Comments on: Silence http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/11/09/silence/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: “Strengthening Public Interest In Science?” | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/11/09/silence/#comment-52957 “Strengthening Public Interest In Science?” | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:11:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=4121#comment-52957 [...] who contacted me do not have a platform to publicly express their disgust, but I can. Rape is not a joke or game and the fact that these remarks were not removed perpetuates the notion that they’re [...] [...] who contacted me do not have a platform to publicly express their disgust, but I can. Rape is not a joke or game and the fact that these remarks were not removed perpetuates the notion that they’re [...]

]]> By: How Many Ways To Interpret “No”? Just One | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/11/09/silence/#comment-49295 How Many Ways To Interpret “No”? Just One | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:23:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=4121#comment-49295 [...] necessary to speak up. And the truth is relatively simple: Regardless of how a person dresses or behaves, there is only [...] [...] necessary to speak up. And the truth is relatively simple: Regardless of how a person dresses or behaves, there is only [...]

]]> By: Wes Rolley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/11/09/silence/#comment-35526 Wes Rolley Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:42:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=4121#comment-35526 Almost every newscast in the bay area contains some reference to this incident. Maybe it is a sign of change that residents of Richmond are speaking out rather that retreating into the gang violence enforced silence that conspires to keep the police from doing their work. These two societal illnesses are connected. Getting individuals to change is an act of personal persuasion. Getting society to change may be a a political act. That is why I am a Green, where non-violence and feminism are two of the 10 key values of the party. Almost every newscast in the bay area contains some reference to this incident. Maybe it is a sign of change that residents of Richmond are speaking out rather that retreating into the gang violence enforced silence that conspires to keep the police from doing their work.

These two societal illnesses are connected. Getting individuals to change is an act of personal persuasion. Getting society to change may be a a political act. That is why I am a Green, where non-violence and feminism are two of the 10 key values of the party.

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