tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post6009463045662243277..comments2024-02-22T01:36:48.427-08:00Comments on On Theatre and Politics - Matthew Freeman: The crazy meter is turned up to 11Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-78038191348998300872009-08-18T12:58:42.983-07:002009-08-18T12:58:42.983-07:00That said, the rest of the list is totally appropr...That said, the rest of the list is totally appropriate, and yes what is now allowable for "discussion" has reached absurd depths of idiocy.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-24766629331597725212009-08-18T12:58:01.248-07:002009-08-18T12:58:01.248-07:00I think #4 is out of place here, because it is not...I think #4 is out of place here, because it is not a fair representation of what happened -- it is a far more complex question than that. As an academic myself, and one whose uncle-in-law was a Harvard prof, I know how arrogant profs can be. While I was away in Wisconsin a few weeks ago, there was a front page article by a former police chief outlining police procedure, and why the things being requested were reasonable in caring for the safety of police officers. Yes, in the final analysis, it was silly to arrest Gates; however, at the time, the officer was protecting himself in demanding that Gates step out of the house and so forth.<br /><br />Largely lost in all the bruhaha was the real culprit: the fact that Gates' neighbors didn't know who he was. If we made an effort to actually become part of our neighborhoods, and if we actually knew who the people on our streets were, then none of this would have happened. Yes, it is the C-word: community. We lose it at our peril.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.com