Day of silence?

[Craig Bleakley]

I hereby propose we select a day in the immediate future as the "P-list Day
of Meaningful Silence."  For twenty-four hours, all list members would
voluntarily refrain from posting (or even composing future posts) in quiet,
collective recognition of the potential abuses of language, intelligence,
and technology.  Now you may believe that "silence implies consent."  True
in some cases.  However, silence has been used by many (including gay rights
organizations, I believe, though probably not Act Up)in their efforts to
make compelling political statements.  Bartelby, etc.  And isn't it
Wittgenstein who said, "I don't like feel like a genius, I feel like . . .
dancing"?  Maybe not.  Only further proof that silence is no more the
absence of meaning than un-silence is its presence. 

Plus, on any given day of slience, we'd be emulating our favorite writer.  

I'm all for the idea of hitting the reset button, clearing my palate,
getting a few extra hours in on M&D (or on writing that terribly derivative
fiction I've resumed) and sparing some wear and tear on the delete key.

Just a thought.

Craig Bleakley
SSShhhhhhh . . . (where's a small town librarian when you need one?)

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