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April 25, 2005
Damn Poetry
Headline on the ad for the evening news tonight, "A loaded gun has deadly consequences for a young boy." We can't just say "Kid gets shot" or my preference, start every night with a list of things that are bad. Starting with guns. It's like with gender neutral language "Intimate Partner Violence" instead of "Wife Beating." Everyone's trying to be dramatic or poetic when they could just tell the truth. We have enough trouble just getting that much from the news these days. Heaven help us if we're supposed to read betweeen the lines too. I don't think it's alot to ask in the dyas of photographic menus and cash registers at fast food places. Let's just be simple. Literacy has become optional. There was a Wal-Mart commercial talking about it today. If Wal-Mart has taken the time to notice it in the process of destroying independent buisness and creating suburban sprawl on an epic scale, then it must be a reasonably serious issue. Keep it simple and true.
Posted by Daniel at April 25, 2005 12:37 AM
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Really liked this post D. Made me smile and remember an Australian newsreport about a boy who had shot himself with his father's semi-automatic. The voice over said "looks harmless enough but in the hands of a young child it became a lethal weapon".
Posted by: Jonathan at April 27, 2005 01:45 PM
This is totally random but you popped up when I did a google search for Innocence. I love her too! Do you have her email by chance? Thanks!
Posted by: Dawn at May 27, 2005 07:59 PM
sorry, i don't.
Posted by: Daniel Siders at May 27, 2005 09:07 PM
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