http://the208.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/sticks-and-stones/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://the208.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/sticks-and-stones/#comment-209 jbresland Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:57:12 +0000 http://the208.wordpress.com/?p=554#comment-209 Here here, Isabelle. These days, far as I know, you can not, in polite society, advocate for taking a stick to a child. Yet for much of this post, or proto-essay, you do exactly that -- and you do so in a voice thet recalls that famous essay by Swift (I know you know the one). I only wish you hadn't softened or walked back your hard line. I mean, if you're gonna be an outlier, why not push it all the way? Why not commit? I wondered if this meditative post could benefit, in the future, from more tangible stuff, some personal history, a la "My parents used the stick on me, and look how good *I* turned out..." I mean, if you're staking out a position, you need to build it around a case study or two, right? Here here, Isabelle. These days, far as I know, you can not, in polite society, advocate for taking a stick to a child. Yet for much of this post, or proto-essay, you do exactly that — and you do so in a voice thet recalls that famous essay by Swift (I know you know the one). I only wish you hadn’t softened or walked back your hard line. I mean, if you’re gonna be an outlier, why not push it all the way? Why not commit? I wondered if this meditative post could benefit, in the future, from more tangible stuff, some personal history, a la “My parents used the stick on me, and look how good *I* turned out…” I mean, if you’re staking out a position, you need to build it around a case study or two, right?

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