http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:17:34 +0000 c587041@http://metachat.org That was an interesting, sad, read. Thank you. It's not often you get to learn the follow up to a historic photograph. http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/10/12/elizabeth_and_hazel#c587041 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:10:52 +0000 c587050@http://metachat.org Wow, interesting. I'm going to get the book from the library and read more. http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/10/12/elizabeth_and_hazel#c587050 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:37:14 +0000 c587054@http://metachat.org Hazel seems easily swayed by others, even today, or neither the first nor last incidents could happen. http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/10/12/elizabeth_and_hazel#c587054 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:25:09 +0000 c587066@http://metachat.org That was indeed interesting. Fair or not, the original photo is an amazing symbol of the era. http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/10/12/elizabeth_and_hazel#c587066 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:27:15 +0000 c587068@http://metachat.org Hazel seems easily swayed by others, even today, or neither the first nor last incidents could happen. And yet, I feel that what she did in the middle (did her own research and dug deep into the issues) is a more important thing to take away from this story. Isn't that the point of Rachel from "Inherit the Wind" being the best character in that play? That she actually sat down and read Origin of Species rather than trusting what both sides were telling her it was about? Apply that to Hazel's situation, and I think she is a real winner for having the guts to be able to look at the opposing side with open eyes. Hazel seems easily swayed by others, even today, or neither the first nor last incidents could happen.

And yet, I feel that what she did in the middle (did her own research and dug deep into the issues) is a more important thing to take away from this story. Isn't that the point of Rachel from "Inherit the Wind" being the best character in that play? That she actually sat down and read Origin of Species rather than trusting what both sides were telling her it was about? Apply that to Hazel's situation, and I think she is a real winner for having the guts to be able to look at the opposing side with open eyes.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/10/12/elizabeth_and_hazel#c587068 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:34:08 +0000 c587112@http://metachat.org Who knows what privately passed between them or went on in her mind. We really don't get to have an idea what changed, since she won't talk. I just don't find much to respect there. Understand, yes, - human frailty - but respect, no.

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