In a different but related vein, there have been three amazing columns
posted online by communications commentator, Jon Katz, at a site called
<slashdot.org>. They have received rather widespread notice even by the
mainstream media. The URLs for these are:
"Voices from the Hellmouth"
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/25/1438249>
"More Stories from the Hellmouth"
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/27/0310247>
"The Price of Being Different"
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/29/0124247>
They mostly represent email he has received from students all over the
country about the price they have been paying in the post-Columbine
shooting world for acting, speaking, or thinking in unusual or non-standard
ways. The stories I read in Jon's articles are pretty depressing, though
perhaps not upon reflection, and summon up images of a kind of American
cultural fascism reminiscent of the 50s and early 60s. They certainly echo
some of Botstein's comments.
Vinny Hevern
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