Comments for The Corkonian Anthropologist » The Corkonian Anthropologist http://jamescuffe.com Anthropology on Ireland & China Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Gathering Place – A Myth by James http://jamescuffe.com/index.php/the-gathering-place/comment-page-1#comment-15 James Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:42:25 +0000 http://jamescuffe.com/?p=140#comment-15 i didn't see it that way actually Frances, thank you for your comment. it has got me thinking! The way I was looking at it was that the freedom to say anything remained despite the place disappearing. This because the responsibility lies now with the person for what he or she says. But of course if the responsibility lies with the person then they are not free to say anything they wish, they are restrained by being held accountable for it. They must self-censor, so to speak, whereas previously- utterances were care-free as long as they were uttered at the gathering place. The freedom is gone. Have I understood you correctly? i didn’t see it that way actually Frances, thank you for your comment. it has got me thinking!

The way I was looking at it was that the freedom to say anything remained despite the place disappearing. This because the responsibility lies now with the person for what he or she says. But of course if the responsibility lies with the person then they are not free to say anything they wish, they are restrained by being held accountable for it.

They must self-censor, so to speak, whereas previously- utterances were care-free as long as they were uttered at the gathering place. The freedom is gone. Have I understood you correctly?

]]> Comment on The Gathering Place – A Myth by Frances Clerkin http://jamescuffe.com/index.php/the-gathering-place/comment-page-1#comment-13 Frances Clerkin Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:09:48 +0000 http://jamescuffe.com/?p=140#comment-13 The question that comes out of this myth for me is - If you have the freedom to say anything you want how do you know that? The myth tells us that the 'gathering place' was a site where people were free to say anything they wanted. Despite this, the child, the woman, and the man requested the 'right' to say anything they wanted. The child was scolded, the woman banished and you suggest the man received no punishment. I think that perhaps the man's punishment was the worst of all for everyone involved because in not recognizing a right , the inference is the 'right' seizes to exist. The question that comes out of this myth for me is – If you have the freedom to say anything you want how do you know that? The myth tells us that the ‘gathering place’ was a site where people were free to say anything they wanted. Despite this, the child, the woman, and the man requested the ‘right’ to say anything they wanted. The child was scolded, the woman banished and you suggest the man received no punishment. I think that perhaps the man’s punishment was the worst of all for everyone involved because in not recognizing a right , the inference is the ‘right’ seizes to exist.

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