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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (17525)6/29/2001 2:55:12 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
anything you do relates to acknowledging the existence, in full or in part, of the people around you.

I've been following this discussion between you and X and I don't know why you would be so exercised about her point. You've been around long enough to know that society in general or in part can treat segments of the population as invisible. Servants, for example, can be invisible. Yesterday at the pool there was a very pregnant woman in a speedo. I remember when pregnant (and nursing) women remained out of sight. So did "crippled" people. Society didn't acknowledge the latter until it forced ramps in public buildings. It's been done before. It can and will be done again. Right or wrong, it occurs.

Karen



To: one_less who wrote (17525)6/29/2001 4:44:35 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I can guess that.

When I talk about acknowledging the existence of people- I'm not talking about absolute existence, I am talking more about social/emotional existence. If you ignore people, they really don't exist for you. For example, when I worked in San Francisco I noticed that many people had an ability to completely ignore the homeless. For many people the homeless simply do not exist. That's what I mean.


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