bent on disparaging the City of Rochester every opportunity they get. This afternoon I march with Slater's Raiders on Hudson Avenue. Slater's Raiders isn't just about marching ...

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U.S. health Care Costs vs. Life Expectancy: We Lose BIGTIME

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Every time anyone brings up the idea of universal health care, someone will say the U.S. has the best health care in the world.I don't know what criteria are being used to measure the quality of available health care, but if you measure what we spend on health care vs. ...

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Free to a good home

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

I have had this big ol’ TV sitting on the floor of my room for months. Before that, it lived in my armoire, but I ran out of room in my closet and needed the armoire for what it was intended – fabulous clothes. I’ve been trying to ...

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Discuss: "We use language that respects everyone"

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Principle #1 of the Coalition for the Beloved Community is:We use language that respects everyone.Let's discuss this concept in light of the discussion going on today in the story about the man who was killed on Seward Street [link].Does the insult-flinging (in which I admit to have engaged) contribute to ...

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10-year reunion, here I come

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

I'm headed to my 10-year reunion this weekend, an event I can honestly say I've been excited about since I graduated from high school. But as much as I am excited, I'm also nervous. I mean, so much has changed since then and I've only really kept in touch with one ...

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Election was not a good sign for democracy

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

OK, so yesterday we had a primary election, which in some cases decided the actual officeholder but in other cases just decided who will be on the ballot in November.Larry Campbell, for example, won re-election to four more years as Leon County sheriff.  He got 31,661 votes, or 67.8 percent ...

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