tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post2657682940209548472..comments2023-10-30T07:45:43.656-04:00Comments on Thoughts and Ideas: Welcome to Post-Literate AmericaA Wiser Man Than Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-72464983526686840262007-08-25T14:21:00.000-04:002007-08-25T14:21:00.000-04:00So step one is to become informed by reading the "...So step one is to become informed by reading the "right" books; then step two is to discuss, hopefully in a civilized manner. Agreed, but I still see democracy as broken since few will take the time to become informed, to say nothing of discussing without resorting to ad hominem attacks.A Wiser Man Than Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-77434219939888474522007-08-23T20:51:00.000-04:002007-08-23T20:51:00.000-04:00Perhaps more pernicious than not reading is not di...Perhaps more pernicious than not reading is not discussing (I believe them to be directly linked). There can be no democracy without informed discussion as we are currently demonstrating in this country.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-61859747654721261192007-08-22T17:59:00.000-04:002007-08-22T17:59:00.000-04:00Thank you. I echo your comments.They always talk ...Thank you. I echo your comments.<BR/><BR/>They always talk about the supposed red-state/blue-state divide, but that rift is small compared to that betwixt those who read and those who do not. Much like you, I am dumbfounded by the "other America".A Wiser Man Than Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-72281221331781711542007-08-21T20:19:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:19:00.000-04:00Very interesting post. I am an avid reader. My h...Very interesting post. I am an avid reader. My husband hasn't read a book in the four years that I have known him. I am dumbfounded by it. Books open up another world for us. I don't understand how a person can only read four books in a year, much less not read at all. When I have children I hope that they are readers, because reading is something that has always been here for me.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603354778289013327noreply@blogger.com