tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235303708202109019.post3543676249089765384..comments2023-12-13T12:36:55.729-08:00Comments on Phronesis / {fro-nay-sis}: SCORCHED EARTH: IMAGES OF KOBANI, SYRIAPHRONESIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07591076303642667442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235303708202109019.post-24045574585398821362015-12-17T18:35:29.122-08:002015-12-17T18:35:29.122-08:00Ron,
I don't at all disagree with your comment...Ron,<br />I don't at all disagree with your comments on our scorched earth policy -- they are particularly appropriate now while some Republican presidential candidates are advocating bombing the terrorist-controlled areas back into the stone age ("bombing the shit out of them" in Trumpese)-- but the next to last picture above is a bit too much, don't you think? Reminds me of the famous Johnson commercial in his campaign against Goldwater: as I recall, it started out with a scene of a little girl in a field of flowers with an ominous voice-over about Barry Goldwater's extremist policies followed by a nuclear explosion, mushroom cloud and all. I realize it was effective, but the reason I bring it up is that it's the type of appeal to the emotions, rather than to reason or common sense, that, in the hands of demagogues like Trump, et. al., has produced the disgusting policy "discussions" we are seeing in the presidential campaigns and on the airwaves. Leave the propaganda to the propagandists. Phronesis is touted as a thought- not emotion-provoking blog; it doesn't need to be more dramatic than what you have regularly produced through the force of your and Dr. Snow's compelling arguments, logic, and commitment to presenting the facts and expressing opinions based on them. The opportunity to read reasoned presentations of ideas and opinions is what makes your blog so refreshing and needed. Hopefully, in time, it will stimulate more and more of the thoughtful exchanges between you and your readers that you are seeking. jim dubbsnoreply@blogger.com