Re: disturbing trends from youth culture

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
19 Sep 1999 16:47:59 -0000

Paul, I see your point, though it does still seem more pertinent to those
bigger patterns (what can be seen from the palace). In our everyday context,
we CAN (I remind myself) learn from whatever unintended consequences and
adjust the manner of our message-making. That is, after all, where the
difference lies that we individual, enminded bodies can make. In the
performance.... There _is_ an alternative to cranking up the volume, you know.

Judith

>What I was talking about, Judith, were the unintended results of our
>actions. Sometimes you point in one direction in your immediate
>surroundings but it's going the other direction by the time it hits the
>street. There's more than a little backlash out there today and its runs
>deep throughout the land. If you crank up the volume, thinking you'll get
>your message through, sometimes all you do is produce the horrible screech
>of feedback.
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>Paul
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