[stylist] Political pieces and the list

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

Whenever I hear that we need to not write "political" work, I flash back to reading Fehrenheit 451, unfortunately a prophetic work of science fiction in which people were so afraid of offending others with their writing that the only thing produced was mindless pap.

I was taught that "politics" was the art of determining who gets what, when, where, and how.  Thus, when we write to advocate for blindness issues than we are engaging in "political" writing.

Much good science fiction is about social commentary concerning where we are going as a society; this is "political" writing to and I hope that if I write such stories I can share them with the group.

Not a sermon, just a thought. Smile and God bless.
Shawn

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 5:24 PM
To: newmanrl at cox.net; stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [stylist] Political pieces and the list

It would seem to me this is a writers' list, in which we deal with the 
problems of writing.   Yes, there were some technical problems in Judith's piece 
which have been addressed, and that is fine.   However, the fact that the 
subject was political does somewhat violate the limits of this list.

I realize you may not all agree with me.   However, I am hoping that we can 
come to a compromise;   Let's keep   politics off limits for now.   If a 
piece is political when it is presented, please note at the beginning that the 
content is political, but the piece is presented for grammatical, 
structural and punctuational feedback rather than political agreement or 
disagreement.

Thanks.
Lori
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