[stylist] Political pieces and the list

[Judith Bron]

Running the risk of being banished I think that when ousting all political 
writing because people can't agree we are running a risk.  Some of the best 
writing done today is through editorials.  No one is going to write an 
article about the benefits of chocolate ice cream vs. vanilla, but 
scientists are coming up with health benefits to chocolate.  Whoops!  There 
I go again!  If you are going to limit any "political" thought to blindness 
issues and the benefits of NFB over ACB which I can't buy, what you are 
doing is putting any thinking process in a very narrow tunnel in which no 
one can grow.  I'm banished, Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Political pieces and the list


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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