> | The same goes for the wonderful history of direct action, confrontation, and
> | hell-raising that exists behind EVERY MAJOR ADVANCE IN HISTORY for women,
Lyn replies:
> the opportunity of seeing, first-hand, how self-destructive it has been in
> the past for the Indian Community to WHINE about every thing that offends
Seems to me that this raises a good question: what is the difference between
"confrontation" and "whining"? I had the sense that there was some whining
going on around the tomahawk chant down south at that ballgame; but I also
saw an element of confrontation in the critique. The main thing I saw was
the variety of perspectives among Indians: no single viewpoint.
In a sort of PS, Lyn says:
> .... by the way, don't read anything into me not responding to your mail
> until now .... I had surgery on my wrist (CTS from too much typing) 3
I have just set myself up at a drafting table; standing up to do all my work
seems to be a good move. I can raise and lower the table to give myself
some variation in position.
-- Peter d'Errico phone: 413-545-2003 Legal Studies Department fax: 413-545-1640 University of Massachusetts/Amherst 01003 dErrico@titan.ucc.umass.edu