
11-19-2010, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
I know I am not supposed to have an opinion on this because we do not yet own here in TV. But we see so many things to like about this place that we are seriously considering buying. We have been looking at houses.
And I can no longer stay silent on this one. (I sometimes wonder, when I read some of the stuff here on TOTV, if an independent thinker like me can make my way in TV. But I always manage to find my people somehow. So I am betting that I can.) Whoops. I digress….. so anyway, back to the topic that’s got me all riled up……
I was appalled by what I had been reading in this thread. But then I read that article in today’s newspaper and now I need a new word -- something stronger than appalled. Can’t seem to think of the perfect word right now…..well… at least not a ladylike word.
Thank you, BTK, for your comments on the article and also for your comments on this situation in general. You are telling it like it is.
I saw that newspaper article as quite a piece of writing that boiled down to saying that a small, powerful group made a decision to pull the rug out from under the biggest Relay for Life in the country. I can only imagine the influence that must have been brought to bear in that one. (shudder)
As I looked at the writer’s style, it sure looked to me like a version of the assumptive close. Invoking the assumptive principle, the writer presents the issue with absolute and complete confidence, as if it is all so very obvious, so purely right. When a decision is presented in such a manner, people who say the decision is wrong can find themselves cast in a bad light by those who will call them (gasp) negative and, in some cases, worse. And so it goes……
I have learned a lot about TV from TOTV. I have learned that the streets are public and the squares are public. I also know that charter schools are funded with public money.
The Relay for Life is always inspiring and beautiful. I think it would be wonderful to see the Villagers’ Relay for Life pour out, in those huge numbers, into the streets and the squares of TV. Not to be denied. And I would plan to be right there with them.
I can dream, can’t I?
Norma Rae Boomer
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