tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post7420322698780299191..comments2023-10-17T10:29:57.984-04:00Comments on The Screaming Pope: Happy All the TimeFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-936051844858842292013-04-24T16:35:58.824-04:002013-04-24T16:35:58.824-04:00I've exceeded my daily quota of stereotypes. ...I've exceeded my daily quota of stereotypes. Thank you for putting this discussion back onto the firmer ground of drama and literature.<br /> jylle benson-gaussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-24712540730359009602013-04-24T15:19:06.406-04:002013-04-24T15:19:06.406-04:00What we are inadvertently talking about is updatin...What we are inadvertently talking about is updating The Rights of Man. Hamlet is performed in modern dress, but Thomas Paine’s work is relegated to a dusty carrel. The Rights of Man! That’s what needs to be in Neon on the Deuce.Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-7705286179742116702013-04-24T12:06:15.889-04:002013-04-24T12:06:15.889-04:00This is great.
A friend of mine is serving a two...This is great. <br />A friend of mine is serving a two-week sentence in a nearby county prison for an act of civil disobedience. Her stories of the people she's met and the way the penal system works illuminate a society that allows predation to systemically and incrementally deprive the poor of what little they have. She has been changed by her experiences of depending on other inmates for basic amenities (pencil and paper, for example), though not in the way the penal system intended. <br />Not all poverty is miserable; it provides an opportunity for choice, generosity and reciprocity. And a fabulous life of privilege can dull one's awareness; so much becomes taken for granted. <br />The great challenge in every socio-economic stratum is to be able to distinguish between material needs (and wants) and necessities; to decide whether we are more than the sum of our posessions.jylle benson-gaussnoreply@blogger.com