Whatever Leisure means…
I figured if I didnt post anything I would have only written one post the entire year-not the best reason to have a blog. With the advent of the social menace known as facebook-the lazy way to interact with ‘friends’ is born and the blog gets a bit less attention. Not that it ever really got a lot, I mean look at this thing. Its been a constant de-evolution with each new wordpress version some visual element gets tweaked-only to never return-the tragedy of the commons I guess.
on with it
Not that these reflect good writing but I never claimed to be a journalist or writer. CNN is a major news org. and this is bad:
Your cell phone, Congo’s misery
1. Misdirected – Is the problem that peoples demand for cell phones is so high that corporations are pushed to find the cheapest way to make phones-even if that means acquiring materials from some warlords? Not really-me thinks the problem is corporate greed coupled with capitalism has no sense of morality or justice-its pursue profit regardless of consequence.
2. Emotionally Tugging – Its like that commercial where some other blond lady strolls around in Africa asking for donations – well slightly. At least in that commercial some action on your part is suggested. In this case there just gripping about some problem without offering any means to do anything about it-kinda like this blog.
3. Sweeping ass generalization that is anecdotal at best – “Women have a natural, inherent knowingness, an unspoken connection between us” First of all I don’t think knowingness is a word, and if it was it certainly shouldn’t be used after inherent. This is like when people think Blacks are born able to dance or Asians are born serving up some calculus. Statements like these i counter progressive
4. Mama Clinton – WTF!? who is proofing this crap?
In a nutshell while I care about the social problems being brought up here-this was written in a fashion that goes for an emotional response-but reflects almost a lack of concern given its shoddiness.
Oh and Occupy Wall Street was a cool concept – I want to see where it goes from here. The 1% is fucking up.
